The Mexican president has just announced that the personal amount that can be carried will be increased from 5 grams to 28 grams, they will allow and make available cannabis-based medicine in most pharmacies and will get people out of jail who were convicted for carrying more than 5g of weed.
Why am I sad, then?
Our Mexican president as you might have heard is a mentally handicapped puppet working for somebody else, he also tries to be populist whenever he can. Most people in Mexico due to ignorance and because of being brain-washed in school oppose legalization of Marijuana.
A cannabis user in Mexico is referred to as "Marihuano" which translates as "Pot head", so it is assumed then that a cannabis user is an abuser and they are identified with a lower/uneducated part of society.
A UN meeting took place some days ago where the agenda was to stop persecuting users and regulate medical marijuana.
I believe the Mexican president tried to make it look as if Mexico is going forward on this subject while trying to appease the ignorant population who opposed legalization and came with an in-between regularization plan.
But there are many things left out, for instance, no plan to legalize medical marijuana and no plan to depanalize personal marijuana growth.
The situation is this:
1) Currently it is allowed to carry up to 5 grams of pot without this being a crime, however, there's absolute no information on the internet or anywhere else I know of that talk about what happens if you're caught by a cop with 5g or less. The only info I found is that the person is supposed to be "referred to an addiction center" but everyone in Mexico knows this doesn't happen, in fact you always get blackmailed by the cop and the judges to give them money to let you go, so you could even be jailed and wait for a sentence by the judge unless you paid, which is illegal, of course. So changing 5 grams to 1 Oz will not change anything int his regard, the user will most likely get blackmailed by the authorities.
2) Permit to import CBD medicines and sell them in pharmacies will become a reality, however, prohibiting these medicines was something mindlessly stupid, I've heard that in order to get a bit high you need to drink several bottles and these are not cheap and will be made by foreign companies at the beginning. It's only good news for big pharma and many people in Mexico won't be able to afford them, so they will have to buy weed in the black market dealing with drug dealers, etc.
3) No word about permission to carry seeds (it is illegal), or growing for personal use.
4) It seems these new laws are so insignificant at least they won't impact the narco war which was supposed to be one of the objectives of legalization = reduce drug violence. It actually seems as if the government wants to keep drug lords existing since it is business for both of them while appearing to be getting "modernized" on their drug stance.
Why am I sad, then?
Our Mexican president as you might have heard is a mentally handicapped puppet working for somebody else, he also tries to be populist whenever he can. Most people in Mexico due to ignorance and because of being brain-washed in school oppose legalization of Marijuana.
A cannabis user in Mexico is referred to as "Marihuano" which translates as "Pot head", so it is assumed then that a cannabis user is an abuser and they are identified with a lower/uneducated part of society.
A UN meeting took place some days ago where the agenda was to stop persecuting users and regulate medical marijuana.
I believe the Mexican president tried to make it look as if Mexico is going forward on this subject while trying to appease the ignorant population who opposed legalization and came with an in-between regularization plan.
But there are many things left out, for instance, no plan to legalize medical marijuana and no plan to depanalize personal marijuana growth.
The situation is this:
1) Currently it is allowed to carry up to 5 grams of pot without this being a crime, however, there's absolute no information on the internet or anywhere else I know of that talk about what happens if you're caught by a cop with 5g or less. The only info I found is that the person is supposed to be "referred to an addiction center" but everyone in Mexico knows this doesn't happen, in fact you always get blackmailed by the cop and the judges to give them money to let you go, so you could even be jailed and wait for a sentence by the judge unless you paid, which is illegal, of course. So changing 5 grams to 1 Oz will not change anything int his regard, the user will most likely get blackmailed by the authorities.
2) Permit to import CBD medicines and sell them in pharmacies will become a reality, however, prohibiting these medicines was something mindlessly stupid, I've heard that in order to get a bit high you need to drink several bottles and these are not cheap and will be made by foreign companies at the beginning. It's only good news for big pharma and many people in Mexico won't be able to afford them, so they will have to buy weed in the black market dealing with drug dealers, etc.
3) No word about permission to carry seeds (it is illegal), or growing for personal use.
4) It seems these new laws are so insignificant at least they won't impact the narco war which was supposed to be one of the objectives of legalization = reduce drug violence. It actually seems as if the government wants to keep drug lords existing since it is business for both of them while appearing to be getting "modernized" on their drug stance.
