Curtman Curtman:
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Uruguay's national government said Wednesday it hopes to fight a growing crime problem by selling marijuana to citizens registered to buy it, and will send a bill to Congress that would make it the first country in the world to do so.
Under the plan, only the government would be allowed to sell marijuana and only to adults who register on a government database, letting officials keep track of their purchases over time.
Minister of Defense Eleuterio Fernandez Huidobro told reporters in Montevideo that the measure aims to weaken crime in the country by removing profits from drug dealers and diverting users from harder drugs.
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"We're shifting toward a stricter state control of the distribution and production of this drug," Fernandez said. "It's a fight on both fronts: against consumption and drug trafficking. We think the prohibition of some drugs is creating more problems to society than the drug itself."
The Harperites have moved us completely in the opposite direction of the consensus that the rest of the world is coming to. Mandatory minimums for victimless crimes is right up near the top of the list of idiocy that will be their legacy.
When it comes to Harper's policy on marijuana you're right Curt. It's a no brainer if adults want to smoke weed. I remember living in a neighbourhood where these underage kids were outside smoking up outside a corner store, and ask me if I could buy them some beer as I walked in.
I said no.
But, if an election was held tomorrow I'd probably still vote for the Conservatives again under Harper despite that. Only because the alternatives worry me more than the Conservatives do.
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