So, i was checking my facebook account yesterday when i saw this article on my inbox about drug legalization in mexico. First, i know i made clear at the beginning that this blog was about an specific subject, but i think that every once in a while i'm going to write about another things that at the end, can affect anyone.
Anyway, in short words, the article said that the law established a maximum amount of personal use of drugs (they are showed in the picture above). The main reason why they are doing this is so that they can focus on traffickers rather than small-time users.
About this, i think that legalizing drugs can help but at the same time can damage Felipe Calderón's government. On one side, it may help to get gangs and make some order, but at the same time, it means that regular people may have a better acces to drugs, promoting it's use.
When it comes to try new things, in this case drugs, i say that excess can only mean one thing: dead. If someone wants to try drugs, he has to have enough maturity and responsability to know what he's getting himself into, if not, then he's in the road to ruin.
All the things, the decisions the people or governments make have two sides. Mostly, one of them prevails. We all wish, want it to be the good one. But that is how life works, we have to make the most out of the situation, no matter how dark it may be.
If you are interested in reading the whole article here it is:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125086054771949269.html
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ResponderEliminarThe consequences of legalizing drugs:
-we would have less people in the overcrowded prisons,
-our police and army woud be able to concentrate on other crimes
-prices would come down, at the moment prices are sky high, as the more risky the business the higher the price
-there would be no profit for the drug traffickers
-the drugs would be manufactured by reliable companies who would be responsible for the products they produce. This is of course not the case today as a dealer will disappear immediately as soon as they have made the sale of a product that has been diluted and adulterated with dubious chemicals.
We have to stop the businesses that sell machine guns to the drug traffickers, there are 12,000 all along the border with Mexico selling. The more profits the drug traffickers make the more advanced weaponry that can purchase and the more violent the battle becomes.
Problem is no one wants to do anything, they know what has to be done!
When alcohol was legalized we didnt become drunkards, instead the government got an income.
If the drugs arent legalized in the US they could go directly to the States ilegally and not through Mexico. If the shipment goes through Mexico it would be detained as it wasnt manufactered here.
This would show everyone that Mexico is ahead of the curve: the US and Colombia would have to legalize too and we would all win!
Tourists would come back again to the beautiful country.
Other opinions
Drugs legal = less crime. Drugs legal = more police for dangerous crime. Drugs legal = addicts can be treated as humans and not animals or criminals. Drugs legal = tax benefits for the government (and possibly society). Drugs illegal = crime, misery, distrust and a lack of humanity.
awesome post! "has to have enough maturity and responsability to know what he's getting himself into, if not, then he's in the road to ruin." yep soo true
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