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#19368263 - 01/04/14 01:27 PM (10 years, 26 days ago) |
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Peru calls for debate on the legalization of marijuana rt.com
Peru should consider legalizing marijuana, the former head of the country’s National Drug Control Commission has said. Uruguay recently became Latin America’s first nation to legalize the marijuana industry, encouraging its neighbors to follow suit.
Former director of the Peruvian National Drug Control Commission (DEVIDA) Ricardo Soberon appealed to the government to consider the legalization of marijuana in an interview.
“We must open the debate with Carmen Masias, the President of DEVIDA, and the Peruvian Medical School. Let’s open a forum that deals, first and foremost, with the health issues and secondly with safety and the implications of its [marijuana] use,” Ricard Soberon told news website Terra. He said that the legalization of the marijuana market could be a solution to the illegal drugs trade in Peru.
“The possibility of removing the criminal element from the cannabis trade – a drug that is a lot less dangerous than others – is the answer to 50 years of repeating the same strategies with no results,” said Soberon.
In December, Soberon applauded the Uruguayan decision to legalize both the sale and production of the drug, calling it “a good experience.” Later that month, Uruguayan President Jose Mujica signed into law the legislation that will bring the production and sale of marijuana under state control.
Mujica, who proposed the legislation, maintains that the measure will help to eradicate the illegal drugs market in Uruguay. With this in mind, the initial price of marijuana will be set at $1 a gram, undercutting the black market price of $1.40.
In Peru the consumption of marijuana is legal and a citizen may carry up to 8 grams of the drug without being penalized. However, the production and sale of cannabis is still illegal under Peruvian law.
Uruguay was criticized following the move to legalize cannabis by International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) who lashed out at the country, accusing it of violating international law.
“Uruguay is breaking the international conventions on drug control with the cannabis legislation approved by its congress,” said the INCB, citing several reasons why it thinks Uruguay has made a mistake, among them the purported health risks associated with the plant’s use.
Raymond Yans, president of the INCB, said he was surprised that the government “knowingly deciding to break the universally agreed and internationally endorsed provisions of the treaty.”
Yans’ comments provoked a sharp reaction from Uruguay’s president, who condemned the criticism as “lies,” accusing the INCB of double standards: “One for Uruguay and another for the world’s strong countries.”
The US has also taken steps to legalize the consumption and sale of the drug in some states. Colorado opened the doors of the US’s first legal pot store at the start of 2014 and Washington is expected to follow suit later this year.
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Re: Peru calls for debate on the legalization of marijuana [Re: Ythan]
#19368718 - 01/04/14 03:02 PM (10 years, 26 days ago) |
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Reefer madness is spreading!
Hide yo kids! Hide yo wife!
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Re: Peru calls for debate on the legalization of marijuana [Re: Ythan]
#19368856 - 01/04/14 03:33 PM (10 years, 26 days ago) |
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The punishment is worse than the crime itself - abolish prohibition.
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Re: Peru calls for debate on the legalization of marijuana [Re: NWlight]
#19370566 - 01/04/14 10:20 PM (10 years, 26 days ago) |
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Peru should consider legalaizing caince
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Re: Peru calls for debate on the legalization of marijuana [Re: Konyap] 1
#19370678 - 01/04/14 10:56 PM (10 years, 26 days ago) |
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I'd like to thank Uruguay for starting this debate
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Re: Peru calls for debate on the legalization of marijuana [Re: Ogla]
#19371330 - 01/05/14 03:55 AM (10 years, 26 days ago) |
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Dang they need to ease up over there lol..
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Re: Peru calls for debate on the legalization of marijuana [Re: Polk_Audio3]
#19374167 - 01/05/14 06:12 PM (10 years, 25 days ago) |
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This is brilliant.
What logical, right minded person thought, "Hey--if we want to cut out the illicit market, how can we do that? What if we undercut their prices?"
It's simple economics. As much as I support the strides Colorado and Washington have taken, there will still be some market for illicit cannabis as long as store prices exceed black market ones by a margin larger than convenience.
I.e., I have already heard from Coloradans that general public purchases will be done out of convenience, and you'll go to your friend with a medical card when you have time to save money. Coloradans are used to paying, what, $60 a quad? And to the general public it's about $100?
I understand the need to tax. But even greater, I admire this idea that the government would set artificially low prices (like helium haha) so as to undercut the black market utterly.
My two cents.
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Re: Peru calls for debate on the legalization of marijuana [Re: fanta_se]
#19376564 - 01/06/14 09:52 AM (10 years, 25 days ago) |
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They are not going to lower the prices just to undercut the black market. (in the US atleast)
One of the main reasons the law passed in Colorado and Washington is because of money.
Its greed pure and simple. Why lower the prices when right now it can be sold at a higher price?
The prices will only drop if the demand drops, which is not going to happen anytime soon
Edited by MilkdudTitties (01/06/14 09:52 AM)
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Re: Peru calls for debate on the legalization of marijuana [Re: MilkdudTitties]
#19425238 - 01/15/14 10:14 PM (10 years, 15 days ago) |
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^^ true story
(unfortunately)
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