Mexico on path to become one of the worlds largest legal cannabis markets

Mexicos lower chamber approved a cannabis legalization bill Wednesday, setting the country on the path to becoming one of the worlds largest legal cannabis markets. In 2015, Mexicos Supreme Court ruled in favor of the recreational use cannabis. Lawmakers favoring the bill say it will move the cannabis market out of the hands of Mexicos powerful drug cartels to the government. Medicinal cannabis use has been legal in Mexico since 2017 and is allowed in a number of other Latin American countries. That has been the case of medicinal cannabis, which only began to function in January with the establishment of the necessary regulations.