COCAINE

(Eric Clapton)

Wouldn't have believed it if you told me, but there it was in the paper today - and - you know - if it's written down, it must be true.

Apparently the senate and congress (or whatever it's called) passed, and The President of Mexico is expected to sign a bill that LEGALIZES small personal quantities of - get ready - heroin, ecstasy, pot, and coke.

This is said to free the police to go after the big bad cartels, etc.

Seems extreme, but not an altogether bad idea... and for some reason, I find it funny. It just seems to be another burr in Bush's saddle.

The bill says criminal charges will no longer be brought for possession of up to 25 milligrams of heroin, five grams of marijuana — about one-fifth of an ounce, or about four joints — and half a gram of cocaine — about half the standard street-size quantity, which is enough for several lines of the drug.

"No charges will be brought against ... addicts or consumers who are found in possession of any narcotic for personal use," the Senate bill reads. It also lays out allowable quantities for a large array of other drugs, including LSD, MDA, ecstasy — about two pills' worth — and amphetamines.

Some of the amounts are eye-popping: Mexicans would be allowed to possess a kilogram (2.2 pounds) of peyote, the button-sized hallucinogenic cactus used in some native Indian religious ceremonies.


Fox news covers the story