The U.S. will now be supplying marijuana products to Mexico, from Southern California to the Latin American nation.
This unlikely partnership comes as the two neighbors battle a drug menace affecting their people; Mexico is dealing with ruthless, omnipresent cartels while the U.S. deals with skyrocketing overdose cases.
This is the first cannabis-based export partnership to Latin nations. HempMeds, a branch of Medical Marijuana Inc., will be supplying nations like Paraguay, Brazil, Chile, Argentina and Mexico with its exports of the THC-free, Real Scientific Hemp Oil-X as well as the Real Scientific Hemp Oil. The plants used to come up with these treatments are cultivated in northern European microclimates and the company claims that they are grown free of herbicides and pesticides.
This partnership should not really come as a surprise since the U.S. and Mexico have been brought together by particular interest thanks to historical and cultural ties that have been there for centuries.
Earlier this year, Mexico’s partnership with the California-based company was solidified when the importation of hemp-based CBD oil was allowed after Cofepris, the Mexican health department, approved the nation’s first permit.
Over the years, medical marijuana proponents have been pushing the Mexican government to allow two families with children suffering from severe forms of epilepsy to access marijuana-related treatment. It would seem that the authorities have now bowed to the pressure.
The country might even be moving in the direction of legalizing marijuana, going by a recent relaxation of its no-THC stance. Mexico has also passed its first medical cannabis legislation.
“Despite the terrible cartel violence, the regulatory authority in Mexico saw the potential for CBD,” says Stuart Titus, CEO of Medical Marijuana Inc. “Today, we remain the only legal, cannabis-based products allowed into the country.”
The two Mexican families in need of medical marijuana treatment were active in a series of congressional hearings in Mexico City. The permits from Cofepris granted them permission to receive CBD treatments from abroad.
Mexico is a nation drowning in drug violence and cannabis-based treatment is viewed with suspicion and remains highly taboo. With this new development, the attitudes are set to change even further and that can only be good news for marijuana proponents.
