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j raz October 25, 2009 06:38 AM filed under News and Business
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patrick ian perez
October 28, 2009 9:11 PM
Nice job guys! Looking forward to Friday!!
jason raz
October 25, 2009 6:06 PM
ooo man when i heard the news that the storm hit the Philippines i felt hurt and sad. :( i donated most of my G-unit clothes to the Philippines to support the 25/35!!!!
j raz October 20, 2009 01:33 AM filed under News and Business
WASHINGTON ? The Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws, under new policy guidelines to be sent to federal prosecutors Monday.

Two Justice Department officials described the new policy to The Associated Press, saying prosecutors will be told it is not a good use of their time to arrest people who use or provide medical marijuana in strict compliance with state laws.

The new policy is a significant departure from the Bush administration, which insisted it would continue to enforce federal anti-pot laws regardless of state codes.

Fourteen states allow some use of marijuana for medical purposes: Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.

California is unique among those for the presence of dispensaries ? businesses that sell marijuana and even advertise their services.

Attorney General Eric Holder said in March that he wanted federal law enforcement officials to pursue those who violate both federal and state law, but it has not been clear how that goal would be put into practice.

A 3-page memo spelling out the policy is expected to be sent Monday to federal prosecutors in the 14 states, and also to top officials at the FBI and the Drug Enforcement Administration.

The memo, the officials said, emphasizes that prosecutors have wide discretion in choosing which cases to pursue, and says it is not a good use of federal manpower to prosecute those who are without a doubt in compliance with state law.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the legal guidance before it is issued.

At the same time, the officials said, the government will still prosecute those who use medical marijuana as a cover for other illegal activity. The memo particularly warns that some suspects may hide old-fashioned drug dealing or other crimes behind a medical marijuana business.

In particular, the memo urges prosecutors to pursue marijuana cases which involve violence, the illegal use of firearms, selling pot to minors, money laundering or other crimes.

And while the policy memo describes a change in priorities away from prosecuting medical marijuana cases, it does not rule out the possibility that the federal government could still prosecute someone whose activities are allowed under state law.

The memo, officials said, is designed to give a sense of prosecutorial priorities to U.S. Attorneys in the states that allow medical marijuana. It notes that pot sales in the United States are the largest source of money for violent Mexican drug cartels, but adds that federal law enforcement agencies have limited resources.

Medical marijuana advocates have been anxious to see exactly how the administration would implement candidate Barack Obama's repeated promises to change the policy in situations in which state laws allow the use of medical marijuana.

Shortly after Obama took office, DEA agents raided four dispensaries in Los Angeles, prompting confusion about the government's plans.
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Earth bombed the moon this morning, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee dropped its own bomb, awarding the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama.

You would think everything is perfect after receiving such a surprising honor and that Obama could joyously take a victory lap. But in its own way, the peace prize makes a slew of domestic and international political problems worse for the president, who has been in office for less than nine months.

The award emphasizes the gulf Obama must bridge in his two sometimes conflicting roles: president of the United States, who must act out of national self-interest, and his role as the moral beacon for international affairs around the globe.

For example, Obama has been meeting with his national security team to decide what to do about Afghanistan. The military is seeking an additional 40,000 U.S. troops on top of the 68,000 already committed (and the 40,000 NATO has there). Being a peace prize winner who sends more troops to war is something he will have to explain if he decides in that direction. If he doesn?t send more troops, he will have to explain that action to an already hostile GOP and furious conservatives.

Talk show host Rush Limbaugh lost no time calling Obama?s victory a "greater embarrassment" than losing the Olympics.

?This fully exposes the illusion that is Barack Obama," Limbaugh told Politico in an e-mail published on its website. ?And with this ?award? the elites of the world are urging Obama, THE MAN OF PEACE, to not do the surge in Afghanistan, not take action against Iran and its nuclear program and to basically continue his intentions to emasculate the United States."

For other Republicans like party Chairman Michael Steele, the win allowed them to return to a frequent GOP trope from the campaign: that Obama can play on his unmerited star power rather than meaningful accomplishments.

?The real question Americans are asking is, 'What has President Obama actually accomplished?'? Steele said. ?It is unfortunate that the president?s star power has outshined tireless advocates who have made real achievements working towards peace and human rights. One thing is certain: President Obama won?t be receiving any awards from Americans for job creation, fiscal responsibility or backing up rhetoric with concrete action.?

The Republican and conservative comments may sound like sour grapes, but it could harden an already unhappy group against a president who has argued for political bipartisanship.

The Nobel committee acknowledged it had moved quickly, but insisted speed was important.

?He got the prize because he has been able to change the international climate,? Norwegian Nobel Committee Chairman Thorbjorn Jagland said. ?Some people say, and I understand it, isn?t it premature? Too early? Well, I?d say then that it could be too late to respond three years from now. It is now that we have the opportunity to respond ? all of us.?

It is that feeling of hope and change that the committee wanted to foster. It is, of course, also a slap at President Bush and his administration?s insistence on going it alone.

Obama has played on his experience as community organizer to call for greater cooperation in the international and domestic arenas. It will take that skill to deal with the fallout from the award.

-- Michael Muskal

Here is the text of Obama?s comments on the Nobel Peace Prize as provided by White House:

Good morning. Well, this is not how I expected to wake up this morning. After I received the news, Malia walked in and said, "Daddy, you won the Nobel Peace Prize, and it is Bo?s birthday!" And then Sasha added, "Plus, we have a three-day weekend coming up." So it?s good to have kids to keep things in perspective.

I am both surprised and deeply humbled by the decision of the Nobel Committee. Let me be clear: I do not view it as a recognition of my own accomplishments, but rather as an affirmation of American leadership on behalf of aspirations held by people in all nations.

To be honest, I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who?ve been honored by this prize -- men and women who?ve inspired me and inspired the entire world through their courageous pursuit of peace.

But I also know that this prize reflects the kind of world that those men and women, and all Americans, want to build -- a world that gives life to the promise of our founding documents. And I know that throughout history, the Nobel Peace Prize has not just been used to honor specific achievement; it?s also been used as a means to give momentum to a set of causes. And that is why I will accept this award as a call to action -- a call for all nations to confront the common challenges of the 21st century.

These challenges can?t be met by any one leader or any one nation. And that?s why my administration has worked to establish a new era of engagement in which all nations must take responsibility for the world we seek. We cannot tolerate a world in which nuclear weapons spread to more nations and in which the terror of a nuclear holocaust endangers more people. And that?s why we?ve begun to take concrete steps to pursue a world without nuclear weapons, because all nations have the right to pursue peaceful nuclear power, but all nations have the responsibility to demonstrate their peaceful intentions.
We cannot accept the growing threat posed by climate change, which could forever damage the world that we pass on to our children -- sowing conflict and famine; destroying coastlines and emptying cities. And that?s why all nations must now accept their share of responsibility for transforming the way that we use energy.

We can?t allow the differences between peoples to define the way that we see one another, and that?s why we must pursue a new beginning among people of different faiths and races and religions; one based upon mutual interest and mutual respect.

And we must all do our part to resolve those conflicts that have caused so much pain and hardship over so many years, and that effort must include an unwavering commitment that finally realizes that the rights of all Israelis and Palestinians to live in peace and security in nations of their own.

We can?t accept a world in which more people are denied opportunity and dignity that all people yearn for -- the ability to get an education and make a decent living; the security that you won?t have to live in fear of disease or violence without hope for the future.

And even as we strive to seek a world in which conflicts are resolved peacefully and prosperity is widely shared, we have to confront the world as we know it today. I am the Commander-in-Chief of a country that?s responsible for ending a war and working in another theater to confront a ruthless adversary that directly threatens the American people and our allies. I?m also aware that we are dealing with the impact of a global economic crisis that has left millions of Americans looking for work. These are concerns that I confront every day on behalf of the American people.

Some of the work confronting us will not be completed during my presidency. Some, like the elimination of nuclear weapons, may not be completed in my lifetime. But I know these challenges can be met so long as it?s recognized that they will not be met by one person or one nation alone. This award is not simply about the efforts of my administration -- it?s about the courageous efforts of people around the world.

And that?s why this award must be shared with everyone who strives for justice and dignity -- for the young woman who marches silently in the streets on behalf of her right to be heard even in the face of beatings and bullets; for the leader imprisoned in her own home because she refuses to abandon her commitment to democracy; for the soldier who sacrificed through tour after tour of duty on behalf of someone half a world away; and for all those men and women across the world who sacrifice their safety and their freedom and sometime their lives for the cause of peace.

That has always been the cause of America. That?s why the world has always looked to America. And that?s why I believe America will continue to lead.
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Seriously? What's wrong with these people these days?

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jason raz September 29, 2009 3:53 PM filed under News and Business
The Philippines after the typhoon..... :(
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Kenneth Fabie
September 30, 2009 01:41 AM
god bless to all the families out there in the Philippines
j raz
September 29, 2009 11:31 PM
the translation they have for when the guy is talking isnt that accurate, its more like "we were scared and didnt know what to do, we didnt know it was this bad when we saw it on tv but its really bad." thats not an exact translation cuz i dont know some of the words he used but its more accurate than whats there
Melinda Huynh
September 29, 2009 5:17 PM
Hey guys! 25/35, a non-profit organization started by local young adults, is gathering any miscellaneous clothing, hygiene items, educational materials that anyone would like to donate to send to the victims of Typhoon Ketsana. As you might have heard, the storm has already killed 140+ people and is bigger than Hurricane Katrina. If you are interested in helping out, please contact Melinda at MelindaDH@2535foundation.org. Thanks Jason for posting this!
Rob G September 17, 2009 8:06 PM filed under News and Business
Allow me to distract you from the rampant speculation over who Kanye is going to interrupt next for a brief look at the health care debate going on in this country. And really it would have to be a brief look because if what is going on passes for debate today then it won?t be long until the movie ?Idiocracy? becomes less of a satire and more of a brilliant prediction of our future.
It isn?t that there aren?t plenty of reasons we should debate health care. As left-leaning as I am, and as much as I believe that health care needs to be guaranteed for all Americans even I admit there are plenty of plans to look over, we need to worry about costs, and we need to make sure the quality doesn?t suffer. I would welcome this debate. I yearn for this debate. I want this debate more than making a sandwich with Jessica Alba and Angelina Jolie.
Sadly, this is not happening. Instead we?ve been reduced to waves and waves of right wing Zombies roaming our streets and screaming mindlessly about ?Socialism?, ?Communism?, and ?Fascism? and how if we somehow find a way so that poor people get to see a doctor this brings us closer to a new Holocaust. I was at the West Covina mall on Saturday where a small group of them were holding signs talking about this inevitability along the sidewalk. It was an interesting place to protest and I found myself at a red light next to them. I rolled down my window and asked one of them to define ?socialism? for me.
He said it was ?Un-American and bad.? I told him that was soccer and he should try again.
The ability to use ?socialism?, ?communism? and ?fascism? in the same argument perplexes me on the same level as a guy calling their ex ?ugly.? Well then why the fuck were you dating her? It?s as if logic flies out the window in some fit to just make somebody else look bad no matter how poorly it reflects back upon you. It ignores the historical fact that ?fascism? was a movement that was created to DESTROY socialism. Hell the Nazis targeted socialists WAY before they went after the Jews.
I also found it ironic that these people were protesting against socialism on a Saturday. Prior to American socialist parties campaigning for changes in the United States the six day, 12 hour work day was the norm. Without socialism they would have been hard at work in a textile factory that day, possibly missing a limb, and getting paid less money than they probably collected from passerbys that day who mistook them for homeless people.
The sad part is this isn?t the ?fringe? people out there anymore. This isn?t the hardcore activist we can just laugh out as being out of touch with the American people. This isn?t the 10% of the population we either admired for being committed so hardcore to a worldview or that we questioned if they were mentally ill. This is seriously what passes for debate amongst Republican leaders. Sean Hannity, who said that people who compared Bush to Hitler were trash (and they were), is out there shaking the hands and urging people to paint Obama pictures over with the Hitler ?Stach. Rush Limbaugh, who said liberals were anti-American for not supporting Bush, said he wants Obama to fail. And elected Republican officials aren?t much better. Instead of counter proposals, facts, statistics, and arguments to back up their opposition they just try to yell louder than everybody else.
And if you try to argue that they aren?t doing that, I will interrupt your speech and yell ?YOU LIE.?
And (because everything must tie back to Mr. West) maybe that?s why he felt ok to go up and interrupt Taylor Swift. If a US Congressman can heckle the President of the United States during a serious speech, then who can?t we interrupt?
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Rob G
September 18, 2009 3:57 PM
Socialism is an economic system in which the government regulates the economy in some way. To be fair EVERY country has elements of socialism in it (hell taxes are socialist). To say that health care will make us socialist ignores taxation, any government regulation, be it environmental or health related or anything. The military is a socialist program.
min kim
September 18, 2009 3:50 PM
Hey-- if someone rolled down the window and asked you to define socialism (obviously before the light turns green) what would you say? P.S. You can work on accomplishing my least favorite post of all time via a talk on religion.
Rob G
September 18, 2009 3:41 PM
Is there a need to come back? I've already got your favorite post of all time. What more is there to accomplish?
min kim
September 18, 2009 3:38 PM
I really don't like Rush Limbaugh. I wish I had more to say on this topic. But I really don't like Rush Limbaugh and like Patrick says, I can't figure out the details. Roll over sounds like it would work, but again the quality care comes in to play. Oh no, I'm becoming one of those people that just repeat exactly what was said. Kanye, please interrupt me. Anyhow, Rob this is my favorite Bumpley post of all time. When will we see you again?
patrick ian perez
September 17, 2009 10:28 PM
Well said Rob...I am reminded of a poster I saw once that read "Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers." Anyhow, I feel that the enitre issue hinges on the relationship between a) quality care that is accessable, b) controlling the costs of said care vs. the insurance co.'s and c) figuring out an equitable way to distribute the costs. I am in no way gifted enough to figure out the details, but my idea is similar to Cingular "roll-over minutes." When an individual is young and healthy and not drawing on the system, the money they are paying into the health system via insurance accumulates to that when they are older or fall ill they aren't faced with massively increased costs because that untapped money would be there. I know it sounds similar to Social Security, but I feel there would be a way to structure it to at least work in principle. My other thought with regards to idiots who go out and polarize their communities, is that I am sure most of them go to their robot corporate or union jobs and never see the cost of their own healthcare benefits. It just comes off their paycheck before they ever see it and have no idea how much their employer is putting up for those benefits. As a small business owner, I can barely afford my own insurance and I don't even have any employees. Hopefully America will learn how to read again!
The pace of human evolution has been increasing at a stunning rate since our ancestors began spreading through Europe, Asia and Africa 40,000 years ago, quickening to 100 times historical levels after agriculture became widespread, according to a study published today.

By examining more than 3 million variants of DNA in 269 people, researchers identified about 1,800 genes that have been widely adopted in relatively recent times because they offer some evolutionary benefit.

Until recently, anthropologists believed that evolutionary pressure on humans eased after the transition to a more stable agrarian lifestyle. But in the last few years, they realized the opposite was true -- diseases swept through societies in which large groups lived in close quarters for a long time.

Altogether, the recent genetic changes account for 7% of the human genome, according to the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The advantage of all but about 100 of the genes remains a mystery, said University of Wisconsin-Madison anthropologist John Hawks, who led the study. But the research team was able to conclude that infectious diseases and the introduction of new foods were the primary reasons that some genes swept through populations with such speed.

"If there were not a mismatch between the population and the environment, there wouldn't be any selection," Hawks said. "Dietary changes, disease changes -- those create circumstances where selection can happen."

One of the most famous examples is the spread of a gene that allows adults to digest milk.

Though children were able to drink milk, they typically developed lactose intolerance as they grew up. But after cattle and goats were domesticated in Europe and yaks and mares were domesticated in Asia, adults with a mutation that allowed them to digest milk had a nutritional advantage over those without.

As a result, they were more likely to have healthy offspring, prompting the mutation to spread, Hawks said.

The mechanism also explains why genetic resistance to malaria has spread among Africans -- who live where disease-carrying mosquitoes are prevalent -- but not among Europeans or Asians.

Most of the genetic changes the researchers identified were found in only one geographic group or another. Races as we know them today didn't exist until fewer than 20,000 years ago, when genes involved in skin pigmentation emerged, Hawks said. Paler skin allowed people in northern latitudes to absorb more sunlight to make vitamin D.

"As populations expanded into new environments, the pressures faced in those environments would have been different," said Noah Rosenberg, a human geneticist at the University of Michigan, who wasn't involved in the study. "So it stands to reason that in different parts of the world, different genes will appear to have experienced natural selection."

Hawks and colleagues from UC Irvine, the University of Utah and Santa Clara-based gene chip maker Affymetrix Inc. examined genetic data collected by the International HapMap Consortium, which cataloged single-letter differences among the 3 billion letters of human DNA in people of Nigerian, Japanese, Chinese and European descent.

The researchers looked for long stretches of DNA that were identical in many people, suggesting that a gene was widely adopted and that it spread relatively recently, before random mutations among individuals had a chance to occur.

They found that the more the population grew, the faster human genes evolved. That's because more people created more opportunities for a beneficial mutation to arise, Hawks said.

In the last 5,000 to 10,000 years, as agriculture was able to support increasingly large societies, the rate of evolutionary change rose to more than 100 times historical levels, the study concluded.

Among the fastest-evolving genes were those related to brain development, but the researchers aren't sure what made them so desirable, Hawks said.

There are other mysteries too.

"Nobody 10,000 years ago had blue eyes," Hawks said. "Why is it that blue-eyed people had a 5% advantage in reproducing compared to non-blue-eyed people? I have no idea."


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min kim
September 16, 2009 3:11 PM
i see where youre coming from. but come on allen, studies like this have to be conducted in order to then continue on with research. its just interesting to see that yes in fact we are developing at increasingly fast rates and that the human brain especially. makes you wonder. its only common sense, once the facts are proven.
dj traumatix (hitek fx)
September 16, 2009 12:26 AM
min, we wouldn't evolve into anything else. homo sapiens would still be homo sapiens...only our genetic make up would alter slightly to evolve with our environment. this isn't anything new. the human popluation is also at its greatest, so it stands to reason that obviously theres more chances for there to be slight differences in individuals throughout different regions. kind of like "duh". haha did grant money really have to be spent on this study to confirm common sense? couldn't the effort have been better used in studying the human genome in the area of diseases?
Melinda Huynh
September 16, 2009 01:31 AM
Very interesting...
min kim
September 15, 2009 9:30 PM
good article. kinda makes you wonder what we'll evolve in to or become centuries later.
casey johnson
September 15, 2009 6:42 PM
lol dont hate bc i thought your ipod nano was for girls or gays
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Ron Paul Talks About the Economy on Morning Joe 1-27-09
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4th grader's response to President Obama's Speech
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nancy pancy
September 11, 2009 1:29 PM
this is what republicans were warning about, their children actually having their own opinions on issues, their own thoughts, dare I say it, thinking for them selves.
dj traumatix (hitek fx)
September 10, 2009 3:28 PM
is this fourth grader really smart or does a good chunk of the american public fall for political rhetoric like a fourth grader? hmmmm...
dj buddy
September 10, 2009 10:31 AM
Hey she's smart, she's def gonna make an impact on society. What have you done, or are working on to make a difference?
reina September 08, 2009 10:23 AM filed under News and Business
I RESPECT BANKSY.
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min kim
September 08, 2009 11:30 AM
that is such a sad story-- i hope they come up with a good way to make up for this mistake. i felt her pain as i read this article.
nancy pancy September 08, 2009 07:51 AM filed under News and Business
8 years after 911
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jason raz
September 08, 2009 3:33 PM
damn 8 years after 911 we are still fighting a war.
We received some emails from you guys concerning to why our commenting system was so slow. You've probably experienced this when commenting on a shared thought, leaving a message on a friends profile, and so on. We've looked into the source of the problem and fixed it. So now the commenting system should be a lot faster. Also, we fixed the "show more" button at the bottom of this page. It should now render the body of the submissions.

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min kim
September 07, 2009 10:59 AM
wow
dj buddy
September 07, 2009 02:42 AM
This is fast!
'member when riding the schoolbus was for last minute homework and pencil fights?
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ryan nelwan
September 07, 2009 02:41 AM
omg that is nuts
dj buddy
September 03, 2009 3:26 PM
I thought i was bad with rubber band shooters.
a funny, well written article about today's 5 amazing inventions.
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dj buddy
September 03, 2009 3:36 PM
LOL this is a great read for sure. Even tho these things will kill us, we still fund scientists to work on em, eventually paying to kill ourselves. Great plan for the human race.
As some of you guys know, Los Angeles is on fire. Maybe not as bad as the 2003 fire we had earlier this decade but still enough to take notice of the massively huge cloud in the sky. So the following attachments are day/night pictures, satellite images, and a time lapse video
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ryan nelwan
September 07, 2009 02:41 AM
yeah i heard conan saying that
jason raz
September 03, 2009 01:56 AM
man this fire is really crazy....i heard news says that the fire fighter will have this fire contained on September 15!!!!!
jason raz
September 01, 2009 10:49 PM
wow man!!! i heard that the fire is as big as Las Vegas and also i heard that the smoke of the fires are going into Colorado!!!!
because i enjoy watching interesting documentaries.
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reina
September 03, 2009 10:36 PM
we're all going to be like WALL-E if we don't get our minds right! thanks to those who watched :]
jason raz
September 03, 2009 4:30 PM
man i am wearing the koil helmet right now!!!! So that the government satellite doesnt read my mind!!!!!! HEE HEE!!!!
dj buddy
September 03, 2009 3:38 PM
Zeitgeist is interesting, and sometimes seems valid. But if we live our lives beieving all this, we'll all end up in a sound proofed apartment covered in foil, wearing signal blocking foil helmets in a sweaty paranoid frenzy. AHHHH!
min kim
September 02, 2009 2:21 PM
i feel you reina... sometimes i try to explain all that is mentioned in this doc especially like you said about "the world is going to end" but i cant seem to spit it out so eloquently. i end up just referring them to this... great post, thanks for sharing.
reina
September 02, 2009 09:41 AM
yes, it really makes you think..esp. when people say "the world is going to end"
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continuing from my post earlier about the legalization of small amounts of drugs in Mexico today.
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Mexico decriminalized small amounts of marijuana, cocaine and heroin on Friday ? a move that prosecutors say makes sense even in the midst of the government's grueling battle against drug traffickers.

Prosecutors said the new law sets clear limits that keep Mexico's corruption-prone police from shaking down casual users and offers addicts free treatment to keep growing domestic drug use in check.

"This is not legalization, this is regulating the issue and giving citizens greater legal certainty," said Bernardo Espino del Castillo of the attorney general's office.

The new law sets out maximum "personal use" amounts for drugs, also including LSD and methamphetamine. People detained with those quantities no longer face criminal prosecution.

Espino del Castillo says, in practice, small users almost never did face charges anyway. Under the previous law, the possession of any amount of drugs was punishable by stiff jail sentences, but there was leeway for addicts caught with smaller amounts.

"We couldn't charge somebody who was in possession of a dose of a drug, there was no way ... because the person would claim they were an addict," he said.

Despite the provisions, police sometimes hauled in suspects and demanded bribes, threatening long jail sentences if people did not pay.

"The bad thing was that it was left up to the discretion of the detective, and it could open the door to corruption or extortion," Espino del Castillo said.

Anyone caught with drug amounts under the new personal-use limit will be encouraged to seek treatment, and for those caught a third time treatment is mandatory.

The maximum amount of marijuana for "personal use" under the new law is 5 grams ? the equivalent of about four joints. The limit is a half gram for cocaine, the equivalent of about 4 "lines." For other drugs, the limits are 50 milligrams of heroin, 40 milligrams for methamphetamine and 0.015 milligrams for LSD.

Mexico has emphasized the need to differentiate drug addicts and casual users from the violent traffickers whose turf battles have contributed to the deaths of more than 11,000 people since President Felipe Calderon took office in late 2006.

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patrick ian perez
August 23, 2009 9:49 PM
This law would be successful only if a reciprocal law is passed in the US, because as was pointed out in the previous post the majority of the violence in Mexico is between the cartels (mainly Sinaloa & Gulf) because the demand in the US is so high. The only groups who are more gangster than the gangs are large corporations who would run the drug game here if they were allowed to.
dj buddy
August 21, 2009 12:43 AM
Yeah I agree. I am saying that legalization would be an answer to the problem. Gangsters ran the alcohol business during prohibition, and as soon as they lifted the law, all that went away. I think I just ran a tangent from your point of the post. Sorry!
Unknown Known
August 21, 2009 10:58 AM
It didn't say if the government will be selling the drugs...in my honest opinion it seems like the drug dealers are the ones running Mexico anyways. There has been hundreds, maybe thousands, of cops from deputies to police chiefs that have been murdered/recruited by the cartels...and the cycle will continue. This law really won't effect the normal Mexican citizen...if they had a bag of small bag of drugs in their pocket I believe they wouldn't be trippin about going to jail. As for the dealers, they are all fighting each other on the borders trying to get the drugs into America, where the demand is. This is a tourist attraction if anything.
dj buddy
August 21, 2009 10:34 AM
First lemme give you a history of me: I used to drink, smoke, drug, etc etc. Now I do not believe or condone the use of any controlled substance. I think it's very intelligent for Mexico to make this move. Obviously, making controlled substances 100% illegal is not working. Just go to a rave, and you can see how normal it is to have drugs. With that, I think gov't should legalize the sale and production of substances. It will take away the money from the dealers. The crime & death rate will go down, how many people you know died from the tobacco or alcohol game? The consumers will recieve top grade product, and the gov't could put heavy taxes on drugs like cigarettes. Spend less on the "drug war" and make more selling drugs. Sounds crazy, but the gov't has been in a losing war since the 80's... It's like vietnam again, except on our own turf.
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