Personal consumption of weed is illegal in Mexico?
Personal consumption of weed is illegal in Mexico. That leads us to another resolution that happened in 2019 by the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, which declared the prohibition of the recreational use of weed unconstitutional. This after analyzing five protections that were granted between 2015 and 2018. This means that the people that no federal judge will be able to deny protection to the people who request them for the consumption of personal cannabis, only having permission to grow it, but not to commercialize it, nor consume it in public places.
In March of this year, the Senate of the Republic approved legislation that will seek the creation of a body in charge of supervising the cultivation, production and commercialization of cannabis, thus regulating the consumption of the drug. Said legislation increases the legal quantity to carry from 5 grams to 28 grams. However, this law is NOT IN EFFECT yet.
If the opinion is approved in the Chamber of Deputies, people will be able to carry up to 28 grams of cannabis, equivalent to a pack of 28 cigarettes. In addition, you can have 6 to 8 cannabis plants in your home, without ending up in jail. The reforms to the General Health Law and the Penal Code that prohibited recreational consumption, however, lack the approval of the Chamber of Deputies, this legislation would place Mexico as the third country, after Uruguay and Canada, that regulates the use of recreational cannabis at the federal level.
It is not legal to consume it in public places. This is where many get confused. It is legal to carry it, but not to smoke it.
If you exceed the amount of 5 grams you can be prosecuted for the crime of drug trafficking. The same if you cultivate without a shelter. At least until the weed legalization ruling is implemented.
