After a year of delays, Mexico’s Senate has approved draft legislation that will finally end prohibition in this country mad infamous for drug violence. Only approval from the government’s Chamber of Deputies separates the nation of 129 million from having a regulated cannabis market.
Marijuana Moment
- The law permits persons 18 and older to buy and possess as much as 28 grams and cultivate as many as six plants for personal use.
- In the final days of legislative tussle, an increase from the initial limit of four plants per person rose to six. Also, the government must clear all cannabis convictions within six months. Vertical integration became permitted in final negotiations.Â
- As Mexican residents ready for cannabis openness, too many MED patients to the country’s direct north continue to struggle to get cannabis.
San Diego Union-Tribune
Quick Hit
- The monetary value police assigned to a “6 Weed World Records“-worthy Fresno raid is a laugh in that it’s fun to picture a crew of Central Valley cops divining individual strains and figuring bud value before setting the entire crop aflame.
Merry Jane
