The country’s repressive policy came under fire during the presidency of former President Alvaro Uribe (2002-2010) when the Supreme Court decriminalized the drug, much to the dislike of the conservative president, who consistently tried to implement laws that would make the carrying of marijuana criminal. ![]() The drug has been smoked and traded in Colombia for decades, and - thanks to the drug being illegal - helped the rise of Colombia’s first drug cartels in the 1970s. The first license to export cannabis derivatives for medical purposes was granted to a Colombian-Canadian company PharmaCielo, Health Minister Alejandro Gaviria announced.īut the government’s favorable attitude towards marijuana is something relatively new. Following the legalization of medical marijuana, the country seeks to legally export derivatives of one of the world’s most popular drug. ![]() ![]() Marijuana used to be “the weed that kills” in Colombia anti-drug ads on TV, but not anymore.
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