Mexico Supreme Court says ban on recreational marijuana unconstitutional
Congress would now have to act to regulate the use of marijuana in Mexico
Reuters (UK)
Thursday, November 1, 2018
Thursday, November 1, 2018
Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled that an absolute ban on recreational use of marijuana was unconstitutional, effectively leaving it to lawmakers to regulate consumption of the drug. Announcing it had found in favor of two legal challenges filed against prohibition of recreational marijuana use, Mexico’s top court crossed the threshold needed to create jurisprudence: five similar rulings on the matter. That creates a precedent other Mexican courts will have to follow. The ruling does not create an absolute right to use marijuana and consumption of certain substances could still be subject to regulation. (See also: Mexico court sets precedent on legal, recreational pot use)
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