U.S. House passes historic bill to legalise marijuana

MMP News AuthorDecember 5, 2020
Get real time updates directly on you device, subscribe now. Subscribe The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill that seeks to decriminalise the use of marijuana at the federal level. Initiated by Democrats, the Marijuana Opportunity, Re-investment and Expungement Act contains provisions for “re-assessment of prior marijuana-related ... Read More

Mexico to legalise marijuana for medicinal use

MMP News AuthorNovember 20, 2020
Mexico took a step closer to legalising marijuana for recreational and medicinal use on Thursday as the Senate approved a bill aimed at reducing violence linked to drug trafficking. The legislation still requires approval by the lower house of Congress, the Chamber of Deputies, which has until December 15 to ... Read More

Mexico may become the third country to legalise cannabis

MMP News AuthorNovember 19, 2020
IN THE PUBLIC park outside Mexico’s Senate is a small forest of cannabis. Volunteers are staging a plantón (a punning way to say “sit-in”) to spur lawmakers to legalise weed. They tend to the 1,000 or so plants on Tuesdays and Thursdays, spraying organic insect repellent and picking up leaves. ... Read More