Mexican government proposes decriminalization of ALL illegal drugs within 5 years

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

Note that this is "decriminalization", not "legalization".

[Signifyin(g)Monkey]

Could cause public health issues, but there’s also probably no better way to weaken the cartels. (other than legalization)

[Joe]

Finally. Dale, AMLO!

[Jason]

20 minutes ago, Signifyin(g)Monkey said:

Could cause public health issues, but there’s also probably no better way to weaken the cartels. (other than legalization)

 

Drug use went down in Portugal after decriminalization. 

[Massdriver]

I favor making hard drug possession a civil penalty with mandatory treatment for addicts. I don’t favor commercial markets. I think Mexico is on the right track if they couple it with treatment. 

[SuperSpreader]

On 5/10/2019 at 7:43 AM, SFLUFAN said:

Note that this is "decriminalization", not "legalization".

USA: how much can we pay you to NOT do this?

[SuperSpreader]

2 minutes ago, Massdriver said:

I favor making hard drug possession a civil penalty with mandatory treatment for addicts. I don’t favor commercial markets. I think Mexico is on the right track if they couple it with treatment. 

Pssst the addicts are here 

[Keyser_Soze]

Now we really have to build a wall!

[SuperSpreader]

2 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said:

Now we really have to build a wall!

Build it around the free market  

[SilentWorld]

This is a great idea. 

[CitizenVectron]

Here's a question: If we come up with a way to de-addict people (through gene engineering or some other sciency-thing), would people be okay with applying that as "punishment" for addiction issues? So instead of being criminally charged (or as an alternative to it), people could opt to be altered/treated so that these chemicals no longer provide an addictive response? Obviously psychological addictive tendencies would remain, but eliminating the chemical side would be huge. 

[SuperSpreader]

17 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said:

Here's a question: If we come up with a way to de-addict people (through gene engineering or some other sciency-thing), would people be okay with applying that as "punishment" for addiction issues? So instead of being criminally charged (or as an alternative to it), people could opt to be altered/treated so that these chemicals no longer provide an addictive response? Obviously psychological addictive tendencies would remain, but eliminating the chemical side would be huge. 

I think it would be up to a negotiation w/ the person. 

 

If someone wants the help, yes absolutely.

If someone needs the help but isn't aware that it can, they should be given information/intervention.

If someone commits a crime, it could be offered in combination w/ therapy, depending on the progress perhaps it can reduce the sentence or fines.