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Mexico Could Soon Become the Largest Legal Marijuana Market in the World

alejandra rajal

Mar 2, 2021

Location: Mexico

My latest publication for The Nation. I´ve been working on this story for a year with writer Maya Averbuch. The path to marijuana legalization in Mexico is getting closer every time, despite the pandemic and the extended deadlines the Senate and Congress have asked for.

This story was possible thanks to the support of Fundación Gabo´s New Narratives on Drugs Investigative Journalism Fund.

Mexico Could Soon Become the Largest Legal Marijuana Market in the World
But activists say the law fails to address the widespread pain that decades of militarized enforcement have caused.

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