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.