Nearly a year after©Mexico`s landmark ± Supreme Court decision overturned the ban on legal marijuana use, recreational cannabis remains in a confused limbo as no personal use permits have been issued or Congress has passed legislation on the issue. When the application was denied, they sought an indirect injunction in which they emphasized that the free development of personality includes the decision to use marijuana recreationally. As amparo was also rejected, the applicants appealed to the First Chamber of the country`s Supreme Court. 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. So far, recreational marijuana use is not legal in Mexico. Although in March 2021, the Chamber of Deputies generally adopted the opinion that promulgates the Federal Cannabis Regulation Act and reforms the General Health Law and the Federal Penal Code, which fundamentally decriminalizes the recreational use of marijuana, it is still necessary for the Senate to approve this opinion. „It must be very clear that the penal code has not been changed, which is why the crimes are still in force, people can continue to be prosecuted for drug trafficking,” warned Mexico©United Against Crime executive director Lisa Sánchez, who promoted and won all five trials for the cause. For her, what happened today is also historic, because „this is the second time that the Universal Constitutional Declaration has been used in the country, in accordance with previous©jurisprudence”. For the rest, he says, we are still in the same place as before, except that the Amparo trial will no longer be necessary to grow and consume, but the permission of Cofepris.
It is up to the legislator to determine the best way to grant permits, quantities and areas of consumption. They have to legislate,” he said. But Congress could leave things to the secretary of health and human services, as ordered by the Supreme Court, and not pass a cannabis law. „Creating a legal marijuana market is still a congressional matter,” ± said. The Court has acted as a negative legislator in this case, it takes these articles out of the norm, but it cannot write others. This Wednesday, April 20 is celebrated on 4/20, or Marijuana Day. That`s why we explain what the legalization of cannabis in Mexico is, both for recreational and medical purposes. SCJN advocates for legalizing recreational marijuana use, but. The verdict is derived from the case of a user who was arrested in 2018 in possession of 30 grams of marijuana. Wednesday`s ruling emphasizes that prosecuting users punishes people for their lifestyle, not for behavior that affects society, unlike drug trafficking or drug trafficking©. „Prosecuting a person who possesses cannabis in their private life is not justified without harming third parties or causing a criminal outcome, other than the possibility that they may potentially interfere with other criminal acts,” she adds. Disguised as a giant cannabis leaf, Medina participated in a protest last year at the small marijuana plantation outside the Senate offices in Mexico City, where residents now regularly come to smoke and even sell weed, while police turn a blind eye.
Mexico`s Supreme©Court has declared unconstitutional certain articles that prevent the consumption, acquisition of seeds, cultivation and distribution of marijuana. Eight ministers, including a qualified majority, voted in favour of the draft and three against. These prohibitive sections had already been declared unconstitutional in their time, so Congress had an obligation to remove or amend them, but it did not, even though it had three prerogatives to do so. For this reason, a general declaration of unconstitutionality was used, a figure that was only used on one previous occasion. The Chief Justice called the consolidation of the free development of personality in the recreational use of cannabis „historic for freedoms.” 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. „Today is a historic day for freedoms. After a long road, this Supreme Court consolidates the right to free development of personality for the recreational and recreational use of marijuana,” Supreme Court President Arturo Zaldívar said after the vote. For the first time since Maria can remember, more than 20 kilos of marijuana, half of this season`s production, are still stored on her ranch, one of many that fill the mountains of Sinaloa, home to the Mexican drug trade and some of its most famous capos, such as Joaquín „El Chapo” Guzmán. Legalization in Mexico will have special symbolism because it is one of the leading producers in the world and the birthplace of a part of the world. The most powerful drug cartels, which have caused high levels of violence for decades. In addition, it would make the country the largest regulated cannabis market, with business opportunities still difficult to quantify. It also establishes a licensing system for the cultivation, cultivation, harvesting and sale of marijuana and derivatives containing non-psychoactive cannabis.
The first documented use of a seal was in Mexico. Although cannabis has long been used as a medicine, it appears that the joint was first used recreationally. It was a pharmacist from the University of Guadalajara who first mentioned that workers were mixing cannabis with tobacco in their cigarettes. Although it probably began much earlier, the practice had begun at least in 1856. You don`t have to look far to recognize the cultural connections that still emanate from the roots of cannabis in Mexico. In fact, the word „Cucaracha” takes its name from the Mexican song „La Cucaracha,” which tells the story of a cockroach who can`t get up because he doesn`t have marijuana to smoke. [9] The Supreme Court issued a decision authorizing the personal use of recreational marijuana and gave the Union`s Congress until October 30, 2019[38] to legislate on the issue. This deadline is extended until 15 December 2020. [ref. needed] However, many entrepreneurs who see huge potential in Mexico to create the world`s largest legal marijuana market will have to keep waiting. Judge Piña stressed during the session that as long as Congress does not enact legislation in this area, „it is in no way authorized to import, exchange or supply marijuana.” Supporters of marijuana legalization argue the bill is too limited, even though it represents a symbolic breakthrough in efforts to end a war on drugs that has claimed the lives of more than 150,000 people, according to the Council on Foreign Relations.
In the present case, it was established that the complainants had to obtain authorization for the personal consumption of marijuana, without this constituting authorization for its marketing or for the consumption of other narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. The regulation has been met with suspicion by organizations that advocate for recreational marijuana use because its possession is not fully decriminalized. The fight for marijuana legalization has been going on in Mexico© for more than five years.