Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos signed a decree Tuesday legalizing and regulating medical marijuana, the latest softening of the country's hardline tactics in the war on drugs.
In a nationally televised address, Santos announced it would be fully legal to grow, process, import and export cannabis and its derivatives for medical and scientific use.
"This decree allows licenses to be granted for the possession of seeds, cannabis plants and marijuana," he said from the presidential palace.
"It places Colombia in the group of countries that are at the forefront... in the use of natural resources to fight disease."
He added that the measure "does not go against our international commitments on drug control."
Colombia's government has long been a close ally of the United States in fighting international drug trafficking, using its military and billions of dollars in US funding to try to shed its title as the world's largest cocaine producer. Full story...
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In a nationally televised address, Santos announced it would be fully legal to grow, process, import and export cannabis and its derivatives for medical and scientific use.
"This decree allows licenses to be granted for the possession of seeds, cannabis plants and marijuana," he said from the presidential palace.
"It places Colombia in the group of countries that are at the forefront... in the use of natural resources to fight disease."
He added that the measure "does not go against our international commitments on drug control."
Colombia's government has long been a close ally of the United States in fighting international drug trafficking, using its military and billions of dollars in US funding to try to shed its title as the world's largest cocaine producer. Full story...
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