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Mexico Raises White Flag to Drug War

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http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-04-28T164933Z_01_N281836_RTRUKOC_0_US-MEXICO-DRUGS.xml&rpc=22


Grass I can understand, but 5 grams of opium, 25 milligrams of heroin or 500 milligrams of cocaine????
last edited: 4/28/06 12:38:04 PM
StoveStomper
12:35:29 PM
4/28/06

Someone with over 5 grams of pot will be considered a dealer and face increased jail terms? That's like what... two fatties?
VioLiN
12:44:29 PM
4/28/06

Yeah, those measurements are like nothing. Maybe that's the amount a baby could get away with? LMAO!! Kidding.
lyra
12:49:28 PM
4/28/06

We now know where lyra and tarpy are going to vacation this year. ;-)
StoveStomper
12:54:25 PM
4/28/06

Hopefully the illegal immigrants will take over soon, and we'll be part of Mexico.
lyra
12:56:18 PM
4/28/06

When I was there in the late 80's, the locals told me that if you got caught with anything the cops would shake up a coca-cola and shoot it up your nose until you told who you bought it from.
VioLiN
1:25:38 PM
4/28/06

Do you know how small 500 milligrams would be.
pedxing
6:18:57 PM
4/28/06

Decriminalization is legalized crime. Nice thought, but still silly.
salebored
11:19:42 AM
4/29/06

Drinking alcohol is legalized crime in the US?
bearmagnet
11:28:13 AM
4/29/06

Alchohol is a legal substance. Decriminalization has to do with limits on the amounts of illegal substances.
salebored
1:07:33 PM
4/29/06

Decriminalization is the reduction or abolition of criminal penalties in relation to certain acts. The reverse process is criminalization.

Decriminalization reflects changing social and moral views. A society may come to the view that an act is not harmful, should no longer be criminalized, or is otherwise not a matter to be addressed by the criminal justice system. Examples of subject matter which have been the subject of changing views on criminality over time in various societies and countries include:

the possession or use of marijuana
While decriminalized acts are no longer crimes, they may still be the subject of regulation; for example, the licensing and regular medical testing of prostitutes, or a monetary penalty in place of a criminal charge for the possession of a soft drug. This should be contrasted with legalization, which removes all or most legal detriments from an offence.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decriminalization

So Homosexuality is legalized crime.

;)
bearmagnet
1:14:01 PM
4/29/06

A blow for justice?
MarkO
11:25:06 AM
4/30/06

A one illegal alien slave per household should be legal?
salebored
11:32:20 AM
4/30/06

No. Freedom is a legalized crime
bearmagnet
1:38:27 PM
4/30/06

Hmmmm, inter-racial marriaged, too.
mARKo
1:46:26 PM
4/30/06

Wait, I forgot------'I've just been bitten by the monster of love'.
salebored
4:08:39 PM
4/30/06

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