Mexico Legalizes MMJ

[JCat]

Mexico close to legalizing recreational marijuana​

Mexico’s lower house of Congress on Wednesday passed a bill that would legalize recreational marijuana — paving the way for a regulated market in a country long-dominated by drug cartels.

The bill, which was approved by a vote of 316 to 127, now heads to the Senate where it is all but certain to pass.

I wonder if legal cannabis in Mexico will improve the quality? ... would love to get decent weed when on vacation in Mexico!

 

[macbill]

The ABCs of Marijuana Regulation in Mexico​

What does the recreational consumption law allow and what prohibits it? We present the details of the opinion discussed in the Chamber of Deputies

The Mexican Chamber of Deputies approved this Wednesday the legislation that regulates the recreational use of marijuana in the country to fulfill a mandate of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation that in 2018 considered its prohibition unconstitutional.

It is the penultimate step for its application since it must now return for the second time to the Senate, which has to ratify it before next April 30.

 

[macbill]

Mexican Lawmakers Fail To Legalize Marijuana Ahead Of Supreme Court Deadline​

Mexican lawmakers have failed to meet a Supreme Court deadline to end marijuana prohibition after spending months going back and forth on a legalization bill that passed both chambers of Congress in differing forms.

The result is a lot of uncertainty. The court first deemed prohibition unconstitutional in 2018, ordering legislators to enact a policy change. And while there’s been progress in drafting and advancing legalization legislation in the years since, senators repeatedly requested deadline extensions that the court granted.

 

[Tranquility]

The politics over legalization are not over until the Mariachi sings:
Cannabis in Mexico- it ain’t over till the fat Mariachi sings!

...If you ask me – or anyone in the industry – it is clear that Mexican senators simply decided to de facto put the Cannabis Law bill in the freezer out of concern that voting on something deemed highly controversial could cost them votes in what perhaps are the most important intermediate elections in recent Mexican history. Let me say it again, Congress has never been bound to regulate the whole industry. Politicians offered to do so. The issue is that now, by failing to pass the Cannabis Law bill, which among others, provided for adult use, Congress have also failed to regulate cannabis self-cultivation and self-consumption.

In this context, we face three potential scenarios: first, that Congress might ask the Supreme Court for ANOTHER deadline extension (highly unlikely: this should have been officially asked and I have never heard of such a request from the Senate). Second, that the Supreme Court, given Congress’ failure to regulate cannabis self-consumption, might decide to issue a General Declaration of Unconstitutionality that will expunge from the Mexican legal system those provisions that prohibit cannabis cultivation and consumption for personal use and which had already been deemed unconstitutional by the Court via jurisprudencia (binding court precedent). For the aforesaid to happen, at least eight Supreme Court Justices have to decide in favor. A third scenario would be that the Supreme Court meets, but does not reach the majority necessary to issue a General Declaration of Unconstitutionality. In that case, it will be business as usual: consumers will have to continue applying with COFEPRIS for a self-cultivation/self-consumption permit and filing amparo actions in case of non-response or denial.

Indeed, although the main benefit of the General Declaration of Unconstitutionality is that by expunging prohibitionist provisions it would no longer be necessary for consumers to file amparo actions to exercise their right to consume cannabis, the real problem is the legal void left by the expungement of such provisions and the legal uncertainty this would entail for consumers and cannabis companies. In other words, if upon the issuance of the General Declaration of Unconstitutionality there will be no provisions whatsoever regulating cannabis cultivation and consumption for personal use, how will people know what is lawful and what is not? This was the task Congress had to prove it was up to for the creation of a legitimate Mexican cannabis industry -and still is, if the Supreme Court, for any reason, decides it is not proper at the moment to issue a General Declaration of Unconstitutionality....

 

[macbill]

Mexico high court mandates permits for personal pot use​

Mexico’s Supreme Court ordered the government Monday to issue permits for the personal use of marijuana and for the growing of limited amounts of pot plants, after the country’s Congress took too long to approve a limited legalization law.

 

[macbill]

Legal U.S. marijuana is pouring into Mexico. It’s pricey, popular and has names such as ‘Bubba Kush.’​

The most sought after marijuana being trafficked across the U.S.-Mexico border is now the weed entering Mexico, not the weed leaving it.
Cannabis sold legally in California is heading south illegally, dominating a booming boutique market across Mexico, where buying and selling the drug is still outlawed. Mexican dealers flaunt their U.S. products, noting them in bold lettering on menus sent to select clients: “IMPORTADO.”

 

[JCat]

Legal U.S. marijuana is pouring into Mexico. It’s pricey, popular and has names such as ‘Bubba Kush.’​

The most sought after marijuana being trafficked across the U.S.-Mexico border is now the weed entering Mexico, not the weed leaving it.
Cannabis sold legally in California is heading south illegally, dominating a booming boutique market across Mexico, where buying and selling the drug is still outlawed. Mexican dealers flaunt their U.S. products, noting them in bold lettering on menus sent to select clients: “IMPORTADO.”

Now just have to figure out how to get that cannabis when on vacation in Mexico! (seriously though!)

 

[Kaptan]

Now just have to figure out how to get that cannabis when on vacation in Mexico! (seriously though!)

Packed safely in your luggage?

 

[macbill]

Third Time is the Charm?

Top Mexican Senator Says Marijuana Legalization Bill May Be Taken Up Within Weeks

The president of Mexico’s Senate says lawmakers could advance legislation to regulate marijuana in the coming weeks—the latest in a long string of comments from leadership on plans to finally implement rules to legally regulate cannabis production and sales. Nearly three years ago, the Mexican...

www.marijuanamoment.net

 

[FlyingLow]

are there dispensaries in Mexico yet?
I Fucking hope so!