Mexico legalizes drugs

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12535896

smart way to increase turism.:drool:

 

Wow

LOL now I have another reason to go besides seeing my step mom's family

 

Wow, finally people are getting smart about drugs. Too bad this won't do anything to shrink the amount of drug trafficking across the border. That won't stop until the same type of laws are passed here, so legitamite companies can sell legalized drugs in controlled formulas and quantities, thus eliminating the need to buy them on the streets. Then the murderous cartels will have to go back to hookers and racketeering.

 

Big deal, in Holland you can walk around with 10 mg of pod, and if the police snag you you get a friggin' warning. If you carry less than 2, you're actually legal.


I hate our drugs policy, it's destroying the youth here in Holland(along with our drinking policy: 16 year=beer, 18= heavy alcohol. Result: children from 12-13 already getting drunk in bars because they seriously get the shit served even without fake ID's...)

 

Yeah it's pretty sad kids can buy alcohol in supermarkets without anyone asking about their age. Damn ignorant people.

 

Jep. Although to most Americans here it probably sounds great, seeing as you are from Belgium you understand that in reality it's destroying the youth. Recent research showed that our generation has, for the first time in 500 years or so, a lower life expectancy than our parents. Dutch youth has the worst health/drinking problems in the entire world.


FYI I don't drink .

 

I grew up in Belgium as well and honestly, I appreciated the relaxed attitude. I never had any problems buying alcohol or even getting served in bars once I had hit a reasonable age. Now that was all very well for me and I don't regret drinking too much when I was younger, if anything it taught me to know my limits. In fact most of my happy memories of living in Belgium involve drinking with my mates! (that and super dragon toys - now sadly closed)

However everything changed for me when my little sister ended up in hospital with a stomach pump. I just got very angry that she was served in a bar, even though I had done exactly the same thing when I was her age.

Heh, also my little brother got suspended from school for downing a serious amount of vodka one lunch time! He just bought it from a supermaket, no questions asked.

EDIT - Guess I was wrong! the super dragon toys which I used to go to (near the supermarket, san wah in my days) is still alive! And yes it is full of HK bootlegs but I had no other choice at the time... My apologies, at least I have an utterly "clean" collection now.

 

Two things:
Firstly Holland is even worse than Belgium. I think that pretty much says it all.

Secondly: Super Dragon Toys sold bootlegs! How dare you name them..


And why do my belgium friends say it's open :dance: .

 

Thing is fellas, here in the US the amount of kids who drink and use drugs has remained pretty much stable for the last 30 years or so. Fact is everyone drinks, everyone smokes weed, most people can handle it. It may be different if we're talking about crack or herion, but weed? Give me a fucking break.

Because it's not about laws. When was the last time you said to yourself "I'm not gonna get stoned because it's against the law?" The law is absolutley no deterrent. What does keep people from becomming addicts is what you guys said, they do it to explore thier limits, and eventually come to the realization that excessive drug use will stand in the way of what they want out of life.

Here in my state possesion is a "third strike" becasue we have that rediculous three strikes law that was supposed to put away rapists and killers but nails shoplifters and people with weed instead. So if I get busted three times I could get 25 years to life. That needs to change.

 

Dude cut the crap, you absolutely taling bullshit. When you look at the crimes because off drugs and alcohol you can see it's way lower (relatively) than for example in the US or even Germany. There are also a lot less addicts then in those country's where it's illegal.

 

hmmm I hope you mean grams Sir, and not miligrams.

2.2 pounds = a kilogram so I think you means grams

and by the way the metric system, is used in many ways, it goes up in all things, and it is in fact easier than the empireal scales since it goes up in 10 every time.

So every time we hit eiter 10, 100, or 1000, then we just change the name really, in many things

1 ton of normal drinking water (clean without any additives, like in Denmark), then we have 1000 litres of water

 

Am I talking about crimes? No-oh. But they recently published the results of a research that supports what I'm saying... And we don't have a lot less addicts, at least not in perspective.

 

Well people I think we should clear something out, before the moderators shuts this thread down, so to the Belgium, and the Dutch people here, stop your teasing to eachother, and internal national rivalries, since I could go the same way with the great Swedes, and vice versa, and the Norwegians, could piss Swedes off too. So let us not go into eachothers national teasings.

 

Hmmm I think you live in the same state as Paul Vunak (the founder of PFS JKD), and he has got a warning, if he ever gets into a drinking frenzy again, plus he gets hammering through the city, then he will end up 25 years to life.

 

Trust me - --- it's not the drugs and alcohol. Spend some time in the US and see the rotten kids we've made, being a HUGE police state on underage drinking.

People have posted reports stating the opposite as well.

 

This is very, very bad news. Think about it. Practically all the mexican police officers there get bribed by the drug dealers to look the other way, but now that it is legal, police will start hassling everybody for money because they get paid shit in the first place. How will the police officers down there be able to support their family? Oh, I know what they should do, they should jump the border and come here and let the communities be runned by local organized crime and we all know how well they govern shit.

But seriously. Smoking, drinking, and abusing substances is a sign of weakness. Thats how I feel about it. People who take it to handle stress in their lives means they are weak compared to people who don't have to take that stuff. I'm mainly talking about addicts (alcoholics, chain smokers, junkies, crackheads, etc). People who are social drinkers and social smokers only do it in a controlled environment. But the laws are in place here because people in general can't control themselves.
Thats just my general opinion about it. Drugs can destroy lives if they are abused, illegal and legal drugs. Its just a matter of control and knowing your limits.

also...

With weed I can understand why it can be stupid, but like I said, people end up using it as a crutch to handle their lives as in most cases keeps spiraling down to hell because of the continued drug use. But that addiction can be controlled and gotten rid of much more successfully tahn with heavy drugs like coke, crack, meth, and heroin.

Now I am completely drug free, well minus alcohol but I haven't drank since new years day. Anyway, if you were to ask me when I was a kid why I don't do drugs, I would answer with "because it's against the law". But as I grew up and saw first hand how shit like that can destroy lives and put people in a position where they can be taken advantage of, I decided I'd never try any of that shit out. Not because of fear, but because there really isn't a good reason for me to try it out.

Also, that 3strikes law is fucking up your state, hawanja. There have been many documentaries talking about bullshit like how this guy is for life because he was caught stealing some food (more likely to feed his family because who would ever hire a black guy with a rap sheet?). Thing is, the whole system is fucked up, things need to be changed.

 

is only legal in small ammounts...

 

Sounds like someone that hasn't done an extensive amount of pot smoking. Maybe it's me, but I don't know anyone that's ever used drugs to cope with life. You get high b/c it's fun.