EESC calls for cannabis to be legalised in France

January 24, 2023 from NewsWeed

The Economic, Social and Environmental Council (EESC), an advisory body that advises the Government and Parliament, voted on Tuesday 24 January in favour of a supervised legalisation of cannabis.

During a plenary assembly, 2 EESC rapporteurs unveiled the main lines of the draft opinion "Cannabis: moving out of the status quo, towards supervised legalisation".

The EESC's work is based on 10 months of research and hearings in order, as a first step, to take stock of current public policies and explore the impact of their evolution, from the status quo to legalisation and decriminalisation. It is a great reminder of the work of the Cannabis Fact-Finding Mission which resulted in global inaction on CBD, medical cannabis and medical cannabis.