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Mexico to Allow Some Heroin, Coke and Ecstasy Use

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Posted on Apr 29, 2006

The all-but-passed bill would allow Mexicans to possess small amounts of hard drugs for personal use. Some U.S. observers fear this will prove a huge draw for Americans.


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Mexicans would be allowed to possess small amounts of cocaine, heroin, even ecstasy for their personal use under a bill approved by lawmakers that some worry could prove to be a lure to young Americans.

The bill now only needs President Vicente Fox’s signature to become law and that does not appear to be an obstacle. His office said that decriminalizing drugs will free up police to focus on major dealers.

“This law gives police and prosecutors better legal tools to combat drug crimes that do so much damage to our youth and children,” said Fox’s spokesman, Ruben Aguilar.

The Senate approved the bill Friday in the final hours of its closing session. Mexico’s lower house had already endorsed the legislation.

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By lexus june, June 19, 2007 at 8:38 pm #
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enabling the usage of drugs because it is believed to free the federalis to prosecute the “big boys” is a ridiculous notion that sends mixed messages to law abiding citizens.  when will it ever be too much? it is the obligation of the country to look towards the welfare of their community, legalizing such chemically dependent drugs on the streets is NEVER okay.

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By ROBnSTEAL, January 23, 2007 at 2:48 am #
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Damn, Looks like it’s time for spring break

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By Martin, May 1, 2006 at 8:24 pm #
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As someone who enjoys a good bottly of wine as much as good Marijuana, I applaud the Mexican’s guts.  American puritanism is looking weider by the day in the eyes of the world.
“Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently”  Rosa Luxembourg, 1916

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By McLain Causey, April 30, 2006 at 4:55 pm #
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Why does it say “cocaine, heroin, even ecstasy” ?  The fatality rate for heroin is far and away higher than ecstasy.  Both it and cocaine are chemically addictive and much more damaging to society in terms of crime and chemical dependency than ecstasy.

I’m not saying ecstasy is good, but it appears the writer thinks it’s worse than cocaine and heroin, which is an absurd notion.

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By Robert Lowell, April 30, 2006 at 3:19 pm #
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Hats off to you President Fox and The Mexican Lawmakers! It’s about time that someone has realized that going after and prosecuting a user of drugs is like going after a rape victim and prosecuting them. Our police and prisons are filled with users. We ruin the lives of young people for carrying a small amount of drugs for personal use. We give them an arrest record, we lock them up with violent and hardcore prisoners. Than we expect them to learn from what we have done to them, but make it almost impossible to get a job of value with an arrest record. If the US would decriminalize drugs and spend the money on education, we would be far better off.

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By G.Anderson, April 29, 2006 at 2:38 pm #
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Oh Nooooooooooooo!

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