'No more fear': In Mexico's 'cannabis garden', users welcome decriminalisation

By admin | February 22, 2024 |

In a park just steps away from the Mexican Senate, people openly light up joints and inhale from bong and attend to flourishing #cannabis plants. Called Plantón 420, the area was created by activists last year as a safe space for people to enjoy #marijuana. Now, following a landmark Supreme Court ruling to decriminalise recreational marijuana use on Monday, those who frequent the park are hoping they no longer have to live with the fear of arrest or social stigma that can come with indulging their habit.

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11 Comments

@tiloalo on February 22, 2024 at 5:38 am

So they can squat park and become a vegetable legally…
@Molt408 on February 22, 2024 at 5:40 am

lol…smokin cookies I bet
@rvdjt8874 on February 22, 2024 at 5:42 am

Jesucristo es Dios
@gocookies77 on February 22, 2024 at 5:47 am

It’s honestly a neat urban thing if u are into it. Tons of people gather from all walks of life at certain points throughout the city to get high and you talk to and meet new people. It’s pretty great but this is still not fully legal. That’s where the fight continues.
@antonioromero95 on February 22, 2024 at 5:49 am

I deserve weed I voted for Bill Morneau in 2015
@bobbyandersson3382 on February 22, 2024 at 5:49 am

Mexico… Wait for us we are coming to join you all in minute here shortly… 👍🏽🤣🤣🤣
@jkfdkjjd on February 22, 2024 at 5:54 am

"I live in mexico and the thing I am worried about is being busted for smoking pot" lol
@takeitzenman7894 on February 22, 2024 at 5:58 am

0:30 Dude in the Gap hoodie was G.O.N.E. 💨💨🤣🤣
@romantarango3343 on February 22, 2024 at 6:04 am

That goes to show that it doesn’t matter what the laws in the books say, people are going to do what they want.
@Younniour on February 22, 2024 at 6:19 am

We need #dispensaries in #mexico idk why they dont want to sell it… Someone must have a monopoly…
@abelplsabelpls480 on February 22, 2024 at 6:35 am

Hell yeah! The cartel culture left a bad image on weed. Weed was always a part of Mexican culture. One of Mexico’s biggest exporters in the 70s-90s. Glad to Mexico it finally want to make money off it legally