Mexican Senate Will Vote to Federally Legalize Weed in the Next Two Weeks, Leader Says
Sounds like a good idea. I wonder when/if our own Congress will ever get around to legalizing it.
The Mexican Senate will vote on a marijuana legalization bill at some point within the next two weeks, according to the leader of the governing body’s majority party. The vote has been a long time coming and some observers think that, at last, this could finally be the deciding move.
Senate leader Ricardo Monreal of the MORENA party said the bill, which would enable private companies to sell marijuana to the public, is “likely to pass” the Senate before the end of October.
From there, the bill will move on to the Chamber of Deputies, a lower house of Congress, where insiders believe it is also likely to pass.
exico has been building momentum toward legalization since 2018, when the country’s Supreme Court ruled that prohibiting cannabis was a constitutional violation of citizens’ rights to the “free development of personality.” The court then ordered lawmakers to pass a bill legalizing marijuana in one year’s time. After arguing legislators blew that deadline, the court granted an extension until December 15 of this year.
Sounds like a good idea. I wonder when/if our own Congress will ever get around to legalizing it.