Mexico Moves On
Mexico - Medical marijuana has been legal in Mexico since 2017.
At the end of June, the supreme court of Mexico ruled 8-3 for the use of recreational marijuana, even though legislation in congress is still not solidified.
As it stands now, adults who want to grow and consume their own cannabis can apply for permits from the country’s health regulator, but there are restrictions on the amount of marijuana they can possess, and they cannot sell it.
According to MJBizDaily Canada, “Mexico’s national health agency was ordered to develop rules for granting permits to recreational cannabis users and charting a plan for them to acquire seeds and the like.” https://mjbizdaily.com/mexico-ruling-opens-new-opportunities-in-looming-marijuana-giant
The agency will also be processing permits for cultivating and harvesting cannabis plants.
Mexico will be the third country in the world to legalize recreational pot.
Cheers to Infusion
World - There are both THC and CBD infused drinks arriving on the market every day. The idea of going to a bar or restaurant to order a THC or CBD drink with a favorite meal sounds like a party in the mind.
THC drinks come in different flavors and styles. Lagunitas Hi-Fi Hops looks like a lite draft beer in the beer looking glass bottle. It is a sparkling, hops-infused non-alcoholic beverage with THC. It comes in three different flavors. Canna Cola is another bottle shaped THC drink that looks more like an old-fashioned soda drink with colorful bottle designs and vibrant graphics. The brand comes in such brews as Orange Kush, Doc Weed, and Canna Cola. For a switch to cool down in the summer heat, Cannabis Quencher sells lemonade flavored cannabis infused drinks with 75 milligrams of THC. The Quencher comes in a bottle resembling a vitamin drink bottle.
CBD infused drinks come in a variety of different forms from sparkling waters to coffee drinks. CBD American Shaman makes a CBD infused sparkling water in a can with flavors such as Watermelon-Strawberry Lime. Buddha Teas serves a variety of organic CBD teas that come in bags to brew form like CBD Peppermint Tea and CBD Matcha Green Tea. Stäva Craft Coffee brews CBD Colombian coffee which can be bought in three potency levels and in different forms like whole bean, ground, or pods.
Greece Going Medical
Citizens will have to receive two separate licenses to grow marijuana. One license will be for an installation permit, and one will be for an operating permit.
New Democracy spokesperson Christos Kellas said the new law was “an integrated framework for the development of the cannabis industry in our country, from which we expect that there will be benefits for our economy through investments and the creation of new jobs.” https://greekreporter.com/2021/05/23/medical-cannabis-approved-production-sale-greece/.
The Ganjapreneur reported that, “The vote comes nearly four years after a decision by the health and justice ministers to downgrade cannabis from under the nation’s drug control guidelines, but those reforms did not include cultivation or sale.” https://www.ganjapreneur.com/greece-legalizes-medical-cannabis-sales-cultivation/.
Pot Up in Pandemic
World - Recent reports from the United Nations as well as in Canada news show a growth in the pot business possibly stimulated by the pandemic. According to MJBiz Canada, the United Nations reported the pandemic, “created circumstances that likely caused cannabis markets in some parts of the world to expand faster than they otherwise would have, particularly in high-income countries.“
The report notes that COVID-19 may have accelerated the pre existing trends towards increased use and availability of cannabis in some high-income countries as some people have turned to the drug to alleviate stress or manage boredom brought on by stay-at-home orders.https://mjbizdaily.com/un-report-cannabis-markets-likely-grew-because-of-pandemic/. An April MJ Biz Canada article stated that marijuana use was up at the end of 2020. A report from Statistics Canada didn’t want to say the increase was from the pandemic. https://mjbizdaily.com/cannabis-use-grew-in-2020-statistics-canada-data-suggests/
