Mexico Close to Legalizing Marijuana as Supreme Court Discusses Allowing Recreational Use Clara Guibourg - City A.M.
go to original October 18, 2015

A protester blows marijuana smoke in the face of a police officer in Mexico City. (AP)

High hopes for the legalization movement: Mexico could be close to legalizing marijuana, as the country’s supreme court gears up to discuss the issue later this month.

On 28 October, the supreme court will be discussing a proposal that would legalize consumption and production of marijuana for recreational use.

Mexico has already approved medical use of the drug, as a lower court in the country granted a couple the right to import marijuana-based medicine to treat their daughter’s epilepsy in August.

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A federal judge in Mexico approved the use of medical marijuana to treat a child with a rare form of epilepsy. Julie Noce reports. (Reuters)

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