In view of the elections which will be held on September 25th, let's find out the location of the main ones parties for the legalization of cannabis.
Cannabis is the most consumed illegal substance in Italy and around the world. According to the World Drug Report, they are approx 183 million people who consumed marijuana in 2015. In our country however, according to statistics ISTAT, they are about the 9,8% the Italians who use this substance, that is 6.1 million of people.
If the age group between 15 and 19 is taken into consideration, the percentage jumps to 27%. This means that a large part of young people, often minors, they are forced to deal with drug dealers who will offer him other drugs and to purchase products from poor quality.
And we're still here wondering if legalize cannabis Is it a choice dictated by common sense?
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Elections and cannabis: the position of the parties
The green revolution is sweeping the whole world and cannabis in electoral programs is a clear sign of this. Despite this, we consumers and anti-prohibitionists are fed up, aware that all this could be just mere propaganda to garner votes.
The right-wing parties are against it
No wonder, i leader of the right-wing parties absolutely remain contrary to legalization and prefer repression, although the UN has underlined the importance of putting an end to it War on Drugs.
Starting from Berlusconi of Forza Italia, "Legalizing cannabis by transforming drug use into socially accepted and acceptable behavior seems to me to be a serious mistake, cultural rather than legal. Drugs, even light ones, are the opposite of freedom, and I would add the dignity of the person"
He follows him closely Salvini of Lega who declares: "I am personally against it! I would be for the legalization and regulation of prostitution, because until proven otherwise, sex doesn't hurt, cannabis does. If doctors then say that it is used for treatment... For God's sake, but as entertainment, absolutely not!"
And finally the Melons by Fratelli d'Italia: "Fratelli d'Italia voted against the proposed law on the cultivation and administration of cannabis for therapeutic use because the contours of the law are so unclear that there is a risk, essentially, of a disguised legalization of this substance for recreational use"
The Left is in favor of regulation
Among the supporters of legalization we find ourselves in the front row +Europe, who writes in the electoral program: "We promote strategies of legalization and regulation of the use of drugs with a view to reducing harm on personal consumption, in the name of individual freedom, the fight against crime and the fight against the profits of narco-mafias, the protection of public health, the freedom of access to treatment and the freedom of research on the medical and scientific use of these substances". You die clearer than that.
And still left as Possible e People Power, support the legalization of cannabis in their election manifestos. Enrico Letta, secretary of PD, declared: "In the context of policies to combat mafias and organized crime, we believe the time has come to legalize the self-production of cannabis for personal use and make medical cannabis is effectively guaranteed to patients who need it"
Among these also Greens e Italian Left They have included in their programs the legalization of cannabis and, to relaunch the Italian economy, the creation of real supply chains to support industrial hemp.
Finally also M5S, whose program was called "On the right side", included cannabis, promising a reform that regulates it cannabis cultivation for personal use.
There is a world of difference between saying and doing and, in recent years, the promises made by politicians have never materialised. Busy law enforcement, overcrowded courts and prisons, millions of consumers, billions of euros given to the mafias and yet a real debate on the topic has never started in Italy.
Whether or not our Peninsula is ready to welcome, or rather, to welcome back this plant is only a matter of time. The green revolution it has begun and cannot be stopped.
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