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2019-05-17 at 7:42 PM UTC in Mexico wants to decriminalize all drugs
Mexico’s president released a new plan last week that called for radical reform to the nation’s drug laws and negotiating with the United States to take similar steps.
The plan put forward by the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, often referred to by his initials as AMLO, calls for decriminalizing illegal drugs and transferring funding for combating the illicit substances to pay for treatment programs instead. It points to the failure of the decades-long international war on drugs, and calls for negotiating with the international community, and specifically the U.S., to ensure the new strategy’s success.
“The ‘war on drugs’ has escalated the public health problem posed by currently banned substances to a public safety crisis,” the policy proposal, which came as part of AMLO’s National Development Plan for 2019-2024, read. Mexico’s current “prohibitionist strategy is unsustainable,” it argued.
The document says that ending prohibition is “the only real possibility” to address the problem. “This should be pursued in a negotiated manner, both in the bilateral relationship with the United States and in the multilateral sphere, within the [United Nations] U.N.,” it explained.
Drug reform advocates have welcomed AMLO’s plan. Steve Hawkins, executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project, told Newsweek that the Mexican president’s plan “reflects a shift in thinking on drug policy that is taking place around the world, including here in the U.S.”
“The war on drugs has been extremely costly, not just in terms of government resources, but also human lives, and it has failed to accomplish its objective,” he explained. “Prohibition policies have, by and large, caused more harm to people and communities than the drugs they were intended to eliminate, and they haven’t come anywhere close to eliminating the supply or the demand.”
Last October, the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC), a global coalition of 170 nongovernmental organizations working on drug policy issues, released a report that highlighted the “spectacular” failure and global increase in violence that has been caused by the war on drugs. Instead of curbing the problem, “consumption and illegal trafficking of drugs have reached record levels,” Helen Clark, former prime minister of New Zealand and a member of the Global Commission on Drug Policy, wrote in the document’s foreword.
The IDPC report found that there had been a 145 percent increase in drug-related deaths over the previous 10 years. The number of deaths reached an estimated 450,000 in 2015 alone. Drug overdose deaths have also skyrocketed, with 71,000 overdose deaths in the U.S. alone in 2017. Additionally, one in five prisoners globally are incarcerated due to drug-related crimes, often for simply possessing cannabis or other illicit substances.
“Mexico’s president is rightly identifying one of the major drivers of violence and corruption in his country: the prohibition of drugs,” Maria McFarland Sánchez-Moreno, the executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, a nonprofit that advocates for ending the war on drugs, said in an emailed statement to Newsweek. “The next step is to translate words into action, by pursuing both a domestic and international agenda of drug policy reform, grounded in respect for human rights.”
AMLO’s policy plan shouldn’t have come as a surprise to Mexican voters. During his campaign and after winning election, he has consistently called for major reforms to his country’s prohibition on drugs. Mexico’s Supreme Court also issued its fifth ruling on cannabis prohibition at the end of last October, determining that punishing people for using the drug violated the constitution. Mexican lawmakers have since worked to push forward legislation to regulate the use of recreational mairijuana.
“More and more countries are developing programs for regulating cannabis for medical and adult use, and there is a growing sentiment that drug use should be treated more like a public health matter than a criminal justice issue,” Hawkins told Newsweek .
Canada became the first major major economic power to legalize and regulate the sale of recreational cannabis last year. With Canada’s decision to legalize and Mexico pushing to decriminalize all drugs, the U.S. may soon find itself isolated by its neighbors when it comes to drug policy. Although 10 states and Washington, D.C., have legalized recreational marijuana, and more than 30 have legalized some form of cannabis for medicinal use, it remains classified as a Schedule 1 illegal drug by the federal government.
Polls have shown that legalizing marijuana nationwide enjoys bipartisan support. Republicans and Democrats have come together in Congress to support legalization as well as protecting states that have already legalized at the local level. President Donald Trump has previously suggested he is supportive of easing laws surrounding marijuana, although his administration has given mixed messages.
Attorney General William Barr said last month during testimony before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee that he would "still favor one uniform federal rule against marijuana." However, he added that he thought the "way to go is to permit a more federal approach so states can, you know, make their own decisions within the framework of the federal law."
Decriminalizing all drugs is not a perspective that is widely advocated or discussed in Washington. This week though, Denver became the first city in the country to pass a ballot measure to fully decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms, commonly known as magic mushrooms or simply shrooms.
“The vote [in Denver] shows again that the public is ahead of politicians on drug law reform—and shows the power and potential of public action in demanding it!,” the drug policy foundation Transform said in an email to supporters.
How the U.S. would respond to AMLO’s plan remains to be seen. Globally, however, it’s clear the conversation around drugs has shifted. Countries from Uruguay to South Africa to Georgia to Thailand have been reforming their drug laws, specifically when it comes to cannabis. Meanwhile, momentum has increased in the past few years within the U.S. as state after state has pushed through medical or recreational marijuana legalization.
Congressman Earl Blumenauer, a Democrat from Oregon, who co-founded the bipartisan Congressional Cannabis Caucus in 2017, told Newsweek last summer that he envisions marijuana will soon be traded across North American borders. “In the course of the next decade, I think there will be a North American cannabis market,” he said. If AMLO’s plan succeeds, that cross-border cannabis market could more likely come to fruition.
“Governments are increasingly finding they can neither justify nor afford maintaining the war on drugs,” Hawkins pointed out. “Leaders are looking for exit strategies, as we are now seeing in Mexico."
https://www.newsweek.com/mexico-decriminalize-drugs-negotiate-us-1421395
They've already declared anti marijuana laws to be unconstitutional. Hopefully they'll legalize it. I would have a lot more respect for the mexican people if they'd legalize it and therefore stop being America's bitch.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2019-05-17 at 4:01 AM UTC in Am I the only one without an alt on here?The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2019-05-17 at 1:40 AM UTC in Anyone here experienced with Arduino, or at least electronic circuitry more generally?AN UPDATE ON CURRENT PROJECT STATUS...
So, I have been working on this whole thing in bits and pieces here and there, but the major rate limiting step was procuring all the supplies I would need. I've got like 95% of what I need, so I've started doing some really basic RPi GPIO wiring to get a feel for it. Aside from setting up an Arduino to light an LED (well over a year ago), I have essentially zero direct experience with this kind of stuff.
Today, I set up a fresh install of Raspbian on one of my Raspberry Pi's, and set up the "hello world" of electronics projects, a (python-controlled) LED.
I'm actually pretty giddy and excited over this because, like I said, it's all kinda new to me, so it's a confidence-bolstering sanity check to see the LED actually light up when I program it to.
The next step is to play around with the USB sound adapter I got for this.
I also have a couple different relay switches to experiment with.
But before I start tampering too much with the intercom's built in wires, I want to get one last thing: Some alliGAYtor clips. That way, instead of soldering and so on, I can essentially switch things back to the way they were originally if things go terribly, terribly awry.
I will update this thread when I've made some more substantial progress.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2019-05-15 at 8:18 PM UTC in Attn: AldraOf course feds get their kids minded for them. How many private sector employees get that?
And weev pointed out, there never was another Waco or Ruby Ridge.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2019-05-15 at 6:27 PM UTC in Attn: Aldra
Originally posted by hydromorphone Yeah, that shit was fucked up and I don't blame Timothy McVeigh for what he did. Fuckers want to hide in a building with a daycare, while its sad and tragic, its the consequences of war and fucking people over. You got to think SOMEONE somewhere might just say "fuck this" and make a statement.
it can be argued that the feds was intentionally setting up a nursery there as a human shield to deter conscionable terrorists.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2019-05-15 at 5:05 PM UTC in The moon, the stars, the sky.Imagine how different the world would be if it had two moons.
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2019-05-15 at 4:58 PM UTC in Attn: Aldra
Originally posted by DietYellow I mean, I think what it is is a psychological feeling of security knowing your government can't fuck you over so hard that there's no coming back from shitsville. Not that it would necessarily get to that point if we didn't have guns, but it's nice to know that the government can not do something radical in a short period of time without having to consider the consequences of such.
They can certainly get to a radical point, but not quickly.
i dont know.
waco and ruby ridge seemed like a good lesson.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2019-05-15 at 9:59 AM UTC in The moon, the stars, the sky.I love the star gazing when I’m in the country and away from the city lights. The difference is amazing. So many stars to see🤩The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2019-05-15 at 8:30 AM UTC in The moon, the stars, the sky.Ireland is a cloudy country. The Sahara desert is supposed to have amazing views of the sky, I'm planning on making my next holiday to some Arab country country there, maybe Mauritania, wherever is doing cheap flights.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2019-05-15 at 6:52 AM UTC in The moon, the stars, the sky.The Stars remind me of my German adopted grandmother she bought me an electronic telescope when I was young that I could never get to work now I study horoscopes to read people a little better off brandThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2019-05-15 at 6:49 AM UTC in The moon, the stars, the sky.The sun, the moon, the stars
Is that what you're thinking that you are
As I'll disintegrate over time
If I expect my body to try and keep up with my mind ~The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2019-05-15 at 6:44 AM UTC in The moon, the stars, the sky.I'm a moon child as I'm a cancerian.i always notice when the moon is full. A few weeks ago it was pinkish.
But yeah a few months ago my buddy Hector and I bought some weed and ketamine and brews and laid out in his backyard counting stars and trains going to Mars. It's was pretty rad.
I'd like to go to an area near by where theres not so many street lights though. Like in the countryThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2019-05-15 at 4:25 AM UTC in The moon, the stars, the sky.I respect that. The DAD. I like looking at the sky myself but not usually in a formal let's sit down and look at the sky all night way.
The night time is the eight time. I like black skies. I like night. I like storms. I like rain. I like bad weather. I think I always will. It's just somehow more REAL. even though sunny skies and fluffy clouds are real too, so i dont mean to be mean to them. Sorry fluffy clouds.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2019-05-14 at 8:27 PM UTC in Manny please ban InfinitycuckThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2019-05-14 at 6:49 PM UTC in Skinwalker ranch phenomenaI must say out of all the alien stories I've heard/ read about, I believe this to be one of the most interesting.
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2019-05-14 at 6:20 PM UTC in The Retarded Thread: Malice Metro EditionThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2019-05-14 at 6:17 PM UTC in The Retarded Thread: Malice Metro Edition"MESUXDDK" is your verification code"
Oh fuck you, Google. Very funny.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2019-05-14 at 4:36 PM UTC in Give me some skin niggassee if the local synagogue will buy it
it's not foreskin but it might work for their dark sorceryThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2019-05-14 at 11:43 AM UTC in Attn: AldraVery likely, all the pieces are in place. The biggest risk at the moment is another israeli false flag attack to try and draw the US into open conflict, especially considering how Bolton is moving carrier groups about based on vague Mossad 'intelligence'.
I've been compiling information on this, will make a proper thread soon.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2019-05-14 at 4:25 AM UTC in Manny please ban Infinitycuck
Originally posted by -SpectraL Just unban his main account, leave his account the fuck alone, and you won't have any issues at all. Why is that so hard? He never broke any rules in the first place, so why on earth do you think he'd break them if you unbanned his account? This is not a hard problem to solve.
Get his dick out your throat for the summer, ok champ?The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
