| Will the Mexican Capitol Be the Next City to Legalize Marijuana? The Huffington Post | |
| go to original June 19, 2013 |
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Last month, cannabis advocates and users marched through Mexico City openly smoking marijuana and demanding the decriminalization of the drug. (NTDTV)
The leftwing Party of the Democratic Revolution is preparing legislation that would make it legal to smoke weed in Mexico City, news site Sin Embargo reports.
The potentially game-changing legislation, which legislators plan to introduce in September, would allow people to grow marijuana at home, smoke it in designated clubs and carry up to 25 grams.
Lawmakers say the bill aims to permit marijuana use for medicinal reasons, but also opens the door to legalizing its recreational use.
“Most marijuana consumers aren’t addicts,” Mexico City Deputy Vidal Llerenas Morales told Sin Embargo. “They aren’t criminals. They are functional people.”
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