Mexico could soon become the third country in the world to approve recreational cannabis. The Chamber of Deputies voted yesterday with 316 votes to 129 for a corresponding bill. It is considered likely that the Senate will also approve the project.
This had already passed the new law in November, because of changes he now has to vote on it again. In the future, it would be legal to own 28 grams of marijuana and up to eight cannabis plants for personal use.
So far only legal in Uruguay and Canada
Mexico with its 126 million inhabitants would be the third country in the world after Uruguay and Canada to legalize the recreational use of the herbal drug; in the USA it is legal in individual states. „Theoretically, this creates the largest legal market in the world, as Mexico has large production capacities,“ said Lisa Sanchez, head of the organization „Mexico United Against Crime“.
Step aims to reduce drug crime
The bill also aims to curb drug-related crime, which kills thousands of people each year. So far, the powerful drug cartels control the lucrative illegal trade in marijuana. In 2020, Mexican authorities confiscated 244 tons of the drug.
