Colombia urges global approach to legalising drugs

[Judi Lynn]

Colombia urges global approach to legalising drugs
Agence France-Presse January 24, 2014 10:47am

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has called for a scientifically backed international effort to weigh the consequences of legalising marijuana, urging a coherent joint policy to tackle the scourge of drugs.

"We must approach this problem internationally, otherwise we'll take it from one place to another," Santos said, speaking Thursday at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos.

The issue of whether to legalise drug use for personal use has shot to the fore since Uruguay in December became the first country in the world to oversee the production and distribution of marijuana.

The law authorises the production, distribution and sale of cannabis, allows individuals to grow their own on a small scale, and creates consumer clubs -- all under state supervision and control.

More:
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/140124/colombia-urges-global-approach-legalising-drugs

[Coyotl]

1. I favor a new joint policy.

The writer wasn't paying attention to the double meaning of joint in this context.

[Judi Lynn]

2. The US Republican Party should ask John Boehner if he thinks his son-in-law would go,

representing the U.S. , at any large-scale joint discussions:

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