Just say no
This blew my mind.
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Congress approved a bill Friday decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana, ecstasy, cocaine and heroin for personal use — a measure sure to raise questions in Washington about Mexico’s commitment to the war on drugs.The only remaining step was the signature of President Vicente Fox, whose office indicated he would sign it.
Supporters said the law would let police focus on drug smuggling, rather than on busting casual users. The bill also would stiffen many drug-related penalties: for trafficking, for possession near schools, and for possession of even small quantities by government employees.
Criminal penalties for drug sales would remain on the books.
“We can’t close our eyes to this reality,” said Sen. Jorge Zermeno, of Fox’s conservative National Action Party. “We cannot continue to fill our jails with people who have addictions.”
Fox News
I think that’s an excellent idea, one that the US should adopt. We won’t, of course. Not yet, and not for some time. But I believe that one day history will judge the War on Drugs to be of a piece with the Inquisition and witch hunts. The men who founded the United States could not have imagined a government as intrusive and abusive as our own has become in the pursuit of ritually pure urine.
I applaud any nation anywhere that just says no to the continued persecution drug users.
Posted on April 28th, 2006 by pwyll
Filed under: nanny state, politics
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‘If you’ve got the ritually pure urine, honey
I got the time.’
The so called war on drugs is just a jos program for bureaucrats and cops. When did they ever give up their positions of authority? Go ahead end the war on drugs, decriminalize it watch the prices bottom out, and see the profit from illicit drugs fall and the crime that goes to pay for it will dry up. What self respecting cop or lawmaking politician would want to see that?