Travel Warning for MX

[scubadada]

I think prescription opioids are the drug of choice these days. Keeps at least the prescribing physicians and Pharma companies in business.

Get real. Prescription opioids are harder to get and more expensive, heroin is making a big comeback. This is the main motivation for the current drug trade for South, and Central America. Heroin/fentanyl or similar is the most common cause of overdose death

 

[Themerrydiver]

Cozumel says they should be exempt from US travel warning

Cozumel has been known for a very low rate of crime - even the cab drivers watch out for potential trouble and contact the police. No rowdy people all over the streets and limited night club traffic. They have a great tourist trade due to the fabulous dive opportunities and the the cruise ships coming in to port. We've walked all over San Miquel in the evening and never had a moment of concern. I walked from the Scuba club to downtown San Miguel and had a great time and no hassles at all. Playa del Carmen and Cancun are quite a different story though. They are party towns with lots of crazy drunk folks wandering around. Personally, I had a very disturbing cab drive from the the Cancun airport. Do not use any private cabs, or even trust the helpful folks with the name tags that chat you up and try to get you a cab. That was who offered us a good deal on a cab ride. Use shuttles, prominent cab companies and the ADO buses. These are much better choices and much safer choices and don't cost you a bundle of pesos! There are problems on the Pacific side of Mexico in Matzalan, Baja, Acapulco etc. so I don't plan on going there at this point. I did go to Puerto Vallarta a couple months ago and got formally certified there. When downtown at night, we noticed an obvious police presence but observed no problems, much less any arrests. The best policy is don't get drunk in public places, have good manners and don't get in cars with strangers!

 

[StefinSB]

Get real. Prescription opioids are harder to get and more expensive, heroin is making a big comeback. This is the main motivation for the current drug trade for South, and Central America. Heroin/fentanyl or similar is the most common cause of overdose death

Maybe you should get real. Prescription opioids are ridiculously easy to get. Fentanyl is the ingredient of prescription drugs btw.

 

[mediumone]

Get real. Prescription opioids are harder to get and more expensive, heroin is making a big comeback. This is the main motivation for the current drug trade for South, and Central America. Heroin/fentanyl or similar is the most common cause of overdose death

Maybe you should get real. Prescription opioids are ridiculously easy to get. Fentanyl is the ingredient of prescription drugs btw.

Sorry, but the facts support scubadada. Mind you, I did not say number of headlines over the last 6 months.

 

[mediumone]

I think that Colorado, Oregon, California, Massachusetts, D.C., and other places like them are helping with that.

And Washington.

Our police department now has time to devote to other issues, and there's more room in the jails for the really bad to the core men and women. Get a couple drinks in a cop, and they'll enthusiastically agree that it's a good thing.....

 

[ggunn]

And Washington.

Our police department now has time to devote to other issues, and there's more room in the jails for the really bad to the core men and women. Get a couple drinks in a cop, and they'll enthusiastically agree that it's a good thing.....

The War On Marijuana was always a political thing, anyway. Bust hippies, get re-elected.

 

[ggunn]

Maybe you should get real. Prescription opioids are ridiculously easy to get. Fentanyl is the ingredient of prescription drugs btw.

Are you sure about that? I don't think so. I think oxycontin is the main Rx opioid of abuse here.

 

[Dogbowl]

Fentanyl is the killer in Toronto and Vancouver, Canada. I'm actually not sure if it's the drug of choice or it's just mixed in with everything people get on the streets nowadays. Kinda stupid since the dealers are killing off their customer base.

 

[bamafan]

Sadly what I have seen is they start out on pain pills and when they start running out of money they go to heroin. It is really a sad thing to watch someone ruin their life over drugs.

 

[kixy1]

And Washington.
Our police department now has time to devote to other issues, and there's more room in the jails for the really bad to the core men and women. Get a couple drinks in a cop, and they'll enthusiastically agree that it's a good thing.....

My cop friends are about 80/20 in favor of legalization. However, in public, mixed company conversation they'll come down around 60/40. It's weird, and those that support legalization often immediately get defensive and start spewing silly statistics or reasons. They're obviously not comfortable stating their position. However, when I question what happens on the job? Pot just isn't an issue. They're glad not to have to waste that time, and unbeknownst to me, apparently, everyone has been smoking pot, lots of pot, long before we could go buy it at Bud's Garage. Who knew?
I live in left wing, pot smoking, socialistic Washington, so I really wondered about the rest of the country until my husband started watching this show called PDLive... yeah, yeah, I know. But they're real cops doing police work and they KNOW the camera is on, so even though it's TV I'm kinda using it as a reference. He noticed (and made me watch more than 2 hours to confirm, bless his heart...), that in any given city, in any state, almost ALL the people the police interact with have weed. And the cops don't care. Legal or not. Yes, these people usually have something much worse for the cops to deal with, but the attitude was interesting to see.