"We're taking away this beautiful plant from criminals and putting in the hands of retailers and farmers," said former Mexican President Vicente Fox.Ulises Ruiz / AFP via Getty Images fileMexico is inching closer to becoming the world's largest legal cannabis market as lawmakers prepare to debate a proposal to legalize recreational marijuana.
"Many great things will happen," he said."We're taking away this beautiful plant from criminals and putting in the hands of retailers and farmers." Elizalde eventually reached out to a Mexican lawmaker who publicly supported adopting cannabis legislation in Mexico after Washington state and Colorado legalized recreational marijuana. That lawmaker, Fernando Belaunzarán, wrote a letter to Mexico's health secretary on behalf of the Elizalde family, seeking permission to import cannabis oil for Grace's treatment.
Elizalde said Grace's doctor had been interested in research taking place around the world on CBD as a potential treatment for epilepsy and thought it was worth a try for his daughter, who is now 13. Her seizures have decreased to about 20 on a bad day, Elizalde said. "The domino effect is happening," Fox said."The No. 1 challenge is to convey, inform and educate consumers and patients. And also educate the medical community. There is still some hesitancy in Mexican culture."in the newspaper El Financiero, 58 percent of respondents opposed full legalization. But among respondents under age 40, more than half said they were in favor of legalizing cannabis.
While the court's mandate forced lawmakers to build a framework for regulating cannabis, it did not necessarily create a desire among elected officials to do so quickly.
Smart and would be a good thing overall.
I thought it already had that title.
I wonder if these people know it affects their brains and not in a good way. So why would anyone want to harm their brains on purpose? And for what?
Bro that takes away from the cartels drug running lol makes them more legitimate vuz we know unfortunately Mexico isn't going to control the weed industry away from the cartels
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The Us is woefully behind the times on this.
Some areas of Mexico can produce world class bud. Others, not so much.
Would sure save a lot wasted police time. From what I've seen the police are not only users, but sellers in many communities. Sell it, tax it. Use the money for schools and infrastructure, not cartels. Seems reasonable.
Yeah pot heads are growing so fast with ignoring carcinogen risk.
TullyTippyJosie think mexico will have me?
Good for them!!
Of course anything they can do to keep God's chosen ppl in sin is there plan.
Texas is already losing so much money by not letting it be grown and sold legally. Dang — I see tons of Texans traveling there to spend money and avoid TX stupid LACK OF FREEDOM. GovAbbott
If someone has to smoke something that big to get a bump from it, recreational is an Understatement
Americans are now planning to smuggle drugs into Mexico.
They’re going to need a wall to keep all the pothead Americans out.
Way better than the exports of the country north of them. Rather sell weed than weapons.
It’s already legal basically 😆😂
Whenever you see people smoking pot, it always seems to be young men who are desperate to look like they are daring or rebels. In reality, people who smoke pot smell like shit. I know this, because my city is now full of pot smoking men and boys who smell putrid.
davegreenidge57 So just worry about cocaine and heroin? I think Americans cover their own meth.🙄
Dinosaurs and us. Bugs
good for them!
Putting in hands of retailers with Pope Francis Blessings & will need it too think your High, Going Heaven; smoking cannabis up theres with others
It's time to end the rich people's for profit phony war on drugs.
Pass the blunt.
Ted there
been a worlds largest illegal market since the early 60's at least. alcapulco gold, remember?
I smoked pot for 30 years every day. It did only one thing. It made think about all the wonderful things I can do. I never got around to doing them though because I was too busy smoking pot. It was a waste of money and time. Time I’ll never get back.
That’s cute, like Mexico has laws.
When the US legalizes it Mexican pot will be the BudLite people will smoke
damn homie loaded up that king paper, that's a huge J
Let them
We have passports.
Roll one smoke one
monark
Cartels gonna be pisssssed
That guy dressed up like a leaf lol
Laws deen to be made to legalize the use of cannabis and ban the selling and trading of it!
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yet, NYGovCuomo manages to find everything else under the sun to do.