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Packoderm
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Mexico decriminalizes small-scale drug possession
From Associated Press:
"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."
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iP1GlMCOzY...
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The Gull
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Tourism resurgence cannot be far behind. Mexican vacations for American drug users. What could be better for the economy?
�I won\'t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.� William F. Buckley, Jr.
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wonder if news got published in High Times is that paper still
published?? anything to boost tourism eh! oh oh...here come the wrath of Skeet!
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DENNIS
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Well, Gull mentioned this on another thread and I replied as to the legality of selling drugs on the street. Was this covered in the new legislation
or is it a big diabolical trap?
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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.
Anyone caught with drug amounts under the new personal-use limit will be encouraged to seek treatment, and for those caught a third time treatment is
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Treatment in Mexico, bet that's a blast.
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Skeet/Loreto
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Shari; No Wrath!
What will happen when all of your customers are Druggies??
Will you accept payment for the Panga in Drugs?
Drugs are for the Weak minded. I feel very sorry for them and their Children..
Suffer the Children!
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Martyman
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Amsterasunciondam here I come!!
Don't drink the bong water!
[Edited on 8-21-2009 by Martyman]
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Dave
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Well, Gull mentioned this on another thread and I replied as to the legality of selling drugs on the street. Was this covered in the new legislation
or is it a big diabolical trap? |
Why would you buy in Mexico when you could just bring it down? Every druggie knows the s**t is better in the States. 
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
Why would you buy in Mexico when you could just bring it down? Every druggie knows the s**t is better in the States. |
And, when the College Grad Patrol finds it when they look through your car at the border, are you arrested for smuggling drugs into Mexico?
hmmmmmm............this is going to be Catch-22 at its best.
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Dave
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
Why would you buy in Mexico when you could just bring it down? Every druggie knows the s**t is better in the States. |
And, when the College Grad Patrol finds it when they look through your car at the border, are you arrested for smuggling drugs into Mexico?
hmmmmmm............this is going to be Catch-22 at its best. |
When you get searched 'at the border' you're already in Mexico. 
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
[When you get searched 'at the border' you're already in Mexico. |
I'm not so sure that arguement would work. Remember, the days of the twenty dollar bill in the shirt pocket are over. 
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Well, I just read the new regulations. You can read them here:
http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5106093&fecha=...
I don't think tourists have much to hope for. The program is designed to divert early drug users into drug avoidance training. It's really aimed at
Mexicans...I don't think they will have much sympathy for gringos. Besides, it is a change to the federal law. State narcotics laws have not been
changed. The states have one-year to change their laws to conform to federal law and another three years after that to implement it. So the local fuzz
can still arrest gringos (and Mexicans) for possession. They can also still hammer you for being drunk (or stupid) in public or while driving. Also,
there is no look-back in the new law. Everybody currently in jail for possession or under arrest and awaiting trial are to be treated under the old
law.
If you come over the border with drugs, no matter how little, that is importing and they can throw the book at you.
No soy por ni contra apatía.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by arrowhead
Well, I just read the new regulations. You can read them here:
http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5106093&fecha=...
I don't think tourists have much to hope for. The program is designed to divert early drug users into drug avoidance training. It's really aimed at
Mexicans...I don't think they will have much sympathy for gringos. Besides, it is a change to the federal law. State narcotics laws have not been
changed. The states have one-year to change their laws to conform to federal law and another three years after that to implement it. So the local fuzz
can still arrest gringos (and Mexicans) for possession. They can also still hammer you for being drunk (or stupid) in public or while driving. Also,
there is no look-back in the new law. Everybody currently in jail for possession or under arrest and awaiting trial are to be treated under the old
law.
If you come over the border with drugs, no matter how little, that is importing and they can throw the book at you. |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Well, Gull mentioned this on another thread and I replied as to the legality of selling drugs on the street. Was this covered in the new legislation
or is it a big diabolical trap? |
Why would you buy in Mexico when you could just bring it down? Every druggie knows the s**t is better in the States. |
Chronic is $80/ounce and plentiful right now... so my nephew and his surfer buddies tell me. posession of 5 grams of marijuana for personal use is
now legal. 
[Edited on 8-21-2009 by Woooosh]
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
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Dave
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Shhhh!
| Quote: | Originally posted by arrowhead
If you come over the border with drugs, no matter how little, that is importing and they can throw the book at you. |
Let's not tell.
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New York Times re Mexican law change:
"The maximum amount of marijuana considered to be for “personal use” under the new law is 5 grams — the equivalent of about four marijuana cigarettes.
Other limits are half a gram of cocaine, 50 milligrams of heroin, 40 milligrams for methamphetamine and 0.015 milligrams of LSD."
Christopher Bruno, Elk Grove, CA.
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Not so fast flowerchilds, this law does not mean you can just walk around with your stash in hand. They can arrest you and register you as a drug
addict, off course you would never spend any actual time in jail, but you would now have a "record" of drug use. Its not as easy as you think.
If you get caught 3 times with drugs, the benefits of this law does not apply.
If caught within 300 meters of any school, park, or public building, the law does not apply.
If caught sharing a line, joint, with others etc, it wont apply and you could get charged as a supplier.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by JESSE
They can arrest you and register you as a drug addict |
Wouldn't immigration just love that. That's where your penalty will become evident.
This whole issue is best forgotten.
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Far out man!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm going to go into business selling nifty little battery-powered personal scales that will fit on your keychain. Guarenteed 0.001 mg (1 microgram?)
accuracy. You can recharge it with a black light. It will also have a little stash compartment.
Has anybody heard the reasoning behind this bizarro change in the law?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by JESSE
They can arrest you and register you as a drug addict |
Wouldn't immigration just love that. That's where your penalty will become evident.
This whole issue is best forgotten. |
It wouldn´t be such a great thing for many Mexicans as well. I can think of many situations where a record would hurt you.
Wich is why i aprove this law. Its aimed at the poor, so that the goverment can stop wasting resources arresting drug addicts over and over again, and
focus more on trafficking.
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