Little more than a month before Colombia’s Congress will debate the legalization of marijuana for medical purposes, a leading senator announced on Thursday he will be seeking full legalization of the drug.
Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe, leader of the conservative opposition in the Senate, wants the state to have the monopoly on the cultivation and sales of medical marijuana if approved…
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.
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.
A group of protesters peacefully sat and smoked marijuana in front of Colombia’s Congress on Thursday to demand the legalization of personal doses of the banned drug.
The Global Commission on Drug Policy (GCDP) has produced a report in which it is critical of anti-drug strategies pursued by Colombia, declaring punitive and prohibitionist policies a failure and suggesting a move…
Colombia’s Conservative Party has voiced its support for a pending Liberal Party bill that seeks to legalize the use of marijuana for medical purposes. The bill had already received support from…
An official from the administration of Bogota has asked Colombia’s national government to initiate debate upon the regulation of marijuana. “We really need leadership from the Congress and the government…
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday called on world leaders to heighten international cooperation on drug use and trafficking.