Mexico approves landmark cannabis legalization bill in landslide vote that would create the world's largest legal marijuana market and strip power from cartels
- Mexico's Senate on Thursday voted 82-18 in favor of a bill to legalize marijuana
- The bill will be introduced in the lower house of Congress in December
- The reform law would most likely pass since President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's party has the majority in both champers of Congress
- The López Obrador administration backed the legalization of cannabis before the leftist leader took office in December 2018
- The passing of the bill will deal a huge blow to drug cartels, whose large presence in the nation has left more than 250,000 people dead since 2006
Mexico approves landmark cannabis legalization bill in landslide vote
Mexico's Senate on Thursday passed a bill that will allow users the right to possess up to 28 grams and grow up to eight plants at home. The bill will be present in the lower house in December.
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