Mexico City police turn a blind eye to marijuana smokers who appease therself on a hash lawn called Planton 420 next to the Senate construction in Luis Pasteur Park.
The seeds sown in early February through pro-marijuana activists have plants up to 2. 65 meters on the 420th floor, which has a real jungle of pots. Culture.
“Being smoking here (in the garden) in total freedom is very vital to me,” barista Marco Flores said. “I don’t faint on the street of worry anymore. “
Marijuana activists camp on site, where they cook, eat and mow the lawn together; organize workshops on germination, cultivation and the progression of products ranging from edibles to sexual lubricants; they also lead meetings to raise awareness of the medicinal use of the plant and its derivatives.
The Supreme Court, which ruled that legislation prohibiting the use of marijuana is unconstitutional, gave lawmakers until December 15 to draft a legalization law. Until then, marijuana smokers may face criminal rates for having amounts greater than five grams. Anything lower is legal.
The protest lawn, which runs through the Mexican hash movement, is open to visitors who can smoke indoors for 30 minutes at a time respecting the social distance. It is forbidden to buy and promote marijuana, as well as to share a joint or pipe. Visitors get a badge and a speaker alerts them when time runs out. Nearly 8 months after the lawn started, Plant 420 is popular enough to appear on Google Maps.
“It’s wonderful that they’ve opened up an area for other people who are open to new reports or need to know a little more about it,” said marijuana smoker Carlos Daaz.
Cannabis activists like José Rivera see the lawn as an educational tool. “We need [Mexican lawmakers] to perceive that we smoke in silence and that we pose no threat to anyone,” he said. “Enough abuse. “
Leopoldo Rivera, of the Mexican Cannabis Movement, calls it the first non-clandestine marijuana plantation in Mexico in a hundred years.
“Being a marijuana user doesn’t make us criminals. Most of us work, pay taxes. Overall, we are other people who love marijuana, like those who love football and don’t harm third parties,” Rivera said.
“Here, we firmly protect everyone’s rights. We thank those who do not consume and perceive this struggle. . . . (Legalization) is a fair call for human rights to no longer be violated and for police to avoid being distracted by persecution by others who are commonly non-violent and productive.
Three weeks ago, legalization senator Jesusa Rodriguez took a marijuana plant to the Senate for a debate on legalization.
This week, the Minister of the Interior and former Supreme Court Judge Olga Sánchez Cordero defended the recreational use of marijuana, which she considers an herbal product with little dependence: “I’m going to plant it in my garden. “she said.
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