on May 1, 2017
Marijuana Legalization in Mexico
Mexico's senate has voted on marijuana legalization a step in the right direction for the nation catching up to US states. Senators voted 98-7 for the legislation, moving Mexico closer to joining several US states and other nations in Latin America in allowing cannabis for medical uses. Many believe that Legalizing Marijuana Would Hurt Mexican Drug Cartels a lot More.
The president Enrique Pena Nieto proposed legalizing medical marijuana in April after his government organized forums to discuss changes to the laws and told the special assembly that he was “giving voice to those who have expressed the necessity of changing the regulatory framework to authorize the use of marijuana for medical and scientific purposes,” by also eliminating the criminal penalties for small time pot offenders.
Proposed measure allows:
* marijuana users to maintain possession of up to 28 grams of the herb without facing any criminal consequence.
* release of those prisoners currently rotting away inside Mexican prisons after being caught in possession of small amounts of the herb.
* establish that industrial products with concentrations of 1 percent THC or less would be legal to buy, sell, import and export.
A family in northern Mexico became a symbol of the push to legalize medical marijuana last year when the parents of a young epileptic girl won a court battle to import a cannabis-based treatment to stop her daily seizures.
In a separate major case in November 2015, the Supreme Court authorized four individuals to grow and smoke marijuana for recreational purposes.
The bill, passed on Tuesday, will now move to the lower Chamber of Deputies for consideration.
What are your Expectations of Marijuana Legalization in Mexico?
420Nurse ChaChaVaVoom
Links:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/mexico-legalise-cannabis-medical-marijuana-legalised-senate-vote-weed-legalize-a7476431.html
http://harvardmagazine.com/2016/03/mexico-debates-marijuana
Mexico's senate has voted on marijuana legalization a step in the right direction for the nation catching up to US states. Senators voted 98-7 for the legislation, moving Mexico closer to joining several US states and other nations in Latin America in allowing cannabis for medical uses. Many believe that Legalizing Marijuana Would Hurt Mexican Drug Cartels a lot More.
The president Enrique Pena Nieto proposed legalizing medical marijuana in April after his government organized forums to discuss changes to the laws and told the special assembly that he was “giving voice to those who have expressed the necessity of changing the regulatory framework to authorize the use of marijuana for medical and scientific purposes,” by also eliminating the criminal penalties for small time pot offenders.
Proposed measure allows:
* marijuana users to maintain possession of up to 28 grams of the herb without facing any criminal consequence.
* release of those prisoners currently rotting away inside Mexican prisons after being caught in possession of small amounts of the herb.
* establish that industrial products with concentrations of 1 percent THC or less would be legal to buy, sell, import and export.
A family in northern Mexico became a symbol of the push to legalize medical marijuana last year when the parents of a young epileptic girl won a court battle to import a cannabis-based treatment to stop her daily seizures.
In a separate major case in November 2015, the Supreme Court authorized four individuals to grow and smoke marijuana for recreational purposes.
The bill, passed on Tuesday, will now move to the lower Chamber of Deputies for consideration.
What are your Expectations of Marijuana Legalization in Mexico?
420Nurse ChaChaVaVoom
Links:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/mexico-legalise-cannabis-medical-marijuana-legalised-senate-vote-weed-legalize-a7476431.html
http://harvardmagazine.com/2016/03/mexico-debates-marijuana
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