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Mexican Government To Document Cell Phone Use
Alyssey writes "The Mexican government wants to have a database to track every cellphone number in the country (in Spanish, Google translation) and whom it belongs to. They want to tie in the CURP (Unique Registration Population Code in Spanish, like the Social Security Number in the US) with cellphone numbers. If Mexicans don't send in their number and CURP via SMS before April 10, 2010, their cellphone number will be blocked. The new law was published back in February and is going into effect now."
Legalizing marijuana (and possibly cocaine) would solve 96% of the problem overnight. Not to mention creating new revenue streams for the government, and maybe allowing the US to once again step behind Russia in the running to imprison the largest percentage of the population.
Have you watched ANY mob movie in your life? Do you think those underground mercenary corps will just disband and they'll all get themselves decent legit jobs? There will always be some drug that is too dangerous for health to be legalized, and they will push it to kids. Or, they'll just run extortion/protection racket. Or, they will contraband untaxed marijuana and cocaine, even if those were legal to posses. Their business is not drugs, their business is fear and violence. Addictions (narcotics, gambling, prostitution) just help to lure their victims to come to them.
Oh, and ... once a drug is not illegal any more, it loses much of its appeal, nobody is a hotshot for using it, so cool kids, daring kids will move on to dangerous "real stuff" and keep "sticking it to the MAN".
Never (completely) legalize marijuana, it would ruin it for everybody!