The United Nations’s (UN) drug control body is reiterating that it considers legalizing marijuana for non-medical or non-scientific purposes a violation of international treaties, though it also said it appreciates that Germany’s government scaled back its cannabis plan ahead of a recent vote. The global narcotics agency is also taking note of the psychedelics policy […]
  • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Same as extradition and breaking laws of another country even though it doesn’t break any laws they are in.

    And yet the International Criminal Court is fine, right? Despite it only going after POC from ex-European colonies.

    This whole idea that you can commit any crime you want: if it crosses borders, if it is a crime against humanity, if it occurred in a country that it happened in is a failed state and could never prosecute the person, or if it happened at sea doesn’t work and never will work. Governments have a right to go after people outside their borders in specific situations and without that right the world is full of pirates, genocidal warlords, international cartels, Russian paid shills, etc.

    Don’t like it? Don’t commit genocide and you are highly highly unlikely to have an issue.