Are Pot, Coke and LSD Legal in Mexico?
"I’m thinking about sailing to Mexico this winter," writes one reader who wishes to remain anonymous, "and have heard that Mexico legalized a lot of popular drugs. Is that true?"
On August 21, Mexico "decriminalized" the act of individuals being in possession of small amounts of certain drugs. The limits are five grams of pot, half a gram of coke, 50 milligrams of heroin, 40 milligrams of meth, and .015 milligrams of LSD.
Before anybody heads off to Mexico with dreams of getting stoned all the time, we think they should remember that there would be risks involved, not only from taking the drugs, but from buying them. Historically, the world of cruising has been very safe in Mexico, but historically, the world of buying drugs in Mexico has been anything but. We don’t know about the rest of you, but the last thing we want to do in Mexico is try to score some pot from a guy — or group of guys — high on meth and needing money to buy more.
How would Mexican authorities know if you are in possession of drugs and how much? All Mexican law enforcement officers, without any excuse or reasonable cause, may perform a revision precautiva or precautionary inspection of you and your stuff. This means that, anytime they want, they can inspect your wallet, purse, bag, clothes — and your body — looking for more than the allowed amounts of drugs. And when we say they can inspect your body, that means all your orifices, too.