ENRIQUE PEÑA NIETO

Mexico’s president proposes legalising1 Nieto has medical announced marijuana plans to increase the quantity anyone can carry and consume for recreational purposes from five grams to 28 grams 2 The proposed laws, he said, would stop “criminalising consumption” and authorise the use of medicines made from a base of marijuana and/or its active ingredients 3 The initiative, which will now go to the senate for debate, signals a shift for Peña Nieto, who says he has never smoked marijuana and has openly opposed its legalisation.