Featured Mexico Gets Closer to Legislation as Legalization Bill Clears Key Senate Committee by Sophia Vida April 05, 2021 Cannabis legislation in Mexico may be around the corner as a bill to legalize the plant in the country is one step closer to final passage. The measure, which passed the Senate in 2020, was sent back to there after a revised fo...
Legal Related Mexico Gets Closer to Legalizing Cannabis Bill in Landmark Decision by Sophia Vida March 12, 2021 Mexico’s lower house of Congress approved a bill this week that would decriminalize cannabis for recreational, medical and scientific uses. The bill, which has the support of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, was...
Legal Related Mexico Moves Ahead with Legalizing Medicinal Use of Marijuana with Published Rules by Sophia Vida February 06, 2021 Last month Mexico’s Ministry of Health published the Federal Health Regulations for the Medical Production, Research and Use of Cannabis and its Pharmaceutical Derivatives in the country. The rules, which have now taken effec...
Legal Related Top Mexican Senator Wants Marijuana Legislation for This Reason by Sophia Vida April 28, 2020 Sen. Julio Ramón Menchaca Salazar of the ruling Morena party believes marijuana legalization could generate tax revenue to offset economic losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic. According to the senator, legalizing cannabi...
Legal Related Mexican Lawmakers Expect to Pass Amended Marijuana Legalization Bill by Sophia Vida January 22, 2020 Before April ends, Mexican lawmakers are planning to pass amended marijuana legislation to legalize and regulate marijuana sales in the country. The new proposal, which was jointly submitted by the Justice and Health Committe...
Legal Related Mexican Lawmaker Proposes All Drugs Be Legal by Sophia Vida October 24, 2019 According to the leader of the ruling MORENA party in Mexico, the country should legalize drugs in order to combat the violence that the cartel brings. The comments were made over the weekend by Mario Delgado Carrillo. Via tra...
Legal Related Mexican Senate Leader Says Marijuana to be Legal This Month by Sophia Vida October 11, 2019 According to the Senate leader of Mexico’s ruling party, lawmakers will vote on a bill to legalize marijuana for adult use by the end of October. Sen. Ricardo Monreal of the MORENA party has said that his chamber is almost do...
Legal Related Mexico’s Supreme Court Says Ban on Recreational Marijuana is Unconstitutional by Sophia Vida November 02, 2018 Mexico’s Supreme Court has ruled that a ban on recreational marijuana is unconstitutional. According to Reuters, Mexico's highest court found in favor of a pair of legal challenges that had been filed against the prohibition ...
Legal Related Mexico Minister of Tourism Wants Marijuana Legislation in beach Resorts by Sophia Vida January 26, 2018 According to Mexico's minister for tourism, Enrique de la Madrid, the country should legalize marijuana in two of the country's main tourist destinations. The Minister said on Thursday that Mexico could follow the example of th...
Legal Related Mexico will Legalize the Sale of Marijuana Based Products in 2018 by Sophia Vida December 22, 2017 Mexico's health regulator announced this week that the country will be legalizing the sales of marijuana-based products including medicines, foods, drinks, cosmetics, and other things next year. It was this past June that Mexic...
