The decision creates the federal law regulating cannabis and amends the General Health Act and the Penal Code to legalize the cultivation, production, consumption, distribution, industrialization and sale of marijuana under federal control. If passed, Mexico will join Canada and Uruguay in a short but growing list of countries that have legalized marijuana in America, giving new impetus to the anti-prohibition movement in the region. In the United States, Senate Democrats have also promised to repeal drug prohibition this year. This makes marijuana use legal in the country in the following cases: This announcement presents us with a renewed presidential narrative about the war on drugs and prohibitionism, though pressure for marijuana regulation at the federal level is still pending. Currently, recreational use is legal in 19 of the 50 states and the District of Columbia and its medical use in 37. While there are voices from activists who are also calling for analyzing cocaine legalization or looking for ways other than prohibition to address the epidemic of overdose deaths — particularly opioids — that claims 100,000 lives each year in the country, this is a step in a different direction. Security experts agree that the practical impact of the violence law is likely to be minimal: with 15 U.S. companies legalizing marijuana, they say, cultivation has become a relatively small share of Mexico`s drug trade, with cartels focusing on more profitable products like fentanyl and methamphetamines. SCJN advocates for legalizing recreational marijuana use, but. Mexican lawmakers on Wednesday passed a bill to legalize recreational marijuana, a milestone for the country that is at war with drugs and could become the world`s largest cannabis market, leaving the U.S.

between two neighboring marijuana sellers. Since 2006, when former President Felipe Calderón withdrew the army from barracks to fight organized crime, homicides have increased exponentially, and the six-year term promises to be the most violent in Mexico`s recent history. But drug use in the country has increased, including among young people. According to the 2016/2017 National Survey on Drug, Alcohol and Tobacco Use, marijuana was the most commonly used drug: 8.6% of the population had used it at some point in their lives and 2.1% in the previous year. This was a “significant increase” from the last survey. 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 consume marijuana for legal purposes. The recreational use of marijuana in Mexico©has been a long-standing aspiration of some groups for the free development of personality. The Court had already ruled on the absence of collective health risks in the private use of this substance, in a kind of equivalence with the rest of legal drugs such as alcohol and tobacco. And in 2017, the First Chamber of the Court declared the unconstitutionality of the articles declaring the absolute prohibition of the consumption of this narcotic.

Congress changed some articles that paved the way for the therapeutic©use of THC, but the groups understood that a market was regulated, but not personal freedom, which they demanded. And the demonstration has continued with sit-ins in the streets, in front of the Senate, and in recent days in front of the Supreme Court. Subsequently, and although with a significant delay after its approval in Congress in 2017, the regulations governing the sale and distribution of medical marijuana in the country were published in 2021. But they also© acknowledge that the situation is further complicated by a lack of understanding on the part of society, lawmakers, the federal government and President Andrés©Manuel Leópez Obrador, who refuses to decriminalize marijuana. There are contexts where marijuana use is legal. In 2017, the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) published the decree amending and supplementing various provisions of the General Health Law, which established that, for the first time in Mexico, the use of marijuana and its derivatives for medical purposes was allowed. The country`s Supreme Court (SCJN) has taken a step in favor of the personal use of marijuana. Three out of five judges in the court`s first chamber decided Wednesday©to invalidate part of Article 478 of the General Health Law, which only allowed possession of less than 5 grams of marijuana for personal consumption. The Public Prosecutor`s Office may not institute criminal proceedings for the offence provided for in the preceding article (simple possession) against drug addicts or users possessing any of the narcotics listed in ±the table, which are equal to or less than the strict personal use referred to in article ±. The part declared unconstitutional, only for cannabis, refers to: “in an amount equal to or less than that provided for therein.” While the decision only benefits those who have promoted the Amparo at present, it leaves a precedent to avoid punishing consumers.

The 2009 regulation penalizes up to ± up to three years Cárcel an amount higher than this amount. “It`s a law for the rich, and marijuana is for everyone,” said Ivania Medina Rodriguez, 18, a local activist. “They do business before the law.” The regulation of marijuana use is consistent with a mandate from the country`s Supreme Court (SCJN), which in 2018 declared the prohibition on recreational cannabis use unconstitutional. Critics say it is unlikely to hurt Mexico`s rising rates of cartel-induced violence, saying it`s not welcome in a country where nearly two-thirds of people oppose marijuana legalization, according to a recent poll. The judgment of the First Chamber was delivered because several persons from Cofepris requested authorization to regularly and personally consume marijuana, for recreational or recreational purposes and to carry out the activities corresponding to personal consumption (sowing, cultivation, harvesting, preparation, possession, transport and, in general, any act related to the recreational and personal consumption of marijuana). Provided that its request expressly excludes “commercial acts such as distribution, sale and assignment thereof”. With more than 120 million inhabitants, Mexico is said to be the largest marijuana market in the world in terms of population. The harvest could become a big deal in Mexico, a potential financial boost for an economy hit hard by the coronavirus crisis. The fight for marijuana legalization has been going on in Mexico© for more than five years.