A PERSONAL DRUG DOSE: TECHNICAL-SCIENTIFIC INCONSISTENCIES IN COLOMBIAN LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE

Authors

  • Jairo Alfonso Téllez Mosquera Author Departamento de Toxicología, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  • Juan Camilo Bedoya Chavarriaga Author Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Keywords:

psychoactive substances, illegal drugs, a personal dose, medical ethics, jurisprudence, drug addiction. (Source, DeCS, Bireme).

Abstract

The concept of personal drug consumption was provided for in Colombian law with the passage of Act 30/1986. The Constitutional Court, in ruling C-221/ 1994, settled a suit filed by Alexandre Sochandamandou on constitutionality by ratifying the concept of a "personal drug dose" and decriminalizing it. The suggestion in this article is that ignorance of Colombian legislation and case law concerning technical-scientific opinion on this issue has caused a range of problems, inconsistencies, gaps and technical and scientific inaccuracies that are at odds with international standards and treaties on medical ethics and with medical evidence on the adverse effects of drugs on the health of those who consume them.

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Author Biographies

Jairo Alfonso Téllez Mosquera, Departamento de Toxicología, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Médico, Especialista en Farmacodependencia, Magister en Toxicología, Estudios de Doctorado en Neurotoxicología y Psicofarmacología.

Director del Grupo de Investigación: Sustancias Psicoactivas".

Profesor Titular con Tenencia de Cargo. Departamento de Toxicología, Universidad Nacional de Colombia.

Juan Camilo Bedoya Chavarriaga, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Estudiante de Derecho de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia.

Miembro del grupo de investigación: "sustancias psicoactivas".

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Published

2015-06-09

How to Cite

Téllez Mosquera, J. A., & Bedoya Chavarriaga, J. C. (2015). A PERSONAL DRUG DOSE: TECHNICAL-SCIENTIFIC INCONSISTENCIES IN COLOMBIAN LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE. Persona Y Bioética, 19(1). Retrieved from https://personaybioetica.unisabana.edu.co/index.php/personaybioetica/article/view/4575

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 1 (2015)

Section

Articles

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