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Swiss Committee Recommends Legalizing Cannabis!
Posted by FoM on April 23, 1999 at 13:16:59 PT
Source: SF Gate
BERN, Switzerland Switzerland should legalize the sale and use of marijuana but with controls to keep the nation from becoming a drug haven, a government-appointed panel urged Friday. The committee's recommendation to the Cabinet will be considered as part of an ongoing study to revise Switzerland's drug laws but would probably have to receive approval in a national referendum.
The existing ban on marijuana hasn't worked and may even encourage its use among young people, the panel said. ``Cannabis is a drug and the committee isn't intending to trivialize it or say that its consumption is without risk ... but consumption is rising, especially among young people,'' panel member Anne-Catherine Menetrey told Swiss radio. The committee said the popularity of the drug and varying attitudes of different states to consumption and low-level dealing mean the Swiss policy on drugs is suffering from a ``growing loss of credibility.'' Click the above link for the full story!
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