As reported on Tuesday byElEconomista, RobertoCampa, Mexico'sUndersecretary of the Interior Ministry for Human Rights,formally announced the initial debate on cannabis legalization—the Forum of Public Health and Prevention—wil… Read article here: High Times
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Canada and Mexico Must Prove Case With United Nations Before Legalizing Marijuana
Before Canada, Mexico or any other country can legalize marijuana across their respective nation, governments must first show the United Nations General Assembly later this year how they plan to make it happen while remaining in compliance with several international drug … Read article here: High Times
Mexico to Open Debate on Use of Marijuana
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto came out strongly against legalizing marijuana on Wednesday, the same day his government announced a national public debate on the issue. Read article here: High Times
Mexico Supreme Court Opens Door to Recreational Pot Use
Mexico's supreme court has ruled that growing, possessing and smoking marijuana for recreation are legal under a person's right to personal freedoms. Read article here: High Times
Mexico: Families Hoping For Medicinal Marijuana
As Mexico’s top court prepares to consider arguments that could open the door to the recreational use of marijuana, some families are hoping such a step could help make medicinal marijuana more accessible. The parents of 8-year-old Graciela Elizalde of Monterrey have already seen a difference in their daughter since she began taking a marijuana […]
Mexico: Massive Grow Busted in Bloody Border Zone
Earlier this month, Mexican federal police agents announced the discovery of some 860,000 cannabis plants—weighing an estimated 1,000 metric tons—atEjidoLaSangre, an agricultural community in theTubutamamunicipality,about 10… Read article here: High Times
Mexico: More Holes in Missing Students Case
Mexico's Prosecutor General Arely Gómez González announced last week that forensic experts have identified a second victim in the case of the 43 missing students. Read article here: High Times
Mexico: Cover-Up Claimed in El Chapo Escape
On Tuesday, the Mexican interior ministry, known as Gobernación, was accused by a senate committee of covering up evidence pointing to official complicity in the July escape of drug kingpin Joaquin Guzmán Loera AKA "El Chapo"—the country'… Read article here: High Times
Judge OKs Medical Marijuana Use In Mexico For 1st Time
A Mexican judge has granted a couple permission to import a marijuana-derived compound to treat the frequent seizures of their eight-year old daughter, an unprecedented ruling in the Latin American country, the family’s attorney told EFE. “It’s a watershed in our country because the marijuana issue in our country has been very complicated. What makes […]
Mexico: Activist Slain in Missing Students Case
MiguelÁngelJiménezBlanco, a leading activist in Mexico's violence-torn state of Guerrero and a vocal advocate for the families of the the43 students who went missingthere in September 2014, was himself found dead on Aug. 10…. Read article here: High Times