RE:MEXICO: Smoking, NOT Sale, may become Legal - Canada exportgbenga wrote: The supreme court in Mexico made a ruing that smoking weed is not a crime. OK but this is a far cry from legaluzing sales etc. If anything demand in Mexico in the absence of sale legalization should be a boon for Canadian pot. See https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/mexico-edges-closer-to-legalizing-marijuana-use-but-not-sales-1.1161865
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On the face of it, that might sound like good news to North American companies that are jumping into the market with the drug now legal on a federal level in Canada and in nine U.S. states. They probably shouldn’t get their hopes up too high about Mexico, though. The court decision doesn’t permit commercial sales, and the government can still regulate how people use it. What’s more, the decisions don’t actually change laws that forbid its use, instead only establishing that anyone charged with usage should be able to get the case dismissed.
Mexican authorities rarely pursue individuals for pot use (notwithstanding the occasional spring-breaker shakedown), instead focusing their attention on bigger fish -- specifically the country’s notorious drug gangs. On paper, the rulings may seem like a victory for marijuana legalization. But not much has changed in practice."
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/mexico-edges-closer-to-legalizing-marijuana-use-but-not-sales-1.1161865