US Medical Marijuana Company Seeks Inroads In Mexico
The solution to reducing deadly seizures could be a puff of a marijuana cigarette, but for many lawmakers around the world, legal medical pot is still considered taboo.
The debate can be seen in Mexico, where about 8-percent of the population suffers from some type of neurological disorder, like epilepsy. Mexican law strictly prohibits the use of marijuana for any reason, however, the country recently started allowing doctors to treat patients with imported medicine containing cannabidiol, an active chemical ingredient in marijuana, on a case-by-case basis. Mexico could also soon legalize cannabinoid-based products and even medicine with pot’s psychoactive ingredient, tetrahydrocannabinol, after its senate passed a bill approving medical marijuana in December. Mexico’s lower house is expected to vote on the measure after it 2017 session resumes on Feb. 1.
In the U.S., medical marijuana is used as a form of treatment for people suffering from epilepsy in 28 states,...
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