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8 July 2015

Pope’s visit to Bolivia underscores need for drug law reform

The Pope plans to embrace one of Bolivia’s strongest indigenous traditions by chewing coca leaves. In doing so, the pontiff could give a boost to the Bolivian government’s efforts to gain international legal status for its sacred leaf, which is erroneously banned as a narcotic drug in the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs.
8 July 2015

Chile lawmakers approve marijuana decriminalisation bill

A bill which will allow Chileans to grow small amounts of marijuana for medical, recreational or spiritual use has been approved by the country's lower house of Congress, however the new bill must go before a health commission and then the Senate for approval.