THE PERSONAL DOSE IN COLOMBIA PROHIBITION AND CONSUMPSTION CONSTITUTIONA L COURT DEPENALIZATI ON OF THE PERSONAL DOSE 1994 EVALUATION OF THE AMENDMENT PASSED IN DECEMBER 2009 PROHIBITIO N A BACKWARDS STEP RECOMENDATIO N AND CONCLUSION COLOMBIA
THE PERSONAL DOSE IN COLOMBIAPROHIBITION
ANDCONSUMPSTI
ONCONSTITUTIONAL
COURT
DEPENALIZATION
OF THE PERSONAL DOSE 1994
EVALUATIONOF THE
AMENDMENTPASSED IN DECEMBER
2009
PROHIBITIONA
BACKWARDS
STEP
RECOMENDATIONAND
CONCLUSIONCOLOMB
IA
LEY 1994
Art. (16): Each person is free to decide how they want to lead their life. The only limit they must respect is not to disturb the rights of other people.
“If we can make progress through the moral equilibrium of penalizing the personal drug dose, we will halt the increase in addict and consumers.”
ALVARO URIBE VELEZ
AMENDMENT PROPOSAL
Art. 49 : “Possession and consumption of drugs or psychotropic substances in prohibited. With the purpose of prevention and rehabilitation, the law will establish educational, preventative or terapeutic health measures for those who consume the said substance…..”
A man smokes a marijuana joint during a protest in defense of the non – criminalization of the so – called “personal dose” in Medellin – Antioquia.