From Iowa Patients for Medical Marijuana’s private group Iowa Patience comes this brilliant news bulletin from United Press International:
Mexico’s Supreme Court legalizes cannabis for recreational use
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 31 (UPI) — Drug policy reformers claimed victory in Mexico City Wednesday after the country’s Supreme Court handed down two rulings legalizing cannabis for all forms of non-commercial adult use.
“The rulings pave the way for adults to use marijuana in any way they see fit. We aren’t just talking about recreational use,” Froylán Enciso, a drug policy researcher at Mexico’s social sciences institute, the CIDE, told UPI.
In the first case, a plaintiff wanting to grow his own marijuana applied to the court for an “amparo,” a form of constitutional protection from prosecution, so that he can plant, cultivate, harvest, prepare, possess and transport marijuana.
In the second case, another plaintiff also applied for an amparo to consume marijuana for recreational purposes.
The two different plaintiffs aimed to declare unconstitutional Mexico’s federal health and penal laws concerning the use of marijuana for non-medical purposes.
“The court has found that marijuana can be used for rituals, for recreational use, for medical use, at work, for scientific investigations. For any adult use and that it cannot be penalized,” Enciso said.
The drug policy researcher said most people in prison in Mexico for drug crimes are incarcerated for possessing marijuana.
“The Mexican government has not put violent criminals in prison but people who smoke small quantities on street corners or outside,” Enciso said, “so these decisions will benefit many small consumers.”
The rulings come after years of strategic litigation by Mexican drug policy activists starting in 2015.
Read the full article here: https://www.upi.com/Mexicos-Supreme-Court-legalizes-cannabis-for-recreational-use/9621541024238/
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