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Re:Mexico's Supreme Court has decriminalised the private use... by nine_k on Monday June 28, 2021 @11:07PM (#27671254)
At least it decreases the number of people sent to prisons for possession and consumption.

This is not a sufficient step, but a likely first step in normalizing the use of weed in the eyes of the public. Abrupt changes scare people (and for a good reason).

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Re:Mexico's Supreme Court has decriminalised the private use... by rantwasp on Monday June 28, 2021 @11:14PM (#27671300)
when this is selectively enforced and only people of a certain color or ethnic group have to pay the heavy price of possession I call bullshit on the "war on drugs". this is not and has not been about drugs from day one.
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Re:Mexico's Supreme Court has decriminalised the private use... by nine_k on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @02:51AM (#27672680)
It was an anti-Left and anti-Black plot from the beginning, according to some. Unfortunately, hard proofs of that are absent.

In any case, were it about health and well-being, it likely won't look like a war.

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