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THE PERSONAL DOSE IN

COLOMBIA
PROHIBITION
AND
CONSUMPSTIO
CONSTITUTION N
AL RECOMENDAT
COURT ION
AND
CONCLUSION
COLOMBI
DEPENALIZAT
A
EVALUATION
ION OF THE
OF THE AMENDMENT
PERSONAL PASSED IN
PROHIBITIO
DOSE 1994 DECEMBER 2009
N
A
BACKWARD
S
STEP
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.

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