La prohibición nacional del cannabis en México: revisión histórica de la relación entre leyes y ciencia

This article documents and analyzes the drug laws that enabled created space for implementation of a prohibitionist paradigm in Mexico. An increasingly punitive government posture was adopted during period from 1917 to 1947, i.e., between promulgation Constitution incorporation series reforms into Federal Penal Code. The study analysis these required documentation scientific discussions surrounding legislative process: which sometimes supported and, at others, were critical government's position. Based on this review historical documentation—and within framework initial domestic international prohibitions cannabis—medical legal opinions are articulated, areas science law either coincided or entered conflict explored.