Mexico yesterday granted the country’s first ever permits to grow and consume cannabis, in what advocates called a step towards legislation.
Health officials authorised the permits one month after Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled that the individuals- members of a pro-cannabis group- could legally produce marijuana for their own recreational use.
The landmark decision could have widespread implications for the country, where billions of pounds worth of cannabis are cultivated and trafficked annually, and drug cartels are both powerful and brutally violent.
Like the permits issued yesterday, the court’s decision was limited to just the four members, but a series of similar rulings could set a precedent for widespread legalisation.
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