President Felipe Calderon, of Mexico signs the General Health Act of 2009, decriminalizing small amounts of cocaine, heroin, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), marijuana, and methamphetamine for personal use.

       [added 12/25/2021] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.

Subsequent Events:

3/15/2010                   11/13/2013                   6/20/2016                 5/11/2017                     8/15/2017 

11/3/2020

References:

The Raw Story – Mexico legalizes drug possession
rawstory.com/blog/2009/08/mexico-legalizes-drug-posession/

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