The Colombian Foreign Minister, Laura Sarabia, requested this Monday, March 10, before the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs the exclusion of coca leaf from the list of the most harmful substances. teleSUR
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00:00On Monday, during the session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna,
00:05Austria, the Government of Colombia requested the expulsion of the coca leaf from the list
00:10of the most harmful substances. Colombia's proposal is part of the drug policy reformulated
00:16by President Gustavo Petro since his arrival to power in 2022 as the country's first leftist
00:22president and which aims to leave behind prohibitionism. Colombia has asked the
00:27Commission on Narcotic Drugs since 2023 to review the current classification of the coca leaf,
00:33proposing to remove it from the list of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs,
00:39which applies control measures and prohibits its cultivation.