http://www.stopthedrugwar.com/chronicle/598/mexico_decriminalization_law_enactedA bill that decriminalizes the possession of small amounts of drugs for personal use in Mexico is now the law of the land, although it will not go into effect for one year to give states time to adjust their laws. It was published Thursday in the Official Daily of the Federation, the Mexican equivalent of the Federal Register. (To read the complete text of the bill in Spanish, go to page 83 of the Official Daily.
http://www.drugsense.org/temp/NarcomenudeoXDOF.pdfAccording to the new law, the amounts of various drugs decriminalized for personal use are:
* opium -- 2 grams
* cocaine -- 1/2 gram
* heroin -- 1/10 gram
* marijuana -- 5 grams
* LSD -- 150 micrograms
* methamphetamine -- 1/5 gram
* ecstasy -- 1/5 gram
The decriminalization measure is part of a broader bill aimed at reducing "narcomenudeo," or retail drug sales. The bill would allow states and localities to prosecute small-time drug dealing offenses, a power that currently resides only with the federal government. It also allows police to make drug buys to build cases, a break with precedent in Mexico.