Spend your money on interdiction, etc., or spend your money on 'comprehensive' drug-relief programs. The idea that all that is at stake is personal liberty is total rubbish (i.e. don't read CATO reports for the conclusions...). Anyone who thinks that government involvement, legal entanglement, and cost will diminish is foolhardy. It will shift, only.
May 1, 2009 2213 GMT
Mexico's Congress passed a law April 30 to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of drugs, Reuters reported May 1. Under the legislation, which was originally proposed by Mexican President Felipe Calderon, there will be no legal punishment for anyone caught carrying up to five grams of marijuana, two grams of opium, 0.05 grams of heroin, 0.5 grams of cocaine or 0.04 grams of methamphetamines. In addition, the law gives more power to state governments to prosecute those caught selling drugs, an act which currently falls under the jurisdiction of federal courts.
Mexico's Congress passed a law April 30 to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of drugs, Reuters reported May 1. Under the legislation, which was originally proposed by Mexican President Felipe Calderon, there will be no legal punishment for anyone caught carrying up to five grams of marijuana, two grams of opium, 0.05 grams of heroin, 0.5 grams of cocaine or 0.04 grams of methamphetamines. In addition, the law gives more power to state governments to prosecute those caught selling drugs, an act which currently falls under the jurisdiction of federal courts.
