President Pena Nieto Condemns Legal Marijuana Push Ahead of National Debate The Guardian
go to original December 3, 2015

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto is open to having a national debate on marijuana use. Could Mexico be close to legalizing the drug? (Seeker Daily )

Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto has come out strongly against legalizing marijuana at the same day his government announced a national public debate on the issue.

He suggested the recent, informal debate on the issue has already created confusion, even among his own children. Mexico’s supreme court ruled in November that growing, possessing and smoking marijuana for recreation is legal under the right to freedom, but that ruling applied only to the four people involved in the case.

Peña Nieto said Wednesday that one of his own children asked him: “Hey, Dad, does that mean I can light up a joint in front of you soon?” The president said: “No, don’t be confused.”

“I am not in favor of consuming or legalizing marijuana,” Peña Nieto said at a speech announcing a child welfare program. “I am not in favor because it has been proven, demonstrated, that consuming this substance damages the health of children and youths."

“However, I am in favor of debate, so that specialists can give us some indication of where we should be going,” he said.

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Related: Mexico to Open Landmark Marijuana Debate in January (Agence France-Presse)

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