In Mexico, pot remains in legal limbo after high court ruling
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By Eduard Ribas i Admetlla
Mexico City, Jul 26 (EFE).- A month after the historic Mexican Supreme Court ruling that lifted the prohition on the recreational consumption of marijuana, cannabis remains in a confused legal limbo, given that such use remains a criminal offense in the Penal Code and the government still has not authorized the issuance of permits for personal consumption.
“We’re seeing a contradiction between these two laws that govern us. It’s something that’s very worrying and we have to keep demanding this change,” Zara Snapp, the cofounder of the Instituto RIA, which investigates drug policy in Mexico, told EFE in an interview on Monday.