SCJN advocates legalizing the use of recreational marijuana, but. There are certain contexts in which marijuana use is legal. In 2017, the Official Journal of the Federation (DOF) published the decree amending and adding various provisions of the General Health Law, in which it stipulated that for the first time in Mexico, the use of marijuana and its derivatives for medical purposes was allowed. Mexico City — Mexican lawmakers on Wednesday passed a bill to legalize recreational marijuana, an important step for the country, which is locked in a war on drugs and could become the world`s largest cannabis market, leaving the United States between two neighboring marijuana sellers. The regulation of marijuana use is in line with a warrant from the Nation`s Supreme Court (SCJN), which declared the prohibition on the recreational use of cannabis unconstitutional in 2018. Some activists fear that the law will over-favor large companies that could obtain a «full license» giving them access to the entire marijuana supply chain, from seed to sale, while excluding small producers and sellers from the lucrative market. The verdict stems from the case of a user arrested in 2018 in possession of 30 grams of marijuana. Wednesday`s©decision underscores that prosecuting users means punishing people for their way of being, not for behaviors that affect society, as opposed to drug trafficking or drug trafficking. «Prosecuting the person who possesses cannabis in their privacy area without harming third parties or causing a criminal outcome is not justified, except for the possibility that they could possibly interfere in other criminal acts,» adds Medina Dressed like a giant cannabis leaf, Medina participated in a protest last year at the small marijuana plantation outside the Senate offices in Mexico City. where locals now smoke regularly and even sell weed while the police turn a blind eye.
The Plantã³n420 collective has unmet requirements, such as free cultivation and unlimited ownership if it is non-profit, and the creation of spaces that can be shared with tobacco smokers. «There is a lot missing here, we are still in the fight, the system installed in front of the Senate will not move from there. Now the states must additionally complete the regulations, seã±alando consumption rooms, quantities, etcã teraâ, ©has been ±ado Legorreta. So far, the use of marijuana for recreational and recreational purposes is not legal in Mexico. Although in March 2021, the Chamber of Deputies generally approved the opinion issuing the Federal Cannabis Regulation Act and reforming the General Health Act and the Federal Penal Code, which fundamentally decriminalizes the use of recreational marijuana, it is still necessary for the Senate to approve this opinion. Critics say it is unlikely to affect rising rates of cartel-induced violence in Mexico, arguing that it`s not welcome in a country where nearly two-thirds of people oppose the legalization of marijuana, according to a recent poll. This is despite the fact that the Supreme Court on the 28th. June 2021, in a landmark decision, repealed the sections of the General Health Act prohibiting the use of marijuana for recreational purposes. The application was denied, so they promoted indirect amparo, in which they pointed out that free personality development provides cover for the decision to use marijuana for recreational purposes. Amparo was also dismissed, so the appellants appealed to the First Chamber of the country`s Supreme Court. The fight for marijuana legalization has been going on in Mexico for more than five years©.
This kind of fervor makes marijuana activists nervous. In this case, it was stipulated that the complainants had to obtain a permit for the personal use of marijuana, without this constituting a permit for its marketing or for the consumption of other narcotics and psychotropic drugs. However, cannabis remains in a confusing legal vacuum as it is still criminalized in the penal code and the government has yet to issue a self-consumption permit, according to activists and consumers who can still be arrested for carrying more than five grams of marijuana. One of the first breakthroughs came in 2015, when Torres Landa became one of the first four Mexicans to obtain a Supreme Court injunction to grow and use marijuana for legal purposes. The First Chamber`s judgment came because several people applied to Cofepris for permission to regularly and personally use marijuana for recreational or recreational purposes and to engage in activities related to self-consumption (sowing, cultivation, harvesting, preparation, possession, transportation and, in general, any act related to the recreational and personal use of marijuana). provided that his request expressly excludes «commercial acts such as their dissemination, sale and transfer».