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Mexico Court Rules Government Should Legalise Recreational Cannabis

Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation said on Monday the government and Congress should legalise the recreational use of cannabis, bringing the country a step closer to creating one of the world’s largest legal markets for the plant.

The decision adds to pressure on the Mexican Senate to approve a sweeping legalisation bill that has stalled in Congress after modifications.

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Backed by the administration of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the law would mark a major shift in a country bedevilled for years by violence between feuding drug cartels and potentially open a huge market for US and Canadian cannabis companies.

“A historic day for freedoms,” Supreme Court Judge Arturo Zaldivar Lelo de Larrea wrote on his Twitter. “The right to free development of the personality is consolidated in the case of recreational or recreational use of marijuana.”

The declaration issued on Monday removes a legal obstacle for the health ministry to authorise activities related to consuming cannabis for recreational purposes, the court said in a statement.

The ruling was the final step in a drawn-out court procedure to declare unconstitutional a prohibition on non-medical or scientific use of cannabis and its main active ingredient THC.

However, in a point criticised by activists, it established that health authorities must issue the initial permits for cannabis use.

Only people 18 years and older should be able to grow, carry or consume cannabis and its derivatives, the court said.

In an initial ruling in 2015, the Supreme Court said “the absolute prohibition model entails a disproportionate restriction on the right to free development of the personality of consumers”.

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