Since then, and again to the dislike of Uribe, Santos began to radically relax drug legislation, seeking to approach domestic drug use as a public health rather than a public security issue. Marijuana, like coca and poppy, was considered a “weed that kills” as the production of most of Colombia’s drugs, including marijuana, was controlled by illegal armed groups, in particular the FARC, Colombia’s largest rebel group.Īll this changed when Uribe left office, making place for the current President Juan Manuel Santos, who was unafraid to admit he too smoked pot while studying in the United States.

The country’s repressive policy came under fire during the presidency of former President Alvaro Uribe (2002-2010) when the Supreme Court decriminalized the drug, much to the dislike of the conservative president, who consistently tried to implement laws that would make the carrying of marijuana criminal. The drug has been smoked and traded in Colombia for decades, and - thanks to the drug being illegal - helped the rise of Colombia’s first drug cartels in the 1970s. The first license to export cannabis derivatives for medical purposes was granted to a Colombian-Canadian company PharmaCielo, Health Minister Alejandro Gaviria announced.īut the government’s favorable attitude towards marijuana is something relatively new. Following the legalization of medical marijuana, the country seeks to legally export derivatives of one of the world’s most popular drug.

Marijuana used to be “the weed that kills” in Colombia anti-drug ads on TV, but not anymore.

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