Colombia plans to rewind liberal drug possession laws
Colombian president Ivan Duque on Sunday announced measures that will see police be given the...
Tag: Decriminalization
Colombia should shift anti-drug efforts away from cocaine: UN official
The chief of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNDOC) in Colombia has urged authorities to move the fight against drugs away from cocaine and toward new synthetic drugs, according to local media. The country’s...
Santos defends move to decriminalize synthetic drugs
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday strongly spoke out in defense of his government’s plans to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of synthetic drugs. “What the government is doing [by...
Colombia govt proposal to decriminalize drugs causes congress objections
The Colombian justice minister’s announcement on Tuesday that the government intends to decriminalize small amounts of methamphetamines and ecstasy, caused objections from members of Colombia’s congress, local media...
Colombia govt. to propose decriminalization of methamphetamines, ecstasy
The Colombian government will propose a new drug statute to congress that would decriminalize the possession of small amounts of methamphetamines and ecstasy. “The proposal aims to standardize the amount of drugs already...
