The rights of cannabis users

Abstract

This paper deals with the ruling issued last November 4th by the judges of the First Chamber of the Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nacion by which, with four votes in favor and one in contracts, approved marijuana cultivation, transportation and the recreational consumption of it in favor of four members of the Mexican Society for Responsible and Tolerant Consumption (SMART, for the initials in Spanish), who in 2013 filed a legal petition against articles 235, 237, 245, 247 and 248 of the Act General Health where the use and any act related to narcotics is prohibited.

This opinion requires rethinking the interaction of government institutions with users, including the participation of human rights and prevention of discrimination organizations. Therefore, educational and health institutions must encourage the implementation of programs with perspective of risk and harm reduction for leaving behind the users of marijuana stigma and criminalization and give them the right to health. 

The future of the production, cultivation and use of marijuana legislation regarding is still uncertain, so the readers will find in the following lines a host of possible scenarios in relation to this social significance issue.