Italy’s Constitutional Court vetoes referendum to liberalise cannabis

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The referendum proposal sought to legalize the growing of weed for personal use and ease sanctions on other cannabis-related crimes, with offenders no longer risking prison sentences for selling small amounts of the drug

Giuliano Amato, the Constitutional Court president, said the referendum included other narcotics considered to be hard drugs, which could not be liberalized.

Lawmaker Riccardo Magi, one of the referendum’s leading advocates, told Reuters the court’s decision was “a terrible blow to democracy,” after hundreds of thousands of people had signed up to the proposal.On Tuesday, the Court turned down a right-to-die referendum, saying the proposal did not safeguard minimum constitutional standards governing the protection of human life.

 

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