Viva La Mexico !
Sounds similiar to Amersterdam and I’m not sure if I would like to see it happen in the USA… But last week Mexico decided to pass a new law that legalizes small amounts of marijuana, heroin, cocaine, LSD, hallucinogenic mushrooms and peyote.
With the backing of President Vicente Fox, the bill also mandates treatment for addicts, The New York Times reported.
‘We are not authorizing the consumption of drugs,’ said Sen. Jorge Zermino, the bill`s sponsor in the Mexican Senate. ‘We are combating it and recognizing that there are addicts that require special treatment. We cannot close our eyes, nor fill our jails with addicts.’
Under the bill, it is legal to possess 25 milligrams of heroin, a fifth of an ounce of marijuana or half a gram of cocaine.
Sen. Miguel Angel Navarro of the Party of the Democratic Revolution was among those opposed.
‘Here we are authorizing drug use,’ Navarro said. ‘Whether it`s a little or a lot, we are legalizing drug use.’
Before the new law, local police could arrest someone only if the person was caught in the act of selling drugs — only the federal police could arrest someone for drug possession.
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