Colombian President Calls for Legalization of Marijuana

[iscooterliberally]

Mr Santos added his voice to a growing list of influential figures in Latin America demanding a rethink of the policies that have been used for decades to fight the drugs trade.

He said legalising softer drugs such as marijuana worldwide could help improve international efforts to deal with harder drugs such as cocaine and heroin.

"The world needs to discuss new approaches ... we are basically still thinking within the same framework as we have done for the last 40 years," he said.


More here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/colombia/8850874/Colombian-president-calls-for-legalisation-of-marijuana.html

Yes, this is yesterday's news, but I did a search and couldn't find the story posted here on DU.

edited for spelling

[Nostradammit]

1. Thanks for posting - this is good news

You might want to change the spelling to "Colombian" if you still can, though.

[iscooterliberally]

3. Colombian it is!

I should have known better. I toured Colombia back in the 80s. It's a truly beautiful country.

[SteveM]

2. Many countries would like to legalize. Why aren't they doing it?:

U.S. trade agreements.