unique rules on growing and sale are ‘major step’ in fight against illnesses,President Juan Manuel Santos said, as country shifts away from US-backed drug policiesColombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos has signed a decree legalizing the growing and sale of marijuana for medical purposes, or a dramatic shift in a country long identified with US-backed policies to stamp out drug crops.
Santos said the unique regulatory framework was long overdue given that Colombians had been consuming marijuana and marijuana-based products in a legal void for years.
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Source: theguardian.com