Mexico is poised to became the third nation in the world to legalize
\nrecreational cannabis. This is in part because President Andres Manuel Lopez
\nObrador is in support and in part because Canada and Uruguay and much of the
\nUnited States allow adults to legally consume the world\u2019s most popular illicit
\ndrug, but also because the country has no choice.<\/p>\n
Legalization at some unknown later date has been inevitable since last fall, when country\u2019s Supreme Court ruled that a nationwide \u201cabsolute ban\u201d on recreational cannabis<\/a> violated a \u201cfundamental right to the free development of the personality,\u201d and that an appropriate change in federal law \u2014 legalization \u2014 is necessary.<\/p>\n But lawmaking takes time, even when lawmaking is imposed by the courts. As Marijuana Moment reported, on Tuesday<\/a>, almost a year after the court\u2019s landmark ruling, Sen. Julio Ramon Menchaca Salazar<\/a> introduced a legalization bill in the Mexican Congress.<\/p>\n If passed, Salazar\u2019s bill would reform two sections of the country\u2019s Under Salazar\u2019s proposal, official state sanction from the Ministry The reasons why will all sound familiar: Prohibition has empowered Ironically, though popular worldwide and in other countries, legalization is not very popular in Mexico, at all. As a 2018 survey from the country\u2019s Center for Social Studies and Public Opinion found, only half of Mexican citizens approve marijuana legalization and 70% disapprove of recreational use, though 90% support medical cannabis, as the Washington Post reported.<\/a><\/p>\n What happens next? More talking, and then maybe some lawmaking. Next Cannabis reform has come slowly in Mexico despite several clear The first came in 2017, when the Supreme Court also ruled that Legendary among old-school heads who bore modern-day terp-hunters And entrepreneurs are getting ready. Last week, Mexico City hosted \u201cLegal weed here is going to happen, but probably not for another year,\u201d the head shop\u2019s owner told WeedMaps\u2019s news vertical.<\/a><\/p>\n TELL US<\/strong>, do you think cannabis legalization The post Mexican Lawmakers Introduce Marijuana Legalization Bill<\/a> appeared first on Cannabis Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Mexico is poised to became the third nation in the world to legalize recreational cannabis. This is in part because President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is in support and in part because Canada and Uruguay and much of the United States allow adults to legally consume the world\u2019s most popularContinue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11864,50,11865,11866,90,687,265,11867,194],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37964"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37964"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37965,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37964\/revisions\/37965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nGeneral Health Law and allow for both recreational as well as medical use of
\ncannabis. There would also be allowances for a Mexican CBD industry \u2014 if
\npassed, Salazar\u2019s proposal would allow for the \u201ctextile use of the plant,\u201d
\naccording to the senator.<\/p>\n
\nof Health would be required to cultivate, process, transport and possess
\ncannabis.<\/p>\n
\norganized crime (though narcos have largely abandoned cannabis as a cash crop
\nin favor of harder drugs, Mexico\u2019s drug cartels and their cartoonishly heinous
\nacts need no introduction) and has failed to bolster the health or welfare of
\nthe state and its citizens.<\/p>\n
\nweek, the Congress of the Union will hear from a series of experts exactly how
\nto best regulate and tax cannabis. In the meantime, the proposal will be heard
\nin several committees.<\/p>\n
\ninstructions from the courts to speed things along and legalize.<\/p>\n
\nbanning medical marijuana was unconstitutional \u2014 though in the interim period,
\nthere has been little progress. The courts took notice: In August, the court ordered
\nhealth authorities to publish \u201cwithin 180 days\u201d guidelines for how medical
\ncannabis might be obtained, grown, and sold.<\/p>\n
\nwith tales of heady highs gleaned from Acapulco Gold, Mexican cannabis may be
\nideal to compete on the growing global market. Unlike Canada, now the world\u2019s
\nlargest exporter of cannabis flower and oil, Mexico has an ideal climate and
\ncheap labor costs, as the The
\nWashington Post noticed.<\/p>\n
\nthe fifth incarnation of ExpoWeed, the country\u2019s largest cannabis convocation.
\nAnd in Tijuana, the once-notorious border city riven by drug-fueled cartel
\nviolence, the city\u2019s first head shop has opened for business.<\/p>\n
\nin Mexico will advance the cause in the U.S.?<\/p>\n
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