The 21 Last October was the last session of the Health Commission of the Chamber of Deputies where the bill that seeks to decriminalize the self-cultivation of cannabis was discussed., this, after the indications that the Executive presented late, after months of absence from the discussion that took place in said commission and after this parliamentary initiative was approved in general terms, last 7 of July by 68 votes in favor, 39 against and 2 abstentions.
It should be remembered that although the initiative was generally approved by the Chamber of Deputies, The bill returned to the Health Commission following the incorporation of indications by the Government to the parliamentary motion approved in the room, still corresponding to its first legislative process (of three).
This afternoon, starting at 19:15 hours, The discussion of the project that decriminalizes the self-cultivation of cannabis for both medicinal and recreational consumption is scheduled, in the Health Commission of the Chamber of Deputies, and where Lamberto Cisternas is expected to exhibit, Minister of the Supreme Court after the various rulings in which the court has ruled in favor of cannabis users.
A late indication
At the beginning of October the Executive, through the Ministry of the Interior, which at that time was led by former Minister Burgos, presented the indications for the project “that modifies the Health Code and the Law 20.000, that replaces the Law 19.366, that sanctions Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, with the aim of legalizing the self-cultivation of cannabis for private consumption and decriminalizing its sale and cultivation for medicinal purposes”, according to his name.
The content of these instructions is already known, the proposal further reduces the numbers of plants allowed: one plant per home and two grams for private consumption. Originally the initiative allowed the self-cultivation of up to six plants per person, for both therapeutic and recreational purposes, and the maximum amount of up to 10 grams in public spaces. Regarding the possession, which corresponds to the grams allowed within a private home, the parliamentary motion establishes 500 gr, versus the Executive's proposal that allows a plant or what is harvested from it, without differentiating between plant, bearing and possession, as the original project does.
