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<journal-id>1870-0578</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Mexican law review]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Mex. law rev]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-0578</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1870-05782017000200129</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The Consumption of Marijuana from a Legal and Philosophical Viewpoint]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mañón Garibay]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Guillermo José]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,UNAM  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>10</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>129</fpage>
<lpage>142</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-05782017000200129&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-05782017000200129&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-05782017000200129&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: In this note I argue that the decriminalization (or authorization) of marijuana use should be considered with an eye to the evil it avoids instead of to the good it seeks. The debate about the decriminalization/permission of the consumption of marijuana in Mexico is set within the context of the individual freedom and the damage to health produced by its consumption. Other related issues result from this approach, such as individual responsibility and the duty of the State to seek the social good. How can one justify the decriminalization of marijuana considering the duty of the state? How can the harmful craving for it be understood given the alleged natural inclination towards personal well-being (axiom of Western culture)? The response has to do with the exercise of power by the State, in the definition of what is healthy and harmful, normal and pathological, because the concepts &#8220;healthy&#8221; and &#8220;harmful&#8221; have ideological uses (in the sense of the 18th Brumaire of Louis Napoleon). Secondly, we cannot ignore the discomfort caused by social life, due to the demands on public duty at the expense of private interests. This results in a tension between the individual and society that is only mitigated by tolerance for drug abuse, alcohol or permission of &#8220;red zones,&#8221; because only in this way are social conflicts dissipated.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: La discusión sobre la despenalización/venia del consumo de marihuana en México se establece dentro del contexto de la libertad individual y el daño que produce su consumo a la salud. Derivado de este enfoque se encuentran otros temas relacionados, como el de la responsabilidad individual y el deber del Estado de procurar el bien social. ¿Cómo justificar la despenalización de la marihuana frente al deber del Estado? ¿Cómo entender el deseo de su consumo nocivo frente a la supuesta inclinación natural al bienestar personal (axioma de la cultura Occidental)? La respuesta transita a través del ejercicio del poder por parte del Estado, en la definición de lo sano y dañino, normal y patológico, porque los conceptos &#8220;sano&#8221; y &#8220;dañino&#8221; tienen usos ideológicos (en el sentido del 18 Brumario de Luis Napoleón).1 En segundo término, no puede soslayarse el malestar que provoca la vida social, debido a las exigencias para con el deber público en detrimento de los intereses particulares. Esto tiene como resultado una tensión entre individuo y sociedad que solamente se mitiga con la tolerancia al uso de drogas, alcohol o concurrencia a &#8220;zonas rojas,&#8221; porque sólo así se distienden los conflictos sociales. De esta forma, se concluye que la despenalización (o autorización) del consumo de marihuana debe verse por el lado del mal que evita y no por el bien que procura (para la salud física).]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Liberty]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[responsibility]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[human dignity]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[health]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[disease]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[responsibility of the State]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[social tensions]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Marijuana]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[decriminalization]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Libertad]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[responsabilidad]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[dignidad humana]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[salud]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[enfermedad]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[responsabilidad del Estado]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[tensiones sociales]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[marihuana]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[despenalización]]></kwd>
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