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Tuesday, May 5 2009 06:09:31 PM Though the media has made barely a peep about the issue, it looks like Mexico will legalize small amounts of drugs for personal use.
The Mexican Senate signed legislation last week that would make it legal to possess up to 5 grams of marijuana, 500 milligrams of cocaine and very small quantities of heroin and methamphetamines. The bill was also signed by Mexico's lower house of deputies, and now needs just the signature of President Felipe Calderon to be passed into law.
So far, scant media attention has produced just one mainstream press article (that I could find - please post more below if you find 'em) from Reuters with a couple other blips here and there.
Though a similar bill was vetoed by former Mexican President Vicente Fox after immense pressure from the Bush Administration, it is expected that Calderon will sign.
"It seems likely to me that he will," writes Phillip Smith of StoptheDrugWar.org "The bill, after all, was pushed by his ruling PAN party, and unlike 2006, when a similar bill passed only to be vetoed by then President Fox in the face of US threats and bluster, there have been no threats and bluster from Washington this time. And, of course, the situation in Mexico is much worse than in 2006, thanks largely to Calderon's war on the cartels."
The bill is a huge step forward for the drug reform movement in the country, but is expected to have little effect on the violent drug cartel battles raging in Mexican border towns. Since the new law would effect only small amounts of drugs, it probably won't have much of an effect on the activities of large-scale trafficking operations; only full-scale legalization and regulation will allow cartels to settle business disputes in the courtroom and not in the streets.

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wow... very interesting. it would be interesting to see what people will say about this if it happens

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would it still be illegal to sell five grams or less or would this bill also make that legal. it only metioned posession

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The Bush administration sure did push a whole lotta pressure to stop the legalization of drugs in mexico. I wouldn't dwell on the subject for too long. In theory evolution will take place naturally just so as long as everybody in that WHOLE CONTINENT stays chill. The last time Mexico tried to do anything like that, EVERYONE knew about it, thus creating such a fuss. (rhyme)

I would imagine that legalizing small amounts of drugs wouldn't do much for the benefit of large drug cartels, but it sure would make Amphetamine's really popular in Mexico. Imagine that, Meth legal? How would a citizen obtain that? They obviously could not cook it. Would it be like a pack of cigarettes in a gas station? I can imagine that the crime rate would increase and dental programs would be even worse haha. My friend was in Mexico and he decided to go to the dentist only to find rusty pliers and inexperienced practice. (his point of view not mine)

I can see that this decriminalization will be a success with bush out of the office. At least Obama admitted that he "inhaled and that was the point." I do declare that Obama is like the first president of the united states that had the balls to say such a thing in front of his nation. What a guy. (with unknown activity)

As for Calderon, why would he want this bill to be passed? Is a revolution finally taking place?

Big brother (aka U.S.A) will never allow such a thing to happen.

C'mon guys

Yeah i was watching the tube and saw this a couple of days ago. I gotta agree with Motor on this one I live in TX and I have come to the conclusion. 1 my state sucks cause it will never allow med MJ and 2 the US will never allow it coming in now that OBAMA the idiot is running things. Need I link the famous "weed will never help the economy" video.

I hope so, im down there like 3-4 times a year and i always get paranoid some crazy mexican cop is gona do some crazy shit man. haha

Let me ask you one question. Are you ready to pick up a gun?

Cus that kind of thinking will make you wanna when you're not ready. But you have a good point... For all we know, Obama, could be fake, and the biggest joke in the whole world.

I strongly disagree with the U.S.A being big brother, they only have a strong army, and we all know we have the power to blow this world up about 30 times over with chemicals, but if there is a 'big brother' its not just the U.S.A. Besides what would a little legalization of drugs in Mexico do for the U.S? I think it would eliminate illegal immigrants cus all of them would stay there for the drugs

HAHA jk.... I babble

I'm not talking about big brother in the Orwellian sense lol.

The conspiracy theorists think that "Big brother" is the Bilderberg Group, or the Illuminati, or one of several other odd groups. It's all bullshit, really.

woah legalizing the harder drugs too huh? that sounds kinda crazy but it is in little increments

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