Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Mexico Legalizes Drugs

Recently Mexico just passed a bill in Congress legalizing possession of a small amount of marijuana, ecstasy, cocaine, and heroine. The government hopes that this will help law enforcement be able to focus on find drug smugglers instead of casual users. The law actually stiffens the penalties for trafficking, possession near schools, or government officials with possessions of small amounts.

I think it is interesting that Mexico is legalizing small amounts of possession of all of those drugs, and the U.S. wont even legalizes small amounts of marijuana. I don’t think that all of those drugs should be allowed, but I think that marijuana should because it is not that dangerous, at least no better than cigarettes.

Posted by MalloryH at 10/04/2006 07:21:00 PM

4 comments:

krysten12 said...

I think that the fact that Mexico legalized small amounts of these drugs in an attempt to crack down on drug smugglers and dealers, instead of just the casual user, is pretty rational. I like that the laws and penalties are more harsh for government officials and possession near schools. This could be a very good policy to study and learn more about whether or not legalization will increase or decrease consumption. In later years, the U.S. and other countries will be able to look at the trends in consumption from Mexico and factor if this policy is actually good for society.

8:40 PM
danc1987 said...

I think that the legalizing of small units of drugs in Mexico is a good idea. I think that the casual user is not a threat to society. This law helps out the casual user and will help find drug smugglers a bit easier. Also, the consequences for getting caught with a big enough amount to be considered dealing are much worse, which I believe is great.

10:33 PM
KristenBird said...

I also wonder if Mexico has a tax on these drugs now that small amounts of them are considered legal, since that goes right along with what we have been talking about in class. How would the tax affect the market for drugs? What if the government decides, that yes they will leagalize these drugs, but create a really high tax?

4:00 PM
chris carter said...

I think that the legalization of small amounts of drugs in Mexico is a good idea. This way the government can help crack down on drug trafficers. Since drugs are not legalized in the United States, this could create a problem. It would make it easier for trafficers to bring drugs across the boarder.

7:42 PM

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