The Mexican senatorial commissions of justice, health and laws have received the project of legalization of cannabis, according to Milenio. The draft is expected to be presented to committee members next Thursday, for a vote on the final proposal by the end of October, as imposed by the Supreme Court.
The latter in fact ruled in November 2018 that the prohibition of cannabis was unconstitutional and violated the fundamental right to the free-development of the personality, and forced the state to legalize before 23 October 2019.
The project has not been disclosed yet. The newspaper Milenio, however, confides that it would create an Institute of Control and Regulation of Cannabis, allow the possession of 30 grams of cannabis and increase the possession limits for other drugs, that it would allow the cultivation of cannabis in the zones the poorer people in the country and release thousands of people in prison for drug-related offenses.
The precise form or timing of the legalization is not known. However, in another interview in Milenio, Senator Julio Ramon Menchaca, chairman of the Justice Committee, gave some clues about the project:
Mexico will not promote cannabis use, but will just comply with the decision of the Supreme Court. The goal is to get cannabis out of the law.
The model of regulation will be a mix between the advocates of absolute control of the state and those of a strong market freedom. Menchaca cites Colorado as an example.