Mexico is set to legalize weed by the end of the month.
A proposal to create a state-owned company to control the sale and distribution of marijuana in a regulated market appears to have no chance of succeeding: neither President López Obrador nor the ruling party’s leader in the Senate have offered support for the idea.
Mario Delgado, leader of the Morena party in the lower house of Congress, presented a bill on Tuesday that proposed that a state company called Cannsalud would have exclusive authority to purchase marijuana from legal producers and sell it to both authorized franchisees – who would supply the recreational retail market – and pharmaceutical companies.
On Wednesday, he clarified that his draft General Law for the Control of Cannabis was a purely personal proposal that doesn’t have the backing of the president and other Morena lawmakers.
This has been a long time coming in Mexico. Recreational cannabis has already been ruled in on more than once since 2015. Now it’s time to make tax money.
This plant is a cash cow with hundreds of uses ranging from medicinal to recreational to industrial. Nations are learning what the people already know - it’s stupid to not make money off of this.
Marijuana is legal in many U S States, if only for certain medical conditions. I do believe California, Colorado and Massachusetts allow it for recreational usage.
I agree if so. Making marijuana is one of those issues I would say forget about states’ rights and legalize it in all 50.
If you can purchase cigarettes or alcoholic beverages in all 50, you should also be able to buy marijuana as you wish—edible, smokeable or spike your tea with it in all 50 as well.
And while we’re at it, I think strictly testing positive for THC should not disqualify one for a job.
There are plenty who don’t use drugs who perform poorly for various reasons, and individuals with intermittently painful conditions who benefit from the pain relief of marijuana and want to work.
Not sure if this change in Mexico will help with the trafficking of drugs or not but I do believe strongly that marijuana should be legal in every single state including for recreational use.
