Mexico to allow use of most drugs
For some time now, I have theorized that the perfect job would be a telecommuting gig in which one could live in Mexico but telecommute to the U.S., thus picking up a U.S. salary and spending money at Mexican prices. That idea is about to get a whole lot more interesting or frightening, depending on one's perspective. From my perspective, it's both.
From an L.A. Times story that ran in the Sun-Sentinel today, we learn that Mexican president Vicente Fox is about to sign a bill that would legalize possession of most drugs, including up to half a gram of cocaine, a spoonful of heroin, two hits of Ecstasy or LSD, five grams of opium and -- craziest of all -- up to two pounds of peyote.
Narcotourism ain't just for Amsterdam anymore. Presidente Fox, dope fiends everywhere salute you.
Arriba! Viva Fox! Viva El Zorro!
Christ sake, with the entrepreneurial American spirit hovering just to the north, just imagine the money to be made in the narcotourism industry. The Barbituate Bus leaves at dawn! Welcome aboard Chiba Charters, Inc. -- No joke, we've got coke!
The world is about to get a lot weirder, especially around the U.S.-Mexican border, a place that was already terribly, unremittingly strange. And while I don't addvocate the consumption of drugs that our government says are illegal -- whether they're legal in Mexico or not -- I am a HUGE advocate of terminal weirdness. The stranger the planet gets, the more I have to write about. And in that sense, this should be sweet.