Delays Violate State Law and Put Patients at Risk of Criminal Prosecution SANTA FE— New Mexico’s Department of Health administrative shortfalls are leaving medical cannabis patients without access to medicine and unprotected from criminal liability for purchase, possession, and cultivation across New Mexico. According to law, the Department of Health (DOH) is required to process […]
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Mexico’s Supreme Court Opens Door to Legalizing Marijuana Use
The Mexican Supreme Court opened the door to legalizing marijuana on Wednesday, delivering a pointed challenge to the nation’s strict substance abuse laws and adding its weight to the growing debate in Latin America over the costs and consequences of the war against drugs. The vote by the court’s criminal chamber declared that individuals should […]
US Cuts Off Some of Mexico’s Drug War Aid Due to Human Rights Abuses
Since 2008, the U.S. Congress has appropriated $ 2.3 billion dollars to help Mexico in its battle against the drug cartels. Now—following years of abuses committed by Mexico’s security forces—the U.S. State Department has announced that Mexico has not mad… Read article here: High Times
Mexico’s Notorious ‘Z-42’ Busted
Mexican authorities on March 4 announced the capture ofOmarTreviñoAKA "Z-42"—leader of LosZetas, the ultra-violentnarco-paramilitarynetwork that has long terrorized the country.Z-42 was detained without a sh… Read article here: High Times
New Mexico’s Medical Cannabis Program’s Medical Advisory Board (MAB) Holds Public Hearing on Proposed New Rules
Department of Health Continues to Obstruct MAB’s Statutory Role to Advise the Program; Program Staff Refuse to Answer Any Questions Posed by the Board About the Evidence Supporting Recommended Rule Changes SANTA FE, NM – Today, the New Mexico Medical Cannabis Advisory Board held a special hearing on proposed rule changes governing the state’s medical […]
DC and NY: Mexican Legislators to Discuss Mexico’s Marijuana Reform Proposals
Marijuana Decriminalization and Medical Marijuana Legislation Recently Introduced Unprecedented Momentum for Drug Policy Reform Continues to Spread Throughout Latin America This week, legislators from the Mexican Congress and the Mexico City Assembly will be in DC and NY to discuss the bills they introduced to decriminalize the consumption and purchase of marijuana for personal use […]
Anabel Hernández Speaks on Mexico’s Narco Wars
Renowned Mexican investigative journalist Anabel Hernández, author of Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords and Their Godfathers, has been receiving police protection since her reporting outed top figures in the country's security apparatus as collaborators with th… High Times