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2006-05-03 Caribbean-Latin America

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Posted by Steve 2006-05-03 09:58|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 A freakin' KILO of Peyote?

Ay, maldito...

Posted by mojo">mojo 2006-05-03 10:17|| 2006-05-03 10:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Every man a mule.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-05-03 10:30|| 2006-05-03 10:30|| Front Page Top

#3 Here's a thought.

Let's send Mexico all our druggie loser addicts, trading them three-for-one for anyone in Mexico who wants to work a full time job--gardener, hotel maid, trash collector, roofer, farmer, any honest work.

Deal, or no deal?

Posted by Mike 2006-05-03 10:31|| 2006-05-03 10:31|| Front Page Top

#4 Just when you thought the situation in Mexico was getting better....

Ask the Netherlands how well that worked.

Posted by DarthVader 2006-05-03 10:41|| 2006-05-03 10:41|| Front Page Top

#5 US ~~Mexico~~ to Legalize All ~~Drugs~~ Mexicans.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-05-03 11:31|| 2006-05-03 11:31|| Front Page Top

#6 Actually, it works very well in the Netherlands. Most of the serious drugs are used by tourists, the locals preferring a milder marijuana with the morning coffee, if at all.

But their whole attitude is amazing. Everybody, police included, have a half-libertarian and half-helpful attitude that is easy to get used to.

For example, even though hard drugs are technically illegal, if you buy a baggie of say, heroin, the police have set up a high-tech testing center, so that you can bring in a sample and have it tested for purity. After testing the heck out of it, they give you the results, because they would rather you do good quality illegal drugs than bad drugs and end up in the hospital.

This attitude completely changes if the sample you bring in is bad. They will tirelessly hunt down a drug dealer who is selling bad drugs, and throw the book at him, basically for multiple counts of attempted murder.

For the last few years, Amsterdam has become a regular Hajj for people suffering from a certain eye disease leading to blindness, Macular Degeneration, after it was discovered at one of their "Cannibus Cup" events, that a particular breed of marijuana strongly improves their vision for a while, while easing their disease symptoms.

This is the leading edge of the "medical tourism" heading to the Neatherlands in search of relief for dozens of conditions.

And though wicked college students smoking marijuana will get all the press about Mexico, they will also most likely get a lot more medical tourists than they do now.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-05-03 11:48|| 2006-05-03 11:48|| Front Page Top

#7 "On Friday, San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders said he was appalled by the bill. "I certainly think we are going to see more drugs available in the United States," Sanders said. "We need to register every protest the American government can muster."

You mean San Diego's clean? Or it would be clean if Mexico didn't exist? Give me a break.

Posted by Perfesser 2006-05-03 14:51|| 2006-05-03 14:51|| Front Page Top

#8 "I'm taking you kids to the happiest place on Earth: Tijuana!"

Krusty the Clown

Posted by danking_70 2006-05-03 16:08|| 2006-05-03 16:08|| Front Page Top

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