Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos told the United Nations on Thursday that successful peace deals with the country’s main guerrilla groups would make a big dent in the drug trade, boosting the country’s…
Colombia’s Supreme Court has overruled a previous ruling in which it had set a maximum amount of marijuana a person can carry. The latest sentence makes carrying all marijuana for personal…
Colombia’s justice minister said Thursday the country plans to legalize the cultivation and sale of marijuana for medicinal purposes.
Colombia’s liberal ex-president, Cesar Gaviria, proposed Thursday that certain drugs be legalized and others be provided to addicts by the state so as to allow the government to better control…
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos told attendees of the International Conference on Drugs on Tuesday that a new approach and a global consensus is essential to overcoming drug trafficking and abuse.
Colombia’s justice minister called on the United Nations to debate radical changes in global drug policies, including the decriminalization of drug use and softer punishment for minor drug trafficking offenses.
A proposed law which would legalize the medicinal use of cannabis in Colombia passed the first hurdle yesterday after a Senate commission approved the bill, according to local media.
The expensive designer drug 2C-B is quickly becoming popular in Colombia’s nightlife, where it reportedly has become the favorite drug of the social elite, reported local newspaper El Pais.
Colombia’s Supreme Court ruled on Monday that carrying amounts of drugs that “slightly” exceed the legally allowed dose is also no legal reason to detain a person.