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Home 🌿 Marijuana Politics 🌿 Will Mexico say sí to weed legalization by the end of October? 🌿Will Mexico say sí to weed legalization by the end of October?
Mexico’s Supreme Court next Wednesday will vote on a case that many think could set a precedent for widespread marijuana legalization in the country. But strangely enough, the forces behind Mexico’s weed-legalization efforts have little do with the greater criticism of a drug war that has claimed tens of thousands of lives over the past decade.
Instead, Mexican weed enthusiasts argue they have a basic human right to get high.
In 2013, Mexico’s first marijuana club, The Mexican Association for Responsible Self-Consumption and Tolerance (or SMART in Spanish), filed a legal petition demanding the right to cultivate, possess and consume marijuana for recreational purposes. The initial motion was denied, but SMART managed to appeal it all the way to the Supreme Court.
“We’re arguing that the government is infringing on the constitutional doctrine of the free development of personality,” SMART lawyer Andres Aguinaco told Fusion. He says their legal strategy is...
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