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Article in NYT has yesterday's date, but I cannot find any similar note on Mexican news sites.

An immediate consequence could be harder, longer times crossing the border from Mexico back into the U.S. For labor day weekend coming up, it's traditionally a 3 or 4-hr affair to get accross by car, it can only get worse with these news.

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This law was vetoed by the president of Mexico in 2006 and sent back to congress for review:

- http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/137975.html

Then it was finally approved on April of this year:

- http://www.tribunalatina.com/es/notices/mexico_despenaliza_l...

Edit: corrected description of links. Thanks PieSquared for noting the veto.

While I'm not fluent in spanish, the gist I get from the article is that it was vetoed and sent back to Congress in 2006; perhaps it has only been passed recently?

You are absolutely right, in the first article it says the president vetoed the law the first time in 2006. Nevertheless the law was approved by congress in April of this year, so it appears like the NYTimes article is a few months late.

Well again, the news site saying the law was approved, is not from Mexico (TribunaLatina based in Spain). All law updates are published in the Diario Oficial de la Federación http://dof.gob.mx Searching that site for 'droga', or 'marihuana', 'posesión', etc. turnes out nothing relevant. Will have to call the family over there later to get more insight.

This is what you're searching for http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5106093&fecha=...

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&tl...

sorry for my english :S

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