Monday, October 16, 2017

Former Mexican President Wants Cannabis Trade to be Part of NAFTA


Interesting.

Vicente Fox, former president of Mexico, will deliver a keynote speech Saturday at the third annual Southwest Cannabis Conference and Expo in downtown Phoenix.

Officials say Fox will
talk about the international climate for cannabis.

At a Bay Area convention in June, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Fox said cannabis should be integrated into the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Of course, under the Trump administration, this is not going to happen.

-RW

(via Fronteras)

4 comments:

  1. Interesting. This is the first time someone politically prominent, like Fox, has proposed such trade of cannabis to my knowledge. However, one can be sure that what politicians have in mind is legalized (highly regulated and taxed) trade, and not free trade. The libertarian demands decriminalization in the cannabis trade, rather than legalization.

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    1. I'm not sure why decriminalization implies less regulation than legalization. To the contrary, it seem like it leaves the door open for the state to continue to aggress against peaceful drug possessors, albeit to a lesser degree.

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    2. Decriminalization indicates governments are not prosecuting cannabis- related acts. And free trade means no regulation by governments.

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  2. One of my favorite moments from Fox is how he pissed off Al Sharpton

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