Breaking News: Mexico's Congress Legalizes Drugs for Personal Use

No charges will be brought against ... addicts or consumers who are found in possession of any narcotic for personal use," the Senate bill reads. It also lays out allowable quantities for a large array of other drugs, including LSD, MDA, ecstasy — about two pills' worth — and amphetamines.

Some of the amounts are eye-popping: Mexicans would be allowed to possess a kilogram (2.2 pounds) of peyote, the button-sized hallucinogenic cactus used in some native Indian religious ceremonies.


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MEXICO CITY — Here is the list of maximum allowable drug quantities approved for personal use by Mexico's Congress on Friday. President Vicente's office has indicated he'll sign the bill, which decriminalizes personal drug use but stiffens penalties for trafficking and possession of drugs by government employees or near schools, and maintains criminal penalties for drug sales.

— opium (raw, to be smoked) 5 grams

— heroin, 25 mg

— marijuana 5 grams

— cocaine 500 mg

— LSD .015 mg

— MDA 200 mg

— MDMA (Ecstasy) 200 mg

— mescaline: 1 g

— peyote: 1 KG

— psilocybin (concentrate, pure, active ingredient) 100 mg

— hallucinogenic mushrooms (raw, off the farm): 250 mg

— amphetamines: 100 mg

— dexamphetamines: 40 mg

— Phencyclidine (PCP, or Angel Dust) 7 mg

— methamphetamines: 200 mg

— Nalbuphine (synthetic opiate): 10 mg