from norml's website:
Argentina Decriminalizes Cannabis (and Drug) Consumption

April 23rd, 2008 By: Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director From the cato-at-liberty blog:

This just in… A federal court in Argentina has decriminalized the personal consumption of drugs in that country. According to the court’s ruling, punishing drug users only “creates an avalanche of cases targeting consumers without climbing up in the ladder of [drug] trafficking.”
Last month at a UN meeting in Vienna, Argentina’s Minister of Justice, Aníbal Fernández, said that the policy of punishing drug consumers was a “total failure.”






and the link: NORML Blog » Blog Archive » Argentina Decriminalizes Cannabis (and Drug) Consumption

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“creates an avalanche of cases targeting consumers without climbing up in the ladder of [drug] trafficking.”

and why can't the US fed gov understand this?

good news for Argentina though, that's awesome

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"And those who resisted were dragged out from their homes. This necklace was fashioned out of their teeth and bones."

Smart. I wonder if this will affect the U.S. at all, more likely the U.S. will just put pressure on them to make it illegal again.

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Good for the Argentinians for noticing the facts... in South Africa Rustafarians get send to jail for smoking pot... so much for their religion...

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heading in the right direction, lets hope the usa dont mess it up for them. we need an other seed bank country, i understand that canada, holland conservative govs. are cracking down and london papers are writing negative press on the pot issue.

i didn't even think of that, oh imagine the beatiful plants comming out of argentina, i would pee myself a little involuntarily

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Yeah USA government sticking their f#%ing noses in everyone else's business! I read in a book called "Pot Planet" years ago how the USA putting pressure on Holland trying to get them to crack down on their legalization on marijuana. Sad really but at least it looks like Argentina will definitely be on my list of countries to visit the only problem is that I don't think one would be able to go and sit in a coffee shop and smoke the good stuff like you would in Amsterdam. At least I don't have to worry about getting good seeds though as South African weed is not bad at all and there are some very good genetics out there to get hold of to grow your own, so not a problem there..

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congratulations to Argentina!

congratulations to Argentina!
think about the celebrations and shenanigans that would occur if that happened in the US.
one day, you're just sitting on the couch having a toke and you're flipping through channels and BAM headline new on CNN marijuiana legalized!
brings a tear to my eye
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I have a new hero... Argentina!!!

let hope that other countries follow their example