Businesses prepare for the imminent legalization of marijuana in Mexico this month

The Mexican industry is preparing for the imminent legalization this month of all uses of marijuana in the Senate, which has until April 30 to regulate cannabis by mandate of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN).

The full Senate will vote on the bill approved in March by the Chamber of Deputies that creates the Federal Law for the Regulation of Cannabis and reforms the General Health Law and the Federal Criminal Code, making Mexico the third country in the world to legalize marijuana, after Uruguay and Canada.

"The economic potential is . . .