Mexican Senate approves medicinal use of marijuana

The Mexican Senate on Tuesday approved a bill that regulates the use of marijuana for medical, therapeutic and research purposes, although some lawmakers were discontent because they hoped to push forward a bolder initiative.

The project, approved with 98 votes in favor, 7 against and one abstention, focuses on allowing the importation of medicines with extracts of cannabis and opens the door to locally produce this type of medicines.

"It is established that products containing concentrations of 1 percent or less of THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), and having broad industrial uses, may be marketed, exported and imported, meeting the requirements established in the sanitary regulation," the Senate said in a statement. release.

Mexico has for years been one of the countries most affected by drug trafficking, whose combat and clashes between rival cartels have left about 140,000 dead in a decade and about 30,000 missing.

Reflection of the theme:

Without doubts is an important advance, in the search of legalization of marijuana, recognizing, thus, its health benefits, and that undoubtedly is a good advance, to take measures.

Source information: http://lta.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idLTAKBN14306A-OUSLD

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