All posts tagged "Mexico"

Culture

The Ultimate Cannabis-Friendly Travel Guide

WEEDAR analyzed the 48 most popular tourist destinations and then rated them by their cannabis-friendly travel...

Joint Opinions

Mexico’s Cannabis Legalization Languishes as Narco-Wars Escalate

Mexico's President López Obrador met with Trump at the White House last week to inaugurate the...

Politics

Drug War Dystopia Continues as Mexico Waits to Legalize Cannabis

Mexican lawmakers are predicting legal cannabis by the month’s end, and portraying it as a key...

Legal

Cannabis’s Unlikely Friend in the Fight for Reform: The Courts

As recent rulings in Mexico and Italy demonstrate, cannabis reform can sometimes be enacted through court...

Politics

The 5 Biggest Moments in Cannabis Politics in 2019

After a year like this one, 2020 will likely include big changes in cannabis laws worldwide.

Economics

Corporate vs. Campesino Cannabis on Eve of Legalization in Mexico

There is a discomforting sense that Mexico is perpetually on the eve of cannabis legalization, as...

Legal

Mexican Lawmakers Introduce Marijuana Legalization Bill

Court-mandated end of prohibition is coming, the only question is when.

Politics

America’s Neighbors Apply Peer Pressure on U.S. Cannabis Policy

While Canada works out the details for its federal cannabis legalization program, Mexico’s knocking at the...

Economics

The DEA Must Be Joking About Their Plan to Burn All the Weed in the U.S.

The federal drug-control agency has a hilarious numbers problem.

Legal

Mexico Militarizes Anti-Cannabis Enforcement Despite Legalization Promises

Contradicting his boast to have "ended" the drug war and his pledge to explore cannabis legalization,...

Economics

Latin American Cannabis Market Worth $9.8 Billion, Report Says

Latin America is at the forefront of the global wave of cannabis reform, and a new...

Politics

El Chapo Found Guilty, But Prohibition-Fueled Violence Rages On

Notorious narco-lord "El Chapo" Guzmán was just convicted by a federal jury in New York. But Guzmán...

Politics

Mexico’s New President ‘Ends’ Drug War — Or Does He?

President López Obrador announced a formal end to Mexico’s "war on drugs." But troops are still being...

Politics

Study Says: Don’t Build a Border Wall, Legalize Cannabis Instead

A new report suggests that cannabis legalization has actually done more than security measures to reduce...

Culture

Netflix Hosts a ‘Narcos: Mexico’ Rooftop Party With Fake Cannabis

Netflix’s “Narcos: Mexico” includes one of television’s largest depictions of a cannabis farm, so the streaming...

In History

Mexico’s Supreme Court Rules Cannabis Use Must Be Legalized

Mexico’s Congress must now pass a bill legalizing cannabis for personal use in the next 90...

Economics

NAFTA Negotiations, Vicente Fox & The Future of Exporting Cannabis

With the North American Free Trade Agreement under renegotiation, Mexico's former president and born-again cannabis advocate...

Politics

Mexico Considers Legal Cannabis As Solution to Narco Crisis

Mexico's new president, Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador (known by his initials as AMLO), is pledging a...

Strains

Top Cannabis Strains of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia

In the spirit of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, held this year in Russia, we've rounded...

Joint Opinions

In Defense of Marijuana

Most of the civilized world calls the plant cannabis. In America, we’re different. But is “marijuana”...