By Arthur Brice
CNN
(CNN) -- Argentina's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday it is unconstitutional to punish an adult for private use of marijuana as long as it doesn't harm anyone else.
A recent poll showed 29 percent of Americans believe the best way to deal with marijuana is to legalize it.
A recent poll showed 29 percent of Americans believe the best way to deal with marijuana is to legalize it. ~deja vu~
The unanimous ruling makes Argentina the second Latin American country in the past four days to allow personal use of a formerly illegal drug.
The case in question involved five young men who were arrested for having a few marijuana cigarettes in their pockets.
Supreme Court Justice Carlos Fayt, who at one time supported laws that make personal use of marijuana illegal, told the state-run Telam news agency that "reality" changed his mind.
Argentina's action came amid growing momentum in Latin America toward decriminalization of possessing small amounts of certain drugs.
Mexico enacted a law Friday that decriminalizes possessing low quantities of most drugs, including marijuana, heroin, cocaine and LSD.
Earlier this year, a Brazilian appeals court ruled that possession of drugs for personal use is not illegal.CNN
7 comments:
We'll probably be the last country to legalize mj and if we go state by state, Oklahoma will probably be the last state.
nah joy..texas will be the last..
makes me want to start toking...
i have smoked so little weed..that the stories about me smoking are legends...'the only time i ever saw anyone eat 72 bags of individual chips and fall aaleep under the pin ball machine.'
'only time i ever saw anyone drive 2 miles an hour'...
hahah
and when i drove 2 miles an hour i spent the next 20 minutes complaining about whiplash and laughing hysterically.
Joy - I bet you're right.
YDG - LIGHT WEIGHT!
Sounds like fun though.
oh it was tons of fun...and yes, im a light weight..i think in my 65 years i may have smoked dope 25 times or less..
I think they should change the words to the land of the incarcerated and the home of the brave.
The fact that many millions of Americans have used pot has not translated into real political pressure on the people who can change the laws. One of the problems inhibiting legalization is that people that smoke a glass pipe are not considered serious or mature. It is This stigma that scares many pot users to hide that they smoke pot. In the end it is up to us to be public about our choices and to Voice our opinions to the ones that ultimately decide what the rules are. Every hand written Letter that makes it to a representative is considered to be the voice of a thousand people who did not take the time to write. Send an email, send a letter make a phone call and get counted.
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