Pointy
08-02-2008, 07:17 PM
here is an article i just ran across. i never thought i would say this but, Go Argentina.
Argentine president calls for decriminalization of drug use
* Story Highlights
* President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner says addicts should not be persecuted
* Argentine government wants Congress to pass legislation by end of year
* Measures could lessen sentences for users, crack down on dealers and traffickers
* Rep. Barney Frank proposes similar legislation this week on Capitol Hill
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (CNN) -- President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner repeated her call this week to decriminalize personal drug use and crack down on traffickers and dealers.
President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner says she doesn't like to "condemn someone who has an addiction."
President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner says she doesn't like to "condemn someone who has an addiction."
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"I don't like it when people easily condemn someone who has an addiction as if he were a criminal, as if he were a person who should be persecuted," she told a meeting of the National Investigation into the Consumption of Alcohol, Tobacco, Psychopharmaceuticals and Illegal Drugs.
"Those who should be persecuted are those who sell the substances, those who give it away, those who traffic in it."
A poll shows 2 percent of Argentines have tried cocaine, but some people believe decriminalization of drugs could result in wider drug use.
Regardless, the Argentine government is pushing Congress to pass the decriminalization legislation by the end of the year.
"Decriminalization of the consumer should include what are called second-generation human rights, but at the same time there should be a strong policy of prevention, so that no one falls in the situation of consuming any substance," said Anibal Fernandez, the minister of security and justice.
Argentine president calls for decriminalization of drug use
* Story Highlights
* President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner says addicts should not be persecuted
* Argentine government wants Congress to pass legislation by end of year
* Measures could lessen sentences for users, crack down on dealers and traffickers
* Rep. Barney Frank proposes similar legislation this week on Capitol Hill
* Next Article in World »
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (CNN) -- President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner repeated her call this week to decriminalize personal drug use and crack down on traffickers and dealers.
President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner says she doesn't like to "condemn someone who has an addiction."
President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner says she doesn't like to "condemn someone who has an addiction."
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"I don't like it when people easily condemn someone who has an addiction as if he were a criminal, as if he were a person who should be persecuted," she told a meeting of the National Investigation into the Consumption of Alcohol, Tobacco, Psychopharmaceuticals and Illegal Drugs.
"Those who should be persecuted are those who sell the substances, those who give it away, those who traffic in it."
A poll shows 2 percent of Argentines have tried cocaine, but some people believe decriminalization of drugs could result in wider drug use.
Regardless, the Argentine government is pushing Congress to pass the decriminalization legislation by the end of the year.
"Decriminalization of the consumer should include what are called second-generation human rights, but at the same time there should be a strong policy of prevention, so that no one falls in the situation of consuming any substance," said Anibal Fernandez, the minister of security and justice.