The parliament of Spain’s Basque Country Autonomous Community will approve a new drug law early next year that will regulate marijuana cultivation, distribution, and consumption, EFE reported Tuesday.
Posted on stopthedrugwar.org by Phillip Smith, December 13, 2011, 04:32pm
Posted in: Marijuana — Personal Use, Marijuana Industry, Marijuana Legalization, News Brief, Politics Outside US, Prohibition
Posted on stopthedrugwar.org by Phillip Smith, December 13, 2011, 04:32pm
Posted in: Marijuana — Personal Use, Marijuana Industry, Marijuana Legalization, News Brief, Politics Outside US, Prohibition
The parliament of Spain’s Basque Country Autonomous Community will approve a new drug law early next year that will regulate marijuana cultivation, distribution, and consumption, EFE reported Tuesday.
The Basque Country Autonomous Community is charged with setting and enforcing domestic law within its borders in northeastern Spain. If the bill passes, it would mark a direct challenge to the United Nations’ 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, which forbids marijuana legalization.
“It’s better to regulate than to ban,” said Jesus Maria Fernandez, second in command at the region’s health authority. Regulating “the growing, sale, and consumption of cannabis” is a better approach to pot smoking, he said, calling it “a practice that is already consolidated.”
Regional health authority head Rafael Bengoa echoed his subordinate’s words. “We do not want to be prohibitionists,” he said. Bengoa added that “technical and legal studies have been undertaken” and that the regional government wants to “open a debate” with groups representing marijuana users to help “shape their rights.”
The pending bill also includes measures for prevention and treatment not only of drug addiction, but also addictions to gambling and new technologies.
Vitoria-Gasteiz
Spain
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