Mexico has sure been on a bumpy road in its effort to legalize cannabis. Led mainly by Supreme Court rulings, Mexico has inched forward, though not always in the expected ways. For this episode of Mexico’s cannabis update, let’s take a look at another missed deadline and ex-president Fox’s foray into the cannabis market. Mexico’s Congress sure it’s making it easy, and the market that should already be flourishing hasn’t even started. Hopefully, my next Mexico cannabis update will include legislation to officially legalize the industry. To call it a ‘bumpy road’ is a bit of an understatement at this point, and Mexico’s government should be embarrassed of itself for how it’s handling legalizing marijuana. This episode of Mexico’s cannabis update features a new low for the governance of the country. But first, let’s go over how we got to where we are now. In 2018, the last of five consecutive cases passed through the Supreme Court, all related to the personal use of cannabis, and all ruled on in the same way: that not allowing personal use and cultivation, is unconstitutional. So though Mexico’s written laws state that cannabis is illegal for recreational purposes, the five consecutive rulings set off ‘jurisprudencia’, whereby the Supreme Court verdicts override written law, to become the new law. This has to be the case because jurisprudence prevents a lower court from ruling against an individual in a personal use case, as that would mean ruling against the Supreme Court.
Sarah Friedman, CBD Testers, 02/26/2022 19:00:00