Colombia's congress preparing bill to legalize marijuana

[Judi Lynn]

by Adriaan Alsema May 23, 2019

Lawmakers from a wide range of parties have begun working on new legislation that would legalize the production and consumption of marijuana for recreational purposes.

The new policy would undo the government’s hard-line drug policy that allowed police last year to confiscate weed and force people who are caught smoking pot to take part in sessions dissuading anti-social behavior.

The administration of President Ivan Duque would like to see marijuana banned altogether, but this would go against the Constitution, which considers drug use a health issue and prohibits criminalization.

The initiative to legalize weed is led by opposition Senator Gustavo Bolivar (Humane Colombia) and would be co-authored by the opposition, the Liberal Party and lawmakers from center-right parties like Radical Change and the U Party.

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