by mfay » Wed Oct 07, 2009 3:41 pm
Sort of. They "decriminalized" it- not the same as legalized. Below are excepts from some articles:
"Mexico decriminalized small amounts of marijuana, cocaine and heroin on Friday — (from a story on 8-21-09)
"This is not legalization, this is regulating the issue and giving citizens greater legal certainty,"
The maximum amount of marijuana for "personal use" under the new law is 5 grams — the equivalent of about four joints. The limit is a half gram for cocaine, the equivalent of about 4 "lines." For other drugs, the limits are 50 milligrams of heroin, 40 milligrams for methamphetamine and 0.015 milligrams for LSD.
Anyone caught with drug amounts under the new personal-use limit will be encouraged to seek treatment, and for those caught a third time treatment is mandatory.
Even those caught with small amounts of drugs, legal under the new law, will have to go before a judge, prove they are addicts and seek treatment. "
Mike