Mexico: Congress Approves Medicinal Marijuana

MEXICO CITY, Mexico - Five months after the upper house of Mexico's Congress, the Senate, voted in favor of the legalization of medicinal marijuana, the lower house Chamber of Deputies has followed suit and has approved the impending legislation.

In late 2016, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and his congressional allies introduced a broad initiative to "discuss" legislation concerning marijuana in all its forms, including laws concerning its medicinal uses.

"Despite being personally against any legalization of marijuana, I accept that an intensive and public debate on the issue would permit the nation and our laws to arrive at a different position," Peña Nieto said. "My truth cannot be everyone else's, in all aspects of politics and life, marijuana included."

In addition to holding several forums in different cities across Mexico concerning marijuana...