The Mexican senator Julio Ramón Menchaca Salazar said that new laws could give the opportunity to approve the regulation of cannabis and achieve the pacification of the country, because the illegal production of this plant has constituted mafias with enormous economic power that have caused violence and insecurity in Mexico.
In an interview, Morena's legislator clarified that this is not only a matter of peace and social security, but also of health and human rights. "We have this opportunity and we are going to take advantage of it," said the president of the Senate Justice Committee.
He recalled that Congress must regulate cannabis because of a series of resolutions by the Supreme Court of Justice. For this, he reported, the Upper House attended a dozen initiatives and conducted exercises of Open Parliament, through which scientists, scholars of the subject, entrepreneurs, consumers and people concerned about this issue participated.
As a result, he added, an opinion was drafted, which has already been approved in general, however, the details are still pending discussion to approve the law in particular, a debate that will be held at a second meeting of the United Commissions of Justice, Health, and Legislative Studies.
He informed that, although there is no date for this meeting, the United Commissions are fully prepared to resume the discussion when conditions allow it. Menchaca Salazar said that the regulation will provide an enormous possibility of economic-productive options, especially for growers, who will be able to use hemp for different industrial uses.
He added that the production and consumption of marijuana will be within a fiscal framework, so it could generate a large amount of tax revenues, which are undoubtedly necessary these days.
He explained that the law establishes certain deadlines, so before the free use of the substance is allowed, certain conditions and rules must be established, in addition to the installation of the Mexican Cannabis Institute, which will generate the permits and licenses. This is a whole productive mechanism, not an immediate matter, he said.
Source: comunicacion.senado.gob.mx