Hundreds gathered in Mexico City for a marijuana festival, bringing together industry experts, recreational users and doctors together for the event. The two-day event entitled Cannabico aims to promote the responsible use of cannabis amidst changing attitudes in the country. Products such as oil-based ointments, hemp clothing and even hemp beer were also on sale. In 2017, Mexico’s Congress approved a bill on the use of medical marijuana.

And in November, Mexico’s ruling government submitted a measure to allow for the recreational use of marijuana as part of a crime-fighting plan that would make Mexico one of the world’s most populous countries to legalize the drug.The mounting violence of recent years and gradual legalisation of the drug in U.S. states has fuelled support for a change in policy in Mexico. Prominent backers of marijuana also include former Mexican president Vicente Fox.