Federal permits allowing the cultivation of marijuana for medicinal purposes have been assigned to 26 indigenous communities in Oaxaca the permits also allow the communities to process the plant into different medicinal forms The Oaxaca Association of Indigenous Cannabis Producers (AIPCO) presented the permits at an event in Oaxaca city on Wednesday morning Among the recipients were the towns of Santa Cruz Papalutla The use of marijuana for medicinal purposes has been legal in Mexico since 2017. The Supreme Court has directed Congress to legalize marijuana for recreational purposes, but it has repeatedly missed deadlines to do so AIPCO president Roberto Carlos Cruz Gómez described the issuing of the permits as an historical event They were issued after an arduous process that lasted for years Cruz said that the 26 communities will grow plants that have a high cannabidiol, or CBD content. Unlike tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, CBD is not psychoactive. Among a wide range of CBD products are oils and gummies. Cruz said that cannabis derivatives could be made available via the Oaxaca Health Ministry if a production and commercialization bill becomes a state law Daniel Ramírez López of agri-food consultancy firm COAGRO said that the issuing of permits to the Oaxaca communities will allow the cannabis industry to begin to develop in Mexico Cannabis has always been vilified in Mexico he said before noting that the marijuana industry is very lucrative in U.S Once recreational use is approved, Mexico will become the world’s largest legal marijuana market. One person already cashing in on the CBD and marijuana paraphernalia market is former president Vicente Fox, who is a part owner of a chain of cannabis stores With reports from El Universal and El Heraldo de México ADVERTISE WITH MND COMMUNITY GUIDELINES Subscription FAQ's Privacy Policy Mexico News Daily - Property of Tavana LLC The very best Mexican foods start with the letter T—tacos Here we showcase the tastiest “T” bites from the streets of L.A But while beef head is all fine and dandy up in Northern Mexico and even for chilangos (people from Mexico City) in the southern states like Chiapas and Oaxaca a region where a lot of L.A.'s great Oaxacan cuisine hails from operate a truck that represents a recent trend in Mexican street food operators: traditional Mexican cooks that have worked at non-Latin restaurants serving other besides Oaxacan specialties That means in addition to empanadas de quelites(wild greens) You would have a hard time finding these juicy tacos de cabeza even in Oaxaca City They're steamed in rolled corn tortillas which soaks up some of the richness from the pork head meat You receive the tacos in their simple form and then select your condiments carefully opening the moist tortilla for a taste of Valles Centrales at the best regional Oaxacan food truck in town Oaxaca on Wheels Thelma Golden will celebrate Lauren Halsey and U.K.-based singer Griff will take the stage featured A-list designers and Otis College standouts who earned scholarships for innovation in Fashion Design lawyers say Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe showed injuries consistent with a dog attack and plan to present a case against Chloe a German Shepherd who was re-homed by the owner's of the house where the cop's body was found in a snowbank Magazine’s takeaways on five notable topics from President Donald Trump’s first 100 days of his second term consumers are stocking up on household items and bites from THEBlvd and Hinoki & the Bird (KION) Central coast residents enjoyed the taste of Oaxaca Mexico at the "Oaxaca by the Sea" event today The event kicked off at 10 o'clock Sunday morning at Laguna Grande Park Sixty professional dancers came from Oaxaca for the celebration many of which have never been to the United States Palenke arts also had their Folclorico dancer perform Sunday morning Among them was 11-year-old Samara Guzman who danced to La Llorona and La Zandunga with her friends "Many people can't fly to Mexico right now so this way we can celebrate from over here," Guzman said More that 43% of residents in Seaside are Hispanic and according to Councilmember Alexis Arzola She came dressed in her pueblo's traditional attire to celebrate her hometown Among the many Mexicans who now live in the United States they also commented on how much they enjoyed this small trip back to their home country it was really beautiful to see our people and see them dance like we used to see them back home but now from here," said Sixto Rodriguez who's currently a Seaside Resident Oaxaca has over 16 official indigenous languages with over 800 varieties among them is the most commonly spoken Zapotec created many of the traditional dances and foods you can see in the video above the feather dance is considered one of the greatest gems of the Oaxacan traditions and it’s one of the most important dances in Mexico Among the other dances performed were the Sierra Juarez dance from the northern region to Istmo de Tehuantepec in the south Melody Waintal is the Digital Content Director for Telemund23.com and KION546.com KION 46 is committed to providing a forum for civil and constructive conversation Please keep your comments respectful and relevant. You can review our Community Guidelines by clicking here If you would like to share a story idea, please submit it here EEO Report | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Community Guidelines | FCC Applications | Do Not Sell My Personal Information Mexico — Alone in her one-room cabin high in the mountains of southern Mexico Ines Ramirez Perez felt the pounding pains of a child insistent on entering the world The nearest clinic was more than 50 miles away over rough terrain and inhospitable roads her only assistant during a half-dozen previous births She had no phone and neither did the cantina 40-year-old mother of six sat down on a low wooden bench She took several gulps from a bottle of rubbing alcohol grabbed the 6-inch knife she used for butchering animals and pointed it at her belly fat and muscle before reaching inside her uterus and pulling out her baby boy She says she cut his umbilical cord with a pair of scissors And Ines Ramirez is recognized internationally as a modern miracle She is believed to be the only woman known to have performed a successful Caesarean section on herself In an interview with an Associated Press reporter in front of her isolated she described her experience in halting Spanish heavily accented by her native Zapotec language "I couldn't stand the pain anymore," she said I thought that God would save both our lives." Though there were no witnesses available to confirm her account the two obstetricians who examined her 12 hours after the birth are wholly convinced And no one in her village challenges her story Honorio Galvan said at the San Pablo Huixtepec hospital south of Oaxaca City "I couldn't believe that someone without anesthesia could operate on herself and still be alive Doctors rushed the mother and child into the operating room Galvan took photographs while his colleague opened Ramirez up to find that her uterus had returned to its normal size and stopped bleeding and that she showed no signs of infection Galvan doesn't know if Ramirez tried to sterilize the knife before she operated The doctors were so stunned by what they saw that they told Ramirez's story at a medical meeting the following year But the miracle birth got little attention until it was reported in March in the International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics an obstetrician at Northwestern University in Chicago who insisted the story "is not a hoax." but he has heard Ramirez give her account several times "always with the same details." The doctor showed an AP reporter a video of the woman in which she explains her fears that her baby would die and re-enacts the operation sweeping her hand in a diagonal line from across her stomach to below her navel A typical C-section incision would be well below the navel Galvan also relied on the testimony of the village health assistant who initially was summoned to help Ramirez and who described in detail what he saw when he arrived It was not possible during a recent visit to contact Cruz in Rio Talea a town of about 500 people where there is only one phone it was evident this surgery was not done by anyone with medical knowledge," Galvan said "There is no doctor or healer in the village and it is highly doubtful that anyone would have been able to do this to her Two town residents who were asked for directions to Ramirez's house referred to her as the woman who had given herself a Caesarean section A diminutive woman who stands about 5-feet-2 Ramirez displayed the 6-inch knife she used to perform the operation 4-year-old Orlando hugged her legs and flashed a white baby-toothed grin at the rare visitors to this house tucked into the side of cloud-and-pine-covered hills During the several-hour wait for his mother and father to walk home from sowing chile peppers in a field miles away Orlando did what any creative boy would: He kicked a soccer ball around the red dirt yard teased his small dog "Campesino," scattered roosters with a hurled plastic juice bottle and chucked fistfuls of earth onto the house's tin roof and the other on Orlando and her own 2-year-old son Ramirez believes that she operated on herself for about an hour before extricating her child and then fainting she wrapped a sweater around her bleeding abdomen and asked her 6-year-old son Cruz and a second health worker — whose combined medical knowledge was limited to handing out medicines — found Ramirez alert and lying beside her live baby Cruz sewed her 7-inch incision together with a regular needle and thread A professional C-section incision measures about 4 inches The two men lifted mother and child onto a thin straw mat lugged them up vertical rock-strewn horse paths to the town's only road and drove them to the clinic 2 1/2 hours away Ramirez was given basic emergency medical attention before she was transferred with Orlando to the backs of two different pickup trucks hole-riddled dirt roads before making it to the hospital in San Pablo Huixtepec "Considering what she had put her body through she at least should have been unconscious from the blood loss and the pain." By sitting forward in the traditional Indian birthing position instead of lying down Ramirez unknowingly ensured that her uterus was directly under the skin and that she would not cut her intestines Her incision was considerably higher than the one a doctor would make and Galvan believes she was very lucky she didn't do serious damage "I had slaughtered chickens and other animals." That she survived so much pain and developed no infections "may tell us that there are populations with an innate resistance so strong that they can tolerate what urban groups can't," Galvan said "It is an incredible response of the human body." who had her tubes tied to prevent additional pregnancies says she would never recommend her desperate action to other women her hands folded modestly over the lap of a bright blue and red traditional Zapotecan dress.