Switzerland would consider legalizing the use of recreational cannabis after a parliamentary commission on Friday, proposed by a law that would allow regulated sales and access.
The draft proposal adopted by the lower house of the Health Commission of Parliament, in favor of 14 votes, against nine and two restraints, adults were called to “a strictly regulated access to cannabis”.
Canbis can currently be legally purchased in the nation of rich alpine for medical use only, or for non-medical use when one percent is below tetrahydrocainabinol (THC)-the component that receives entertaining users high .
In recent years, tests have been conducted in many areas and cities, which test the regulated sales of cannabis for non-medical purposes.
But most consumers receive their own supply of drug through illegal channels, the Commission said.
The 2022 Swiss survey was highlighted that it was found that four percent of people between the ages of 15 to 64 had illegally consumed cannabis in the last month, insisting that “cannabis is a social reality”.
“The majority of the Commission believe that the current situation is unsatisfactory and prohibitive approach is a mistake,” it said.
It asked to legalize cannabis sales and use for non-medical use, although it was emphasized that it needs to be strictly regulated as a drug, with the belief that consumption of consumption health Can be harmful for.
The first step in the proposal can be drafted a real law and may be a long process before being approved by both houses of Parliament, and possibly also placed for a popular vote under Switzerland’s direct democratic system. Is.
The Commission said, “The law should regulate cannabis cultivation, construction and trade, without encouraging its consumption.”
State monopoly scheme
The Swiss Ganja Interest Group (IG HANF) saw it as a “a historic moment for the Swiss Cannabis Policy”.
But the Hard-Right Swiss People’s Party (SVP)-condemned the biggest party-Nosi proposal in Switzerland, in which MP Seleen Amauduz “continues to fight till the end, as this proposal is to restrict the drug hazards”.
In detail, Friday’s proposal states that anyone over 18 years of age living in Switzerland should be allowed to “grow, buy, keep, and consume”, and that the loss of passive smoking should be allowed Current security should be implemented against.
Any sale should be illegal to minors.
The law should allow individuals to grow to three cannabis plants for their consumption.
Commercial production will be legal, but strictly regulated, while high qualitative standards will be applicable, the Commission said, saying that all packaging should be neutral without brand names, and the warning should be carried.
The sale of cannabis should be subject to a state monopoly in the meantime, with only a limited number of concessions available products available for procurement.
Importantly, the Commission insisted that no profit should be aimed at sales, all income prevention, loss of loss and addiction are going to help.
And it said that the punishment for illegally selling or buying cannabis should be rigid compared to today, while in effect there should be zero tolerance for driving.
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