{"id":5250,"date":"2015-12-24T03:44:30","date_gmt":"2015-12-24T03:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/?p=4053"},"modified":"2015-12-24T03:44:30","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T03:44:30","slug":"mexico-city-mayor-introduces-proposal-for-nationwide-medical-marijuana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/mexico-city-mayor-introduces-proposal-for-nationwide-medical-marijuana\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico City Mayor Introduces Proposal For Nationwide Medical Marijuana"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/mexico-city-mayor-introduces-proposal-for-nationwide-medical-marijuana\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>Mexico City\u2019s mayor is introducing a national initiative in congress to legalize cannabis-based medical treatments in the entire country.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera says the initiative would not legalize production or distribution of medical marijuana in Mexico, rather give Mexicans access to medicinal products manufactured outside the country.<\/p>\n<p>He said Wednesday the initiative is a matter of public health and aimed to allow patients access to proven remedies that are legal in other countries for various illnesses and ailments.<\/p>\n<p>Mancera said if morphine-based medicines are legal, cannabis-based medicines should be as well.<\/p>\n<p>His proposal will require modifying two articles in the public health law, he said at a forum announcing the initiative.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/mexico-city-mayor-introduces-proposal-for-nationwide-medical-marijuana.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>News Moderator: Jacob Redmond <a href=\"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">420 MAGAZINE \u00ae<\/a><br \/>\nFull Article: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vallartadaily.com\/news\/mexico\/mexico-city-mayor-introduces-proposal-for-nationwide-medical-marijuana\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mexico City Mayor Introduces Proposal For Nationwide Medical Marijuana<\/a><br \/>\nAuthor: The Associated Press<br \/>\nContact: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vallartadaily.com\/submit-news-story\/\" target=\"_blank\">Contact Page<\/a><br \/>\nPhoto Credit: None Found<br \/>\nWebsite: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vallartadaily.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vallarta Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mexico City\u2019s mayor is introducing a national initiative in congress to legalize cannabis-based medical treatments in the entire country.<br \/>\nMayor&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/2015\/12\/mexico-city-mayor-introduces-proposal-for-nationwide-medical-marijuana\/\" class=\"read-more\">[Read More]<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1616,9,1,3],"tags":[4184],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5250"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5250\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}