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Cannabis in Peru is not legal for recreational use,^[1] possession for own consumption is also decriminalized by the Criminal Code and medical cannabis was legalized in 2017.

Enforcement[edit]

Possession of under 8 grams is considered personal use and it is not punished.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Cultivation, production or sale is punished with 8 to 15 years in prison.^[6]^[7]

Medical cannabis[edit]

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.^[8] Later that year, by a vote of 68 to 5, Peru's congress legalized cannabis oil for medical use.^[9]

In June 2021, Cannabis & Co. opened the first legal dispensary in Peru for the sale of medicinal marijuana^[10] 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^[11]

For the opening, Cannabis & Co. registered three Cannabis brands from three different countries; Futura Farms (Peru), Epifractan (Uruguay), and Cannabidiol Life (United States).^[12]

References[edit]

^ Prado Saldarriaga, Pablo (1996). "El tipo básico en el delito de tráfico ilícito de drogas".
^ "Modificando el Código Penal en materia de Tráfico Ilícito de Drogas". Instituto de Defensa Legal – Seguridad Ciudadana. Archived from the original on 2012-10-15.
^ "Ley Nº 28002" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-06. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
^ "Código Penal. Decreto Legislativo Nº 635".
^ Manuel Vigo. "Peru rules out proposals to legalize marijuana". Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
^ "Legalización de la marihuana en Perú a debate". Peru21. 19 July 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
^ TNI. "Peru - Drug Law Reform in Latin America". Retrieved 25 February 2016.
^ Peru's government proposes to legalise medical marijuana | The Independent
^ "Medical marijuana is now legal in Peru". 21 October 2017.
^ "Miraflores: Abren dispensatorio para venta de cannabis medicinal". América Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-04.
^ PERU21, NOTICIAS (2021-06-02). "Miraflores: abren primer dispensario que pone a la venta cannabis medicinal Digemid Dirandro nndc | LIMA". Peru21 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Abren dispensatorio para venta de cannabis medicinal en Miraflores | Primera Edición, retrieved 2021-06-04

[1] Prado Saldarriaga, Pablo (1996). "El tipo básico en el delito de tráfico ilícito de drogas".

[2] "Modificando el Código Penal en materia de Tráfico Ilícito de Drogas". Instituto de Defensa Legal – Seguridad Ciudadana. Archived from the original on 2012-10-15.

[3] "Ley Nº 28002" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-06. Retrieved 2016-11-23.

[4] "Código Penal. Decreto Legislativo Nº 635".

[5] Manuel Vigo. "Peru rules out proposals to legalize marijuana". Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2016.

[6] "Legalización de la marihuana en Perú a debate". Peru21. 19 July 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2016.

[7] TNI. "Peru - Drug Law Reform in Latin America". Retrieved 25 February 2016.

[8] Peru's government proposes to legalise medical marijuana | The Independent

[9] "Medical marijuana is now legal in Peru". 21 October 2017.

[10] "Miraflores: Abren dispensatorio para venta de cannabis medicinal". América Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-04.

[11] PERU21, NOTICIAS (2021-06-02). "Miraflores: abren primer dispensario que pone a la venta cannabis medicinal Digemid Dirandro nndc | LIMA". Peru21 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[12] Abren dispensatorio para venta de cannabis medicinal en Miraflores | Primera Edición, retrieved 2021-06-04

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+'''Cannabis in Peru''' is not legal for recreational use,<ref>{{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}}</ref> possession for own consumption is also decriminalized by the Criminal Code and medical cannabis was legalized in 2017.
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+Possession of under 8 grams is considered personal use and it is not punished.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.monografias.com/trabajos27/codigo-penal-peruano/codigo-penal-peruano4.shtml |title = Código Penal. Decreto Legislativo Nº 635 }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
-Cultivation, production or sale is punished with 8 to 15 years in prison.<ref>{{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|accessdate=25 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{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|publisher=|accessdate=25 February 2016}}</ref>
+Cultivation, production or sale is punished with 8 to 15 years in prison.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
 ==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.<ref>[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<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Peru-Proposes-to-Legalize-Medicinal-Marijuana-20170209-0030.html Peru Proposes to Legalize Medicinal Marijuana | News | teleSUR English<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Later that year, by a vote of 68 to 5, Peru's congress legalized cannabis oil for medical use.<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/medical-marijuana-legal-peru-parliament-politicians-south-america-cannabis-oil-a8012976.html</ref>
+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.<ref>[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<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Later that year, by a vote of 68 to 5, Peru's congress legalized cannabis oil for medical use.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
+In June 2021, ''Cannabis & Co.'' opened the first legal dispensary in Peru for the sale of medicinal marijuana<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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<ref>{{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}}</ref>
+For the opening, ''Cannabis & Co''. registered three Cannabis brands from three different countries; ''Futura Farms'' (Peru), ''Epifractan'' (Uruguay), and ''Cannabidiol Life'' (United States).<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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-[[Category:Peruvian society]]
+[[Category:Society of Peru]]
+[[Category:Cannabis in South America|Peru]]
+[[Category:Cannabis in Latin America|Peru]]

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Enforcement[edit]

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References[edit]