Pubdate: Fri, 13 Nov 2015
Source: Washington Post (DC)
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COLOMBIA TO LEGALIZE SALE OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA:

Colombia plans to legalize the cultivation and sale of marijuana for 
medicinal and scientific purposes, government officials said in a 
surprise shift by the longtime U.S. ally in the war on drugs. The 
change comes in an executive decree that President Juan Manuel Santos 
will soon sign into law. With it, Colombia joins countries from 
Mexico to Chile that have experimented with legalization or 
decriminalization amid changing attitudes toward drug use and policies.
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