Mexico Could Legalize Cannabis Next Month

After a long series of delays, it looks like Mexico could join Canada, parts of the U.S., and other countries in legalizing recreational-use cannabis.

In 2018, Mexico’s supreme court ruled that the illegality of cannabis cultivation and possession in the country was unconstitutional. Since then, legislators within the country have been in a battle to decide on the legal status of the plant, and what a legal cannabis market may look like.

Mexico was due to come to a conclusion on April 30th regarding cannabis legalization, but missed the deadline and had it pushed back until October, and more recently, to December 15th this year.

Mexico’s proposed legalization effort seeks to create a regulated cannabis market that would enable adults aged 18 and above to buy and possess up to 28 grams of marijuana, as well as cultivating up to four plants for personal use.

There is also the potential for the marijuana legislation to be voted on in the Senate within this coming week too.

Speaking on prohibition, Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has previously stated that the black market needs to be eliminated, and that prohibition doesn’t achieve that goal.