Mexico's Supreme Court has decriminalised the private use of cannabis by adults

Re:Mexico's Supreme Court has decriminalised the private use... by dragonwriter on Monday June 28, 2021 @11:21PM (#27671363)

> I agree about the use of cannabis but if you’ve ever lived next to a meth den I don’t think you’d see that and think, “we should legalize this.”

“Meth dens”, like “crack houses”, are a thing which prohibition may punish, but does not prevent, but instead creates.

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Re:Mexico's Supreme Court has decriminalised the private use... by edgyquant on Monday June 28, 2021 @11:26PM (#27671397)

But how would they punish it if it becomes legal to gather in your front yard and inject methamphetamine?

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Re:Mexico's Supreme Court has decriminalised the private use... by gbear605 on Monday June 28, 2021 @11:37PM (#27671469)

The same way we already punish people who gather in places they’re not supposed to be in and drink. Legalizing a drug doesn’t mean legalizing all activities relating to it.

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Re:Mexico's Supreme Court has decriminalised the private use... by dragonwriter on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @12:47AM (#27671873)

How do we punish public drunkenness when alcohol is legal?

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Re:Mexico's Supreme Court has decriminalised the private use... by edgyquant on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @05:36PM (#27682008)

We don’t punish people who sit in their house or their yard and get drunk. I’m not talking about public drunkenness I’m talking about meth dens and how they lead to a serious rise in crime in the surrounding neighborhood.

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