Marijuana Decriminalization Bill to Be Introduced By Mexico City Lawmakers David Iaconangelo - Latin Times
go to original January 7, 2014

Animal Politico reports that Mexico City lawmakers with the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) are preparing to present a bill in the city’s Assembly which would further decriminalize marijuana in the Mexican capital.

A 2009 federal law already decriminalized the possession of up to 5 grams of pot, as well as small amounts of other drugs, but the new legislation would seek to establish a constitutional basis for allowing the capital to create its own drug policies.  The bill’s sponsors say it would also seek to combine aspects of recently passed legalization schemes in Colorado and Uruguay.

Notimex writes that the bill’s authors – PRD lawmakers Esthela Damián, Daniel Ordóñez and Efraín Morales – point to Colorado’s establishment of a 25 percent tax on marijuana sales, from which revenues will go toward education, as an example of a feature the legislation could include.  They also highlighted in a press release several points which would be up for debate, such as the age at which marijuana could legally be purchased, if the city were to control sales of the substance.

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