{"id":8659,"date":"2016-04-04T07:00:38","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T07:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pevgrow.com\/blog\/marijuana-in-ecuador\/"},"modified":"2020-07-30T16:29:28","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T14:29:28","slug":"marijuana-in-ecuador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pevgrow.com\/blog\/en\/marijuana-in-ecuador\/","title":{"rendered":"Marijuana in Ecuador"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Marijuana in Ecuador<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Alan Mart\u00ednez Benito<\/a><\/div>\n CEO of Pev Grow, expert grower with more than 20 years of experience.
In constant struggle for the regulation of cannabis, mainly in the medicinal field.
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Production and distribution of cannabis in this country is prohibited<\/strong>, however you can smoke in some of its streets<\/strong> without the authorities can come to punish. Yes, the controls at airports are usually very strict.<\/p>\n

For 3 years, Ecuador has a table of maximum levels for the drug.<\/strong> As far as cannabis is concerned, the consumer can carry, without it being illegal, up to 10 grams of marijuana. This regulation was based on an article of the Constitution in which it is said that addiction is a public health problem.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The State also committed itself in 2013 to develop public policy in relation to the supply or the person with additions<\/strong>. Since the Justice Commission of the National Assembly<\/strong> it is also said that this table is for carriers to small doses are not treated as criminals.<\/p>\n

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Carlos Velasco also said that we must treat and rehabilitate addicts<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As it regards the marketing has also established a new scale with penalties ranging from 2 months in prison to 13 years<\/strong>. But for now has not occurred national debate on the legalization of marijuana<\/strong>. The absolute legalization has not yet been translated into a concrete proposal of citizenship nor politicians<\/strong>, although it would appear, with the appearance of this table consumption, which the state wants to tackle the drug problem otherwise unpunished as now, anyone that wear any minimum amount of substances until now not legal.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But it is clear that more and more voices in the public authorities are in favor of the non-criminalization of drug use in small doses<\/strong>. Few months, Carlos Velasco<\/strong> chaired the Ecuadorian Congress ‘Commission for the Right to Health<\/strong>‘ makes even claimed that it is wrong to jail someone who uses drugs. “The treatment of the phenomenon of drugs in a repressive way, as was done in 1980 and 1990, when the prison was the only destination for the drug user, is absurd<\/strong><\/em>, “he said in his own facebook page. Velasco also said that we must treat and rehabilitate addicts and that we must educate the Ecuadorian citizens about the harmful effects of drug use. That is, we must carry out a less repressive policy as far as drug use is concerned. Also keep in mind that Ecuador looks very closely to Uruguay<\/strong>, neighboring country where it has regularized the market for marijuana.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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