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October 23rd, 2015 
Awake Goy 
nsnbc : The Supreme Court of Mexico deliberates about legalizing the production and consumption of marijuana for recreational use. The first court session is scheduled for October 28.
The Supreme Court’s deliberations about the legalization of the drug is in part based on the proposition that parts of the federal health law that prohibit the growth and consumption of marijuana are unconstitutional. The case has reached the Supreme Court after a nonprofit organization filed an injunction against a 2013 decision by health regulator Cofepris.
The public debate about legalizing marijuana for recreational use, however, is not only based on the constitutional aspects. Marijuana, methamphetamine and cocaine are major sources of income for organized crime networks in Mexico, many of which have a long record of extremely violent crimes.
Legalizing the growth and use of marijuana for recreational purposes would empower users to either grow their own produce or to buy it legally, with revenue going to legal businesses and the State, rather than to crime syndicates. Another aspect that is discussed is the need to decriminalize users and growth for own consumption, considering that the drug is a traditional part of Mexican culture.
Paraguayan President Jose Mujica, here with his wife, Senator Lucia Topolansky.
In December 2013 the then President of Uruguay , Rose Mujica, signed a bill that legalized and regulated the growth and use of marijuana for recreational use.
Mujica’s signing of the bill drew sharp criticism from the United Nations INCB chief Raymond Yans who accused Mujica of not consulting him first. Mujica, for his part, retorted:
“Tell that old man to stop lying. … Let him come to Uruguay and meet me whenever he wishes. … Anybody can meet me and talk with me, and whoever says he couldn’t meet with me tells blatant lies. …
Because he sits in a comfortable international platform, he believes he can say whatever nonsense … “
Does he have different rules ? One for Uruguay and one for the world’s strong countries ?”
The statement was an implied reference to the INCB chief’s silence with regard to the legalization of marijuana in some U.S. States.
Political pressure for the legalization of “the weed” for recreational use in Mexico grew after the U.S. States of Colorado and Washington legalized possession and sale of marijuana for recreational use in 2012.
Research into the medicinal use of marijuana has also increased over the course of the last decade. In August 2015 a Mexican Court granted the parents of an eight-year-old daughter with epilepsy the right to import marijuana-based medicine.
F/AK – nsnbc 23.10.2015
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