(4 May 2025)
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Mexico City – 3 May 2025
1. Man helping another smoke a giant marijuana cigarette
2. Man filming demonstration while holding cigarette
3. Wide of demonstration
4. Man wearing sunglasses with marijuana leaf, smoking
5. Demonstrators marching
6. Man smoking giant cigarette
7. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Mose (last name unavailable), content creator for cannabis-themed social media:
"We are responsible (cannabis) users, we pay taxes, we are productive for society, and we somehow need not to be persecuted for something we do."
8. Man smoking
9. Man shouting, UPSOUND (Spanish): "Marijuana smokers, united, we will never be defeated"
10. Homemade smoking instrument made of PVC pipes and other materials releasing smoke
11. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Sofía Nájera, student:
"The legalization of cannabis is a very important issue to me because I feel that prohibition and criminalization lead to more drug trafficking and, consequently, more delinquency and organized crime."
12. Various of march
13. Woman with marijuana leaf hair ornament watching demonstration
14. Wide of demonstration
15. Man with banner in shape of cannabis plant
16. People marching, truck playing reggae music
STORYLINE:
Thousands of people marched in Mexico City on Saturday, to demand free access to marijuana and cannabis, the right to grow it for personal use, and an end to the harassment of users.
Although the Supreme Court of Justice in Mexico has declared it unconstitutional to criminalize the possession of more than five grams of marijuana for personal use, the issue of its possible legalization is stalled due to a lack of consensus in the Senate.
This prevents clear regulation for consumers.
The use of the plant continues to be criminalized, and the social stigma has not disappeared in the country.
"The legalization of cannabis is a very important issue to me because I feel that prohibition and criminalization lead to more drug trafficking and, consequently, more delinquency and organized crime," said student and march attendee Sofía Nájera.
AP Video shot by Amaranta Marentes
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