Just a few days ago, the Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risk, which is a regulatory body of the Department of Health in Mexico, announced that they were going to soon release new regulations surrounding cannabis products for the country.
The agency, which is known as Cofepris, plans on coming up with rules that will permit the sale of cannabis-based medicines, cosmetics, food, and other products.
Several months ago, lawmakers in Mexico managed to pass a bill that legalized cannabis in the country for both scientific purposes and medicinal use. The new bill sought to classify THC as being a therapeutic substance. And it's about time, seeing as there are millions of people who have been using cannabis on a regular basis to find remedy from a myriad of different ailments.
As of right now, recreational use of cannabis is still strictly prohibited in the country.
However, they have been making changes to move toward pushing for some legalization in the form of medicinal use, but they've been slow on considering the same for recreational use. For several months, medical cannabis use has been legal in the country; despite people still not having the freedom to grow their own or use it recreationally.
Under the newly passed changes in Mexico, the plan is to permit the importing and sale of cannabis-related goods on the market; those that they approve of anyways.
Despite it seeming like the government is moving to embrace cannabis and permit a little bit of freedom for the people in allowing them to exercise their natural rights, their legalization usually doesn't end up looking the way that many would expect.
In many ways it just makes the situation worse. However, for many people it's better to have some skewed form of legalized access to what can help them, rather than the only having criminalized options that come with a lot of risk.
Not that long ago, the World Health Organization deemed cannabis to be of medicinal value and said that it could provide benefit for a variety of issues like epilepsy and cancer. They also suggested that it should not be withheld from those who need it for medicinal purposes.
It's nice to see lawmakers in Mexico considering some changes, it's better late than never. Though we must keep in mind that even though they say they want to "legalize" that sometimes doesn't end up translating into the freedom that you'd expect when hearing such a promise.
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Sources:
http://www.newsweek.com/mexico-legalize-marijuana-based-food-drinks-cosmetics-medicine-754994
https://www.civilized.life/articles/mexico-legalize-marijuana-products/
https://www.marijuana.com/news/2017/12/mexico-and-portugal-fan-the-flames-of-cannabis-legalization/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-marijuana/mexican-congress-approves-use-of-medical-marijuana-idUSKBN17U2ZJ
https://www.leafly.com/news/politics/mexico-to-allow-imported-cannabis-edibles-in-2018
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5175825/Medical-marijuana-NO-public-health-risks-declares.html
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/953103/medical-marijuana-world-health-organization-who-cannabidiol-cbd-raul-elizalde-hempmeds-mexico
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