In April 2017, the Mexican Congress voted, by a large majority, in favor of a bill that legalizes the medical and scientific use, production and distribution of cannabis. The new law acknowledges the therapeutic properties of THC. Mexico has given a very important step on the path to tolerance in the interests of Mexicans’ health.
On Friday, April 28, 2017, the House of Representatives of Mexico, approved, by a large majority, a bill that legalizes the medical and scientific use of cannabis, as well as its production and distribution for such purposes. The approval of this initiative promoted by Mexican President, Enrique Peña Nieto – who continues to struggle with the very serious problem that is drug trafficking- introduces the reforms to the General Health Law and the Penal Code passed by the Senate in December.
New Bill Regulates Medical and Cannabis Use Only
The House of Representatives of Mexico informed in a press release that “the bill removes the ban and the criminalization of acts related to the medical…