Attention stoners & addicts: Move To Mexico!
This morning, it was announced that the use and/or possession of small amounts of drugs, such as marijuana, cocaine and heroin would be “decriminalized” in Mexico. The act is in no way an attempt to legalize drug use in the country, but an effort to protect minor offenders from the corrupt dealings of the Mexican police force.
According to sources, before this law was passed, any possession of illegal drugs resulted in a stiff sentencing of jail time. How long you were actually in prison did not depend on the amount of drugs on your person but the amount of money in your wallet. It has been suggested that a person’s release was dependent on the officer in charge and many collected bribes from detainees, threatening longer jail time if they didn’t pay.
So now, this new law sets out maximum “personal use” amounts for drugs and people found with these quantities will no longer face criminal prosecution.
“The maximum amount of marijuana for ‘personal use’ under the new law is 5 grams ├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ the equivalent of about four joints. The limit is a half gram for cocaine, the equivalent of about 4 ‘lines.’ For other drugs, the limits are 50 milligrams of heroin, 40 milligrams for methamphetamine and 0.015 milligrams for LSD.”
Hopefully, by implementing this ruling, the more serious offenders involved with drug trafficking will become more of the primary focus rather than just casual users.
It’s one small step for Mexico, one giant leap for every stoner in L.A. County this weekend!
[Image via National Photo Group.]