Medical Marijuana and Mexico

I didn't see a specific topic for this, so I thought I'd post here. States like Colorado have grabbed the headlines by legalizing recreational use of marijuana, but Massachusetts just voted in favor of medicinal marijuana dispensaries. I don't partake of the sweet leaf myself, but was curious as to whether there is any such thing in Mexico. It would seem odd to me to be able to purchase many drugs requiring a prescription in the U.S. over the counter in Mexico but to have pot banned and its use dealt with very harshly.

The things I miss living on the East Coast!

I have heard something about the Mexican Congress discussing the possibility of medical MJ, but I haven't heard the outcome. It was only going to be allowed around Mexico City anyway. Guess if you need some relief from whatever MJ is supposed to relieve you'll have to move to Mexico City if you want to partake.

I am hoping we will all start using the new forum topic Health and Wellness for any medical related topics!!

My non-scientific observation of people I know that have med pot Rx: 5 percent have a real med problem, 95 percent just like the minimized law enforcement risk of buying legal pot to get baked, or prefer to buy their recreational drug from legal biz entity instead of local pusher man.

California situation is proof that most med pot customers are just seeking legal high

Think your right Ateo ... drunk Roman's driving chariots, will bet there were a few ... not sure about them doing "herb" ... just saying

While in Mexico ... be careful

[Edited on 2-17-2014 by wessongroup]

Bajaguy, it is likely we have little on which to agree. I continue to question your choice of research to support your point.

Your most recent offering says NOTHING about the culpability of the person testing positive for THC in their fatal accident. Since the debilitating effects on motor skills and judgement, when they occur, only last at most a couple of hours, and the presence of THC in a person's blood can persist for weeks or longer your study only proves that more people are smoking cannabis in 2010 than in 1999 and that some of them die on the highway, but it does NOT say they died because they were using cannabis. Your study also does not make any distinction between victims who had THC in their systems and those with THC and a fatal load of alcohol. (a really bad combo.)

http://www.canorml.org/healthfacts/drugtestguide/drugtestdet...

Exhaustive testing of people in driving simulator devices, or in controlled driving tests, and the collection of scientific data related to impairment of motor skills and judgement seem to support the idea that only cannabis users with a fresh, heavy dose in their systems demonstrate impairment at a level beyond the variability seen when comparing age, gender or legal alcohol consumption to accident rates.

Your main stream media report is also spiked with emotional non-scientific information about the potential results of impaired driving. We all know a story of a tragic highway death, we are all pained by them, to use these emotional anecdotes to counter the research is propaganda.

In a state where vendors routinely give away alcohol for free, and 24 hours a day, I can understand how you could be upset about pervasive impaired driving, but I don't think cannabis is as much a worry as even cell phone use, which has proven as debilitating as blowing a .08. http://www.distraction.gov/download/research-pdf/comparison-...

I'm not interested in moving to Washington, Colorado, OR Nevada. I'd like to see a much more rational approach starting at the national level. It could begin by eliminating one of the falsehoods contained in your latest link. Cannabis is not a narcotic, and should never have been classified as such. Then we can begin to talk about how cannabis prohibition fuels the prison industrial complex and how that relates to continued prohibition. It is a long topic, and the emerging medical information makes the substance even more intriguing Ensenada Dr.