Mexican activists have maintained an eagle-eyed focus on getting a progressive cannabis law into place, despite repeated Senate delays. Now, about one month out from seeing a final draft, their tenacity is being further tested.
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- “The truth is we’re just a few weeks away from the vote and we don’t know what’s going to happen,” said Julio Salazar, an advocate with Mexico United Against Crime.
- As presently written, the law would limit the number of plants an individual can own to six. Retail consumers would have to get licensed, a requirement critics insist might fuel an illicit market.
- Too: Presently, Mexico’s rule requires that operators follow a track-and-trace program like our own. Advocates say this would create hardship for rural growers.
Quick Hit
- In December San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee will vote on whether to ban cigarette and pot smoke from apartments. This brilliant notion comes courtesy of termed-out District 7 Supervisor Norman Yee.
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