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Seth Weinstein <patriot1@protonmail.com> wrote in news:uk03o8$3c78n$1@dont-email.me:

Round up the drug dealer cartel heads and families kill them all.
Kill every last one of them and spray soil sterlizing chemicals over
all the drug fields. Everybody who deals drugs pays with their lives.
Kill them all.

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Less than 48 hours into his term, Ecuador
President Daniel Noboa on Friday repealed controversial guidelines
established by the country’s left a decade ago that eliminated penalties
for people found carrying illegal drugs under certain amounts.

Noboa’s decision fulfilled a campaign promise to fight drug trafficking. Consequences of the illegal trade, particularly cocaine, have kept
Ecuadorians on edge as killings, kidnappings, robberies, extortion and
other crimes reached unprecedented levels.

A statement from Noboa’s office announcing the move argued that the old guidelines “encouraged micro-trafficking” and characterized them as a
“harmful element for Ecuadorian society.” Noboa also directed the
ministries of interior and public health to develop “coordinated
information, prevention and control programs on the consumption of
narcotic and psychotropic substances” and to offer treatment and
rehabilitation to “habitual and problematic occasional users.”

The guidelines were adopted in 2013 during the presidency of Rafael
Correa under the argument that illegal drug use was a public health
problem and users should not be sent to prison. The quantities used in
the guidelines attempted to differentiate drug consumption from drug trafficking.

Under the parameters, an individual could carry for personal use up to
10 grams of marijuana, 2 grams of cocaine paste, 1 gram of cocaine, 0.10
grams of heroin and 0.04 grams of amphetamine.

The guidelines were highly criticized from the start by Ecuador’s right,
and in general, the country’s conservative society.

It remained unclear how Noboa’s decision will be implemented. His
predecessor, President Guillermo Lasso, announced in January 2021 his
own decision to eliminate the parameters, arguing that they affected
“young people and children,” but it was never implemented.

In addition, a ruling from Ecuador’s Constitutional Court orders judges
to distinguish between consumers and traffickers when determining
possible punishments. Without the guidelines, however, it is unclear how
they will make the distinction.

Noboa was sworn in to office Thursday after defeating Luisa Gonzalez, a
Correa mentee, in a runoff election Oct. 15. His term will run only
through May 2025, which is what remained of Lasso’s tenure. Lasso cut
his term short when he dissolved the National Assembly in May as
lawmakers pursued impeachment proceedings against him.

Under Lasso’s watch, violent deaths in Ecuador soared, reaching a record
4,600 in 2022, which was double the number from the year before.

The spike in violence is tied to the trafficking of cocaine produced in neighboring Colombia and Peru. Mexican, Colombian and Balkan cartels
have set down roots in Ecuador and operate with assistance from local
criminal gangs.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/lifestyle/spent-24-000-drugs-disney-131601685.
html

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