The Mexican Supreme Court on Monday decriminalized the use of marijuana for recreational purposes.
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“Today is a historic day for freedoms,” Chief Justice Arturo Saldivars said after eight of the 11 judges ruled that the health law’s ban on marijuana use was unconstitutional.
The court made this decision because Congress had not been able to legalize the use of the “herb” for entertainment purposes by the court’s pre-determined deadline of April 30.
Although the House of Congress passed the bill in March, it has not yet been approved by the Senate.
In April, the ruling majority in the Senate decided to postpone the debate until the final vote until September.
However, proponents of marijuana legalization say the court ruling has left a lot of confusion for “herbal” users.
Non-governmental organization “Mexican united against crime “points out that the court has not decriminalized” the activities necessary to obtain consumption “, including cultivation, transportation and storage.
The ruling on the consumption, cultivation and distribution of marijuana has left a “legal vacuum,” the organization acknowledges, calling on Congress to approve the necessary regulations.
Marijuana use for medical purposes in Mexico was decriminalized already in 2017.
Calls for the decriminalization of the “herb” are partly justified by the claim that it will reduce drug-related violence, which kills thousands of lives in Mexico every year.
Since the government involved the army in the fight against drug trafficking cartels in 2006, more than 300,000 murders have taken place in the country.
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