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Eugene

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Tue Nov 6, 2018, 07:35 PM Nov 2018

Mexican ruling party to present bill for recreational marijuana use

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS NOVEMBER 6, 2018 / 4:27 PM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO

Mexican ruling party to present bill for recreational marijuana use

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico’s next interior minister plans to submit a bill to legalize recreational and medical marijuana use, according to documents posted on the Congress website on Tuesday, the latest step by the incoming government to shake up the country’s fight against drug-related crime.

The bill, which is backed by Senator Olga Sanchez, Mexico President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s choice for interior minister, could be presented this week, two legislative sources said. But it could still face resistance within the coalition led by the president-elect’s National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) party.

If the bill passes, Mexico would join Canada, Uruguay and a host of U.S. states that have legalized the drug.

In the 26-page bill posted on the Congress website, Sanchez wrote that Mexico’s ban on recreational cannabis has contributed to crime and violence.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-drugs/mexican-ruling-party-to-present-bill-for-recreational-marijuana-use-idUSKCN1NB2R6
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Mexican ruling party to present bill for recreational marijuana use (Original Post) Eugene Nov 2018 OP
While Canada, Mexico and some states have GWC58 Dec 2018 #1

GWC58

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1. While Canada, Mexico and some states have
Sat Dec 1, 2018, 11:28 PM
Dec 2018

relaxed their cannabis laws we, the feds, have moved right.

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