Argentine Court Decriminalizes Private Marijuana Use

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/world/americas/26briefs-argentinaruling.html?_r=3


Argentina’s Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that it was unconstitutional to punish an adult for possessing and consuming marijuana if it did not endanger others. In a unanimous ruling, the court struck down criminal penalties for using drugs “in private.” The court said public officials needed to fight illegal trafficking of narcotics while adopting methods to treat drug use as a health issue.
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[Recursion]

1. The bricks are crumbling. Slowly. NT

[nradisic]

2. I'll celebrate that

smoke 'em if you've got 'em...

[RaleighNCDUer]

3. As more and more nations around the world reject the US driven

'war on drugs', it will become one more item in which the US trails the civilized world - like with universal healthcare and the death penalty - and we will be further marginalized as be become the most powerful third world nation in history.

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4. and add 15 yrs. behind the world in internet speed

nt

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5. kick