Cannabis in Peru
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Cannabis in Peru is not legal for recreational use,{{Cite web|last=Prado Saldarriaga|first=Pablo|date=1996|title=El tipo básico en el delito de tráfico ilícito de drogas.|url=http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/derechoysociedad/article/view/14364/14979}} possession for own consumption is also decriminalized by the Criminal Code and medical cannabis was legalized in 2017.
Enforcement
Possession of under 8 grams is considered personal use and it is not punished.{{cite web |url = http://www.seguridadidl.org.pe/normas/ley28002.htm |title = Modificando el Código Penal en materia de Tráfico Ilícito de Drogas |publisher = Instituto de Defensa Legal – Seguridad Ciudadana |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121015002927/http://www.seguridadidl.org.pe/normas/ley28002.htm |archive-date = 2012-10-15 }}{{cite web |url = http://www.opd.gob.pe/modulos/CDocumentacion/DOCUMENTOS/LEG_00051_ley%2028002%20modifica%20cod%20penal%20tid%202003.pdf |title = Ley Nº 28002 |access-date = 2016-11-23 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131006205448/http://www.opd.gob.pe/modulos/CDocumentacion/DOCUMENTOS/LEG_00051_ley%2028002%20modifica%20cod%20penal%20tid%202003.pdf |archive-date = 2013-10-06 |url-status = dead }}{{cite web |url = http://www.monografias.com/trabajos27/codigo-penal-peruano/codigo-penal-peruano4.shtml |title = Código Penal. Decreto Legislativo Nº 635 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.peruthisweek.com/news-peru-rules-out-proposals-to-legalize-marijuana-100053|title=Peru rules out proposals to legalize marijuana|author=Manuel Vigo|access-date=25 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120214614/http://www.peruthisweek.com/news-peru-rules-out-proposals-to-legalize-marijuana-100053|archive-date=20 November 2015|url-status=dead}}
Cultivation, production or sale is punished with 8 to 15 years in prison.{{cite web|url=http://peru21.pe/actualidad/marihuana-vacio-legal-impulsa-mercado-negro-venta-nuestro-pais-2192533|title=Legalización de la marihuana en Perú a debate|date=19 July 2014|work=Peru21|access-date=25 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304230811/http://peru21.pe/actualidad/marihuana-vacio-legal-impulsa-mercado-negro-venta-nuestro-pais-2192533|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://druglawreform.info/en/country-information/latin-america/peru/item/207-peru|title=Peru - Drug Law Reform in Latin America|author=TNI|access-date=25 February 2016}}
Medical cannabis
In 2017, the administration of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski announced a plan to legalize medical cannabis in Peru. The announcement followed a raid in Lima, in which police shut down an operation which produced cannabis medicines for 80 members whose children suffered from epilepsy and other ailments.[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/peru-government-considering-legalising-medical-marijuanan-pedro-pablo-kuczynski-a7571671.html Peru's government proposes to legalise medical marijuana | The Independent] Later that year, by a vote of 68 to 5, Peru's congress legalized cannabis oil for medical use.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/medical-marijuana-legal-peru-parliament-politicians-south-america-cannabis-oil-a8012976.html|title = Medical marijuana is now legal in Peru|date = 21 October 2017}}
In June 2021, Cannabis & Co. opened the first legal dispensary in Peru for the sale of medicinal marijuana{{Cite web|title=Miraflores: Abren dispensatorio para venta de cannabis medicinal|url=https://www.americatv.com.pe/noticias/actualidad/miraflores-abren-dispensatorio-venta-cannabis-medicinal-n440709|access-date=2021-06-04|website=América Noticias|language=es}} after obtaining signed consent (permits) from the following four Peruvian government entities:
- General Directorate of Medicines
- Supplies and Drugs (Digemid)
- Ministry of Health (Minsa)
- Anti-Drug Directorate of the National Police{{Cite web|last=PERU21|first=NOTICIAS|date=2021-06-02|title=Miraflores: abren primer dispensario que pone a la venta cannabis medicinal Digemid Dirandro nndc {{!}} LIMA|url=https://peru21.pe/lima/miraflores-abren-primer-dispensario-que-pone-a-la-venta-cannabis-medicinal-digemid-dirandro-nndc-noticia/|access-date=2021-06-04|website=Peru21|language=es}}
For the opening, Cannabis & Co. registered three Cannabis brands from three different countries; Futura Farms (Peru), Epifractan (Uruguay), and Cannabidiol Life (United States).{{Citation|title=Abren dispensatorio para venta de cannabis medicinal en Miraflores {{!}} Primera Edición|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QK_CTPjMBY|language=en|access-date=2021-06-04}}
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