The handsome baby boomer-aged couple smokes a joint behind the bushes outside a graduation party. When they return in their altered state to the gathering awkward moments and hilarity ensues. This was a scene in the movie It’s Complicated, starring Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin, and Steve Martin. It seems harmless enough. The pot, we are [...]
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Argentina Court Prohibits Imprisonment for Use of Pot
Argentina became the second Latin American country this week to remove criminal penalties for personal use of marijuana. The country’s high court found it was unconstitutional to imprison someone for using marijuana as long as it harms no one else, CNN reported. The decision comes just four days after Mexico removed criminal penalties for possessing [...]
Despite New Drug Law, Mexico Is No Amsterdam
On Friday, Mexico removed most of the criminal penalties for possessing small quantities of illicit drugs such as cocaine, marijuana, and heroin Portugal is the only other country that has “legalized” several types of drugs, according to the Houston Chronicle. But this policy change is not as dramatic as some make it out to be. [...]
