As of today, all drugs are legal for use in Mexico.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112088587

for personal use it appears that all drugs have been legalized. thoguhts?

Now all they have to do is make the drugs super accessible and they'll run the cartels out of business lol.

that's awful. Way to go Mexico, one more reason I won't ever go there.Frenzyd109

I still think people will continue to die in Juarez though...

Really mexico? First you allow kids to have sex when they're 12, and now this.

Good for them. Arresting people for the possession of drugs is like giving someone with cancer stomach medicine and expecting it to solve the problem. It is a symptom of a disease, not the disease itself.

[QUOTE="Frenzyd109"]that's awful. Way to go Mexico, one more reason I won't ever go there.JPOBS

Yeah they get pretty bad... :(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6WE4sJzXtg

it looks like mexico is party central now.LoG-Sacrament

Indeed, I can already imagine the night clubs in Juarez stocked full of high and happy teens just letting lose. Until something bad happens.

[QUOTE="LoG-Sacrament"]it looks like mexico is party central now.tzar3

Indeed, I can already imagine the night clubs in Juarez stocked full of high and happy teens just letting lose. Until something bad happens.

Now Mexico needs to support border hopping!

w/ your definition of "legal" speeding is legal in the US.

Decriminalization =/= legal.

It'll be interesting to see how this affects their society. I'm fairly skeptical that this will only help the drug cartels since addicts are often their primary source for dirty work, and that most of their profit is geared towards selling in the US.

I can see the violence on the American side of the border getting much worse now.

I'm so there.

w/ your definition of "legal" speeding is legal in the US.

Decriminalization =/= legal.

It'll be interesting to see how this affects their society. I'm fairly skeptical that this will only help the drug cartels since addicts are often their primary source for dirty work, and that most of their profit is geared towards selling in the US.

jrhawk42

that's awful. Way to go Mexico, one more reason I won't ever go there.Frenzyd109

I'm on the road, on the road. I'm on my way, i'm on the road, on the road.

[QUOTE="Frenzyd109"]that's awful. Way to go Mexico, one more reason I won't ever go there.Dr_Brocoli

Yeah freakin right. Whats gonna stop the people from going to the same ol drug dealers they used to. This could cause backlash and the druglords might get on the offensive. Plus theyre gonna be a bunch of druggies on the street.

[QUOTE="Dr_Brocoli"][QUOTE="Frenzyd109"]that's awful. Way to go Mexico, one more reason I won't ever go there.Hungry_Jello

Yeah freakin right. Whats gonna stop the people from going to the same ol drug dealers they used to. This could cause backlash and the druglords might get on the offensive. Plus theyre gonna be a bunch of druggies on the street.

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[QUOTE="Dr_Brocoli"] Making it accessible puts drug lords out of business and will drop the crime level to all time lows. How is that a bad thing?Ace_WondersX

Yeah freakin right. Whats gonna stop the people from going to the same ol drug dealers they used to. This could cause backlash and the druglords might get on the offensive. Plus theyre gonna be a bunch of druggies on the street.

[QUOTE="Ace_WondersX"][QUOTE="Hungry_Jello"]

Yeah freakin right. Whats gonna stop the people from going to the same ol drug dealers they used to. This could cause backlash and the druglords might get on the offensive. Plus theyre gonna be a bunch of druggies on the street.

JPOBS

[QUOTE="Hungry_Jello"]

[QUOTE="Dr_Brocoli"] Making it accessible puts drug lords out of business and will drop the crime level to all time lows. How is that a bad thing?Ace_WondersX

Yeah freakin right. Whats gonna stop the people from going to the same ol drug dealers they used to. This could cause backlash and the druglords might get on the offensive. Plus theyre gonna be a bunch of druggies on the street.

[QUOTE="JPOBS"][QUOTE="Ace_WondersX"] Because now more people are going to be willing to sell the drugs, competition drives down prices and decreases profits.Ace_WondersX

Now let's just hope that the drug lords run out of business and with them out of the picture that may decrease the gunfights between gangs.

[QUOTE="jrhawk42"]

w/ your definition of "legal" speeding is legal in the US.

Decriminalization =/= legal.

It'll be interesting to see how this affects their society. I'm fairly skeptical that this will only help the drug cartels since addicts are often their primary source for dirty work, and that most of their profit is geared towards selling in the US.

JPOBS

legal means you can do it.

decriminalization means criminal charges won't be brought against you, but you can still be fined, and/or have other charges brought against you.

According to the article if you're caught 3 times w/ any amount of drugs you face mandatory drug rehab.

[QUOTE="JPOBS"][QUOTE="Ace_WondersX"] Because now more people are going to be willing to sell the drugs, competition drives down prices and decreases profits.Ace_WondersX

the goverment only did this to fight the Drug cartels in mexico better

this should be a major blow to the drug cartel ..... they will still be in biz nas tho they will attempt to sell there Drugs in America and canada i'd except them to even try to migrate here not if they already have

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[QUOTE="JPOBS"]yea but possing enough drugs to sell is still illegal. JPOBS

To me, it says the Mexican government went with the ol' "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" route.bobstos

That's pretty crazy. I highly doubt anything will change, at all (besides clearing up some prison space, that is).

I can't wait for everyone to see how much this will actually help, maybe the US will take note.ManifestoJoe

[QUOTE="JPOBS"][QUOTE="Ace_WondersX"] We have that same law in the U.S. and people find ways to get around it. This allows the police officers to focus on the major sellers instead of the small time guys, and the small time guys will give minor competition to the major dealers.Ace_WondersX

But...surely 5 grams just simply is not enough to sell? That's not even a quarter ounce. What if, as it's very common, the user wants more? I personally think this is a good idea - it lets off the possesor who is usually not causing trouble, so this means that they can spend more time on cracking down on the real criminal drug cartels.

All you people saying how great it is and how you'll def be going, make sure when you get off the plane you give your taxi driver a drug test lol