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Can someone explain to me how, if everyone's allowed a "personal use" amount, where they get it from? If there's a limit of X grams of something for personal use, who's the guy with 50X grams selling to these personal users? Are they going to sell heroin at the Mexican Wal-Mart?
 
The maximum amount of marijuana for "personal use" under the new law is 5 grams — the equivalent of about four joints. The limit is a half gram for cocaine, the equivalent of about 4 "lines." For other drugs, the limits are 50 milligrams of heroin, 40 milligrams for methamphetamine and 0.015 milligrams for LSD.
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Tijuana just got a little more popular.
 
You answered your own question. Basically they are saying they won't go after end users. Dealing is still an offense. It will reduce crowding in the prisons and the court system, which will save them money in the long run.

They will not solve their problems until they deciminalize drugs period. Prohibition does not work. It never has, and never will unless you have a big brother society to support it, and even then it's success will be limited at best.
 
hasoos said:
You answered your own question. Basically they are saying they won't go after end users. Dealing is still an offense. It will reduce crowding in the prisons and the court system, which will save them money in the long run.

They will not solve their problems until they deciminalize drugs period. Prohibition does not work. It never has, and never will unless you have a big brother society to support it, and even then it's success will be limited at best.
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Correct. Have you seen The Union by any chance?
 
Unsurprising. Mexico is barely a country at this point. There's a thread on this board about President Obama causing a civil war here in the US. Well, in Mexico it's actually happening. They're damn close to becoming like Colombia in the late 80s-early 90s.
 
Ronan said:
It's mainly a marijuana documentary that debunks several myths and talks about marijuana's history. It also goes into more depth about how prohibition has never worked, etc.

About an hour and a half long: The Union
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Awesome. I am going to watch that!
 
Yeah, it's really interesting. Especially when he talks about the history of the "drug."
 
maxiep said:
Unsurprising. Mexico is barely a country at this point. There's a thread on this board about President Obama causing a civil war here in the US. Well, in Mexico it's actually happening. They're damn close to becoming like Colombia in the late 80s-early 90s.
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When we finally pull Blackwater out of Iraq we can send them to Mexico. At US taxpayer expense of course.
 
was chatting with a mexican bar owner the other day at a restaurant who was sitting next to me...said Mexico right now is basically like Colombia in the 80s or something...really really fucked up.
 
maxiep said:
Unsurprising. Mexico is barely a country at this point. There's a thread on this board about President Obama causing a civil war here in the US. Well, in Mexico it's actually happening. They're damn close to becoming like Colombia in the late 80s-early 90s.
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Now's our chance to move in and take over.
 
I think it's a plot to lure wealthy American college kids to spend all their money in Mexico, then get kidnapped and held for ransom.
 
Sweet! Looks like im going to Mexico soon! 2 1/2 hours to lawlessness!
 
Cost of building a "Keep Out" Fence across Guatemala << Cost of Building a "Keep Out" Fence across the Mexican border.
 
BrianFromWA said:
Cost of building a "Keep Out" Fence across Guatemala << Cost of Building a "Keep Out" Fence across the Mexican border.
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We should just run down to the canal, that would minimize the amount of fencing. And a moat and a fence >> just a fence.

barfo
 
DaRizzle said:
Sweet! Looks like im going to Mexico soon! 2 1/2 hours to lawlessness!
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Yeah, that would give the Mexican cops a good laugh. If you're an American and get caught with drugs I don't care if it is legal, they're going to jack you up until they get a lot all of your money before they let you go.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Yeah, that would give the Mexican cops a good laugh. If you're an American and get caught with drugs I don't care if it is legal, they're going to jack you up until they get a lot all of your money before they let you go.
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Meh...I dont care about all the hard shit, I just dont want to be paranoid as shit when I bring down a lil bag of weed for my vacation...All I know is it just got better for that at least to some degree...besides if I go im not hanging out in war zone TJ.

I was actually about to go to Mexico this weekend but I see you TRULY cant go anymore without a passport even if you drive in, and only go to Rosarito. I have a passport but my friends dont
 
DaRizzle said:
Meh...I dont care about all the hard shit, I just dont want to be paranoid as shit when I bring down a lil bag of weed for my vacation...All I know is it just got better for that at least to some degree...besides if I go im not hanging out in war zone TJ.

I was actually about to go to Mexico this weekend but I see you TRULY cant go anymore without a passport even if you drive in, and only go to Rosarito. I have a passport but my friends dont
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It's been nice knowing you.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
MEXICO CITY — Mexico decriminalized small amounts of marijuana, cocaine and heroin on Friday — a move that prosecutors say makes sense even in the midst of the government's grueling battle against drug traffickers.

Prosecutors said the new law sets clear limits that keep Mexico's corruption-prone police from extorting casual users and offers addicts free treatment to keep growing domestic drug use in check.

"This is not legalization, this is regulating the issue and giving citizens greater legal certainty," said Bernardo Espino del Castillo of the attorney general's office.

The new law sets out maximum "personal use" amounts for drugs, also including LSD and methamphetamine. People detained with those quantities no longer face criminal prosecution.
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Surprise, Surprise.

But not really.
 
BrianFromWA said:
Cost of building a "Keep Out" Fence across Guatemala << Cost of Building a "Keep Out" Fence across the Mexican border.
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I see you've played Risk before. Keep your borders small rather than large, so you have a chokepoint to mass defenders at. ;)
 
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