Article 195 Federal Criminal Code
BOOK TWO · TITLE SEVEN. Crimes Against Health · CHAPTER I. Of production, possession, trafficking, proselytism and other acts in matters of narcotics
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 13 March 2026
Five to fifteen years of imprisonment and one hundred to three hundred fifty days fine shall be imposed on whoever possesses any of the narcotics indicated in article 193, without the corresponding authorization to which the General Health Law refers, as long as that possession is with the purpose of carrying out any of the conducts provided in article 194, both of this code.
The possession of narcotics may be investigated, prosecuted and, where applicable, sanctioned by the authorities of the common jurisdiction in the terms of the General Health Law, when the conditions of article 474 of said law are met.
When the accused possesses any of the narcotics indicated in the table provided in article 479 of the General Health Law, in a quantity equal to or greater than that resulting from multiplying by one thousand those referred to therein, it is presumed that the possession has as its object the commission of any of the conducts provided in article 194 of this code.