Cannabis — Colombia

Llevar hasta 20 gramos de cannabis para consumo propio no es delito en Colombia: la Corte Constitucional ha sostenido que el tipo penal de tráfico de estupefacientes no puede castigar la dosis personal. Pero el cannabis no se puede comprar legalmente y no existe una vía de tienda ni de farmacia para un visitante. Consumirlo en público es donde más se sanciona a los viajeros: hacerlo en parques, en escenarios deportivos, en el perímetro de centros educativos o en cualquier zona que haya definido el alcalde conlleva una multa general tipo 4 más la incautación y destrucción del cannabis, y esas zonas cambian de una ciudad a otra. Cualquier cantidad superior a la dosis personal, o cualquier indicio de venta o de cruce de frontera, entra en el código penal, donde el mínimo es de 64 meses de prisión.

Original (EN): Carrying up to 20 grams of cannabis for your own use is not a crime in Colombia - the Constitutional Court has held that the drug-trafficking statute cannot punish a personal dose - but cannabis is not legal to buy and there is no lawful shop or pharmacy route for a visitor. Smoking it in public is where travellers get caught: consuming in parks, at sports venues, around schools, or in any zone a mayor has designated carries a type 4 general fine plus seizure and destruction of the cannabis, and the designated zones differ from city to city. Anything above the personal-dose amount, or any sign that you intend to sell it or carry it across the border, falls under the criminal code, where the minimum is 64 months in prison.

Consuming cannabis in a restricted public place: a Multa General tipo 4 plus seizure and destruction of the item (Ley 1801 de 2016 arts. 34 and 140, as amended by Ley 2000 de 2019; the Constitutional Court held in C-127 de 2023 that the restriction on merely carrying does not apply to a personal dose or a medicated dose). Possession above the personal dose, trafficking, or bringing cannabis into, through or out of the country: 64 to 108 months imprisonment where the quantity does not exceed 1,000 grams of marijuana or 200 grams of hashish, and 128 to 360 months for the general offence, in each case with a fine (Codigo Penal art. 376).