For her part, Senator María José Pizarro, congressman of the Historical Pact, also referred to the issue and stressed that the regularization It will allow us to attack the drug problem in a different way.
“We are one step away from beginning to address the failed fight against drugs in Colombia in a different way. The last discussion will take place before June 20 in the Plenary Session of the Senate,” Pizarro said.
The opposition voted against
Although the vote in the seventh debate was mostly favorable for the regularization of cannabis for adult use, there were also voices against its progress in the legislative process. Among them, the opinion of the senator of the Democratic Center María Fernanda Cabal stood out, who set off the alerts for what the initiative could mean for Colombia.
“It is unfortunate to see Western civilization dig its own grave, claiming to constitutionalize cannabis addiction. It is the most degrading of the human condition and an unfortunate trend of humanism, which ends up turning human beings into an amoral being,” explained the congresswoman.