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ResearchJournal article28 July 2026

When Effective Implementation Meets Paradigmatic Failure: Evaluating Colombia's Medical Cannabis Policy

Luis Rivera-Vélez

International Review of Public Policy

Evaluates Colombia's medical cannabis reform by separating paradigmatic failure from implementation failure and policy design failure, on the basis of 25 semi-structured interviews with public officials, entrepreneurs and civil society actors. The author finds the pharmaceutical model largely successful in implementation, with regulations adopted swiftly, a licensing system established and a small export-oriented industry emerging. However, "overregulation, the exclusion of small producers, and limited domestic access" show a growing misalignment between the policy's assumptions and the realities it governs.

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DOI10.4000/16mix

CountryColombia

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2026-07-28 2026-10-15 When Effective Implementation Meets Paradigmatic Failure: Evaluating Colombia's Medical Cannabis Policy Journal article Policy and law Luis Rivera-Vélez International Review of Public Policy 2026 10.4000/16mix https://doi.org/10.4000/16mix Evaluates Colombia's medical cannabis reform by separating paradigmatic failure from implementation failure and policy design failure, on the basis of 25 semi-structured interviews with public officials, entrepreneurs and civil society actors. The author finds the pharmaceutical model largely successful in implementation, with regulations adopted swiftly, a licensing system established and a small export-oriented industry emerging. However, "overregulation, the exclusion of small producers, and limited domestic access" show a growing misalignment between the policy's assumptions and the realities it governs. Colombia