Colombia decriminalizes small amounts of marijuana and cocaine

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Colombia has decriminalized cocaine and marijuana, saying that people cannot be jailed for possessing the drugs for personal use.

Anyone caught with less 20 grams (0.705 ounces) of marijuana or one gram (0.035 ounces) of cocaine for personal use will not be prosecuted or detained, but could be required to receive physical or psychological treatment, depending on their level of intoxication, according to Colombia Reports. Colombian Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon said law enforcement would continue its fight against drug trafficking, but would not make further comment.

Thursday's ruling challenged Colombia's 2011 citizen's security law, which said anyone found with up to one kilogram (2.2 pounds) of marijuana or 100 grams (3.5 ounces) of cocaine should receive a sentence of at least 64 months in prison, reported the Associated Press. Chief prosecutor Eduardo Montealegre said Friday that the decision did not mean drugs would be legalized.

GlobalPost previously reported that Colombia is also moving toward legalizing drug crops. The country's House of Representatives in May passed the first draft of a bill that would decriminalize growing illegal drug plants, allowing residents to grow coca plants, marijuana plants and opium poppies. But representative Hugo Velasquez Jaramillo was quick to note that although the plants would be legalized, "the processing and trafficking of drugs would remain subject to criminal sentencing."
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source @ http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/...630/colombia-decriminalizes-cocaine-marijuana
 
crazy Colombians, this is the third time they decriminalize drugs. They keep changing their minds and making them illegal again.

Not that I'm complaining; this is really good news.
 
I wonder why they go back and forth like that. Could it be the DEA sticking their nose (or the US gov for that matter and possibly threatening economic sanctions) where they shouldn't be: In another country as usual. I will parade naked through my neighborhood the day that the DEA is officially dismantled.
 
ro4eva said:
I wonder why they go back and forth like that. Could it be the DEA sticking their nose (or the US gov for that matter and possibly threatening economic sanctions) where they shouldn't be: In another country as usual. I will parade naked through my neighborhood the day that the DEA is officially dismantled.
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What happened in mexico when they decided to decriminalize drugs? The US put their foot down and it all ended quite quickly.
 
Doctor_Ew420 said:
What happened in mexico when they decided to decriminalize drugs? The US put their foot down and it all ended quite quickly.
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That is true but recent events are showing that the Central American countries are starting to get sick of the DEA and doing their own thing. Good for them.
 
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