• REPEAL: Mexico’s Supreme Court reaffirmed today its stance against the prohibition of recreational marijuana and repealed some provisions in the country’s General Health Law, forcing the federal government to grant permits for home cultivation and personal use to all Mexican adults requesting them.
• LITIGATION: In 2015, the Court ruled that Mexico’s marijuana prohibition was unconstitutional but actual change has being marred by the Mexican Congress’ delay in approving a regulatory framework. Meanwhile, advocacy groups have pursued strategic litigation to expand access.
• CONGRESS: “Given that the uncertainty can only be resolved by legislative means, we urge Congress…to pass as soon as possible the necessary regulation to effectively address the national problems derived from the prohibition of cannabis”, said advocacy group MUCD after the ruling today.
• HOLES: Given the absence of a regulatory framework, Mexicans have to request a permit for personal use of marijuana before the country’s sanitary risks agency (COFEPRIS). Before today’s decision, litigation before the courts was the only way to force the government to obtain a permit.
