Gustavo Petro Again it goes to charge for the legalization of the dope In Colombia. On the last Sunday, March 2 asked Congress to formalize the use of this crop in order to combat violence.
“I ask the Colombia Congress to legalize marijuana and get this cultivation from violence. The prohibition of marijuana in Colombia only brings violence ”he wrote in X after the fall of Namoussir Mounir, a link between Colombian and Mexican posters with groupings of the Balkans.
It should be noted that in Colombia the use and cultivation of marijuana is allowed but only for medicinal purposes Since 2016.
Petro in favor of the use of coca leaf for the food industry
The president of Colombia urged the “governments of the world” to end the prohibitions for the use of coca leaf for “purposes other than cocaine.”
According to Gustavo Petroif the coca leaf is used in fertilizers, food and other industries will improve the policy of replacing the illicit; So he promised to continue with the tasks of seizure of cocaine and capture of drug traffickers.
“Today there are much more powerful posters than in the time of Pablo Escobar. The empowerment of mafia organizations shows the failure of prohibition and the absence of alternative measures to simple prohibition, ”he said in X.
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