Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos has signed a decree legalizing the growing and sale of marijuana for medical purposes, a dramatic shift in a country long identified with US-backed policies to stamp out drug crops.
Santos said the new regulatory framework was long overdue given that Colombians had been consuming marijuana and marijuana-based products in a legal void for years.
The new rules “represent a major step that put Colombia at the vanguard and forefront of the fight against illnesses”, Santos said during the signing ceremony for the presidential decree.
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