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President of Peru Signs Pot Bill
The president of Peru Pedro Pablo Kuczynski signed a bill on Nov.16 that legalized medical marijuana.
November 27, 2017
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The president of Peru Pedro Pablo Kuczynski signed a bill on Nov.16 that legalized medical marijuana.
Law enforcement in Colombia has made the largest cocaine bust in history, according to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and the Ministry of National Defense.
Uruguay will begin selling marijuana in pharmacies this summer, the final stage in the country’s pioneering regulation and normalization of marijuana. The South American country
At the end of 2015 the nation of Chile announced plans to open the largest legal medical marijuana garden on the continent. The following month
Marijuana reform is sweeping across Latin and South America. In 2013 Uruguay legalized marijuana, and last year Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled that consuming and cultivating
The decriminalization of marijuana possession in Colombia occurred awhile ago. Colombia is among a growing number of countries that have decriminalized personal marijuana possession and
On Tuesday, Chile’s Lower House of Congress approved a bill that would decriminalize marijuana for medical and recreational purposes. The bill passed 68-39 with five
The Chilean government authorized a round of medical marijuana cultivation for patients and for research purposes. The harvest was very restrictive, and was seen as
Marijuana reform is sweeping across South America. Even before Uruguay legalized recreational marijuana, momentum to legalize medical marijuana in the region was growing. Chile recently
Uruguay is at the forefront of marijuana reform right now. Whereas some countries have quit enforcing marijuana prohibition, but technically still have it on the
Last month a bill was introduced in Colombia by Senator Juan Manuel Galan that would legalize medical marijuana. The bill would legalize medical marijuana distribution
This week the President of the Chilean Senate, Isabelle Allende Bussi, introduced a motion to change Chile’s marijuana laws to allow personal possession, cultivation, and
Uruguay legalized cannabis in December 2013. Uruguay’s President and cannabis supporters worldwide were hoping to see legal cannabis sales start this year. However, it appears
President Jose Mujica signed Uruguay’s rules for their soon-to-be cannabis industry on Tuesday. The legal marijuana system is expected to start sales by the end of this year. The
By Phillip Smith Uruguayan President Jose Mujica has signed into law legislation making Uruguay the first country to create a legal, state-regulated marijuana industry. Mujica
Uruguayan Senate to Vote Next Week on President Mujica’s Bill to Tax and Regulate Marijuana Next week, the Uruguayan Senate will vote on a bill
Courtesy of The Joint Blog Uruguay’s Senate Health Commission has approved a proposal to legalize the possession, use, sale and private cultivation of cannabis for adults 18 and
By Phillip Smith Last fall, Uruguayan President Jose Mujica proposed legalizing marijuana commerce and cultivation (marijuana possession has never been a crime there), but shortly thereafter postponed
This is a Students for Sensible Drug Policy Canterbury and UKC Psychedelics Society Event. Filmed 11.02.13 at the University of Kent. Sanho Tree, Fellow at
Law Would Make Uruguay First Government in World to Legally Supply Marijuana Ethan Nadelmann Statement: Bold Move by Uruguay Part of Growing Trend in Latin
Colombia Part of Growing Trend in Latin America; Last Week President of Uruguay Called for Legal Regulation of Marijuana Colombia’s Constitutional Court today approved the
President Obama to Attend Summit of the Americas in Colombia This Weekend: Discussions to Include Drug Decriminalization, Legal Regulation and Other Drug War Alternatives First
By Federico Quilodran Chile’s Supreme Court ruled Friday that the government unconstitutionally revoked a company’s permit to grow medical marijuana. But a lawyer for the
By Phillip Smith In an August 24 ruling, the Colombian Supreme Court rejected a 2009 constitutional amendment re-criminalizing the possession of personal use amounts of