LatinNews Regional Monitor: Mexico - 22 November 2018

* Mexico’s national drug regulatory authority (Cofepris) has announced the first 38 medical products made from or with marijuana to be deregulated. This is the first time that medical marijuana products have been allowed to be legally sold in Mexico. Out of those 38 products, 21 are supplements, nine are cosmetic, six are food, and two are raw materials. In order to pass the tests and be able sell those products, they need to contain less than 1% of THC (a psychotropic component) in their composition.

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