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Venezuela: Legislation on the production, distribution and consumption
AP and EFE El Nacional (Venezuela)
Wednesday 22 Aug 2001 Translated From Spanish By www.narconews.com International Diplomacy Legislation on the production, distribution and consumption A bill to legalize the production, distribution and consumption of drugs was presented by Senator Vivian Morales, in moments during which there is a wide debate that questions the programs of erradication of illicit crops through aerial fumigation. "It's about legalization under a monopoly by the government," said Morales, a Liberal Party member, before presenting her bill to the secretary of the Senate. Another bill to suspend the fumigation of coca and poppy crops and exonerate small-scale cultivators from criminal penalties will also be presented this week by Senators Juan Manuel Ospina and Rafael Orduz. "This is a much wider project because it goes beyond the eradication of crops through fumigation," said Morales. "I don't know if this bill has support in Congress, but it is right because prohibition is the great ally of the narco-traffickers," she added. Ospina, of the Conservative Party that controls the government, said that his bill doesn't seek legalization, but rather to solve the problem of the fumigations with glyphosate that affect the environment, health and food crops of the farmers. "Our bill only seeks to suspend the fumigations because they are crazy and have not solved the problem of the growing of the crops," he added. Ospina said that it is also important to "decriminalize" the small coca growers.
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