President Pena Nieto Proposes Relaxing Limits on Personal Marijuana Use Euronews
go to original April 22, 2016

Mexican President, Enrique Peña Nieto has put forward proposals to legalise marijuana-based medicines.

He also wants to raise the legal amount users can carry and free prisoners on minor weed charges. If he gets his way, Mexicans will soon be allowed to carry up to 28 grams of marijuana instead of the current 5 grams.

It’s a sharp turn around from the country’s previous ‘zero tolerance’ war on drugs.

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