
Mexican Cannabis Law Pushing Through Before Year Ends
The country's Senate overwhelmingly debates Mexico's Cannabis Law. The proposed law would establish a billboard marketplace for industrial hemp and recreational marijuana under a replacement regulatory body to oversee the two sectors. Senators voted in favor of the bill by an 82-18 margin. General provisions within the bill establish licensing for cultivation, research, commercialization and sales, import and export of cannabis raw materials and products. To become a law, the bill still needs the Deputy of Chambers of the Mexican Congress's approval. However, there is still high demand for cannabis seeds in the market that leads to supply of cannabis-derived products. Amended Laws The variant of the law passed out of the Senate was later revised from a previous draft law. Vital points to the amended law that jurisdiction of…