Marijuana and Mexican jurisprudence

Abstract

Throughout 2014 and 2015 the Federal Executive and the Senate of the Republic held intense discussion forums with the objective of discussing the legalization of marijuana for medicinal purposes, which led to the presentation and approval of reforms to the General Health Law and the Federal Criminal Code with the aim of decriminalizing the use of cannabis sativa when it comes to public health. Although the discussion should have concluded with the aforementioned reforms, a new debate has begun. Should the use of marijuana be allowed for recreational purposes? Mario Melgar Adalid aims to give a general view to this answer from the legal criteria that the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation has  presented in this regard.