Colombian Senate Approves The Legalization of Recreational Cannabis

A Historical approval of the first initiative to regulate the use of cannabis by adults and paves the way for legalization. The vote ended with a result of eleven votes in favor of the initiative and three against it. In this way, the First Commission of the High Chamber gives the approval to the law project “by means of which a framework of regulation and control of cannabis is established for adult use, with the purpose of protecting the Colombian population of the risks of public health and security.”

Could this mean an step to end drug trafficking?

With this, the Senate bill seeks the creation of an entire regulatory framework that would include the creation of the Colombian Institute for the Regulation of Cannabis, ICORECA. The legalization of cannabis would create jobs and would bring a lot of money into the state’s coffers, and even one of the authors of the initiative, the Senator of Colombia Humana, Gustavo Bolivar, said that “if the Government would allow the legalization of cannabis, I assure you that in five years we would be regulating cocaine and we would be ending with the business that has been transversal to all our violence of the last 30 or 40 years.”

In TheraCann International we do celebrate this big step for the legalization of cannabis for the purpose of responsible use in Colombia. TheraCann International always has been committed to providing critical infrastructure to governments, producers, processors, and distributors as a turn-key solution that is repeatable, economic, practical, scalable, safe, and secure.

Let us in TheraCann International help you throughout all the process to be ready when Colombia legalize the cannabis industries Talk to us – mainweb@theracann.solutions