Italy: Cannabis, the government is in favor of "decriminalization": it writes in the Report on Drug

July 4, 2022 While in Parliament there is a clash over the proposed law on cannabis - supported by the Democratic Party, Leu and the 5 Star Movement and strongly opposed by the center-right parties - it is precisely the government that takes, for the first time, a clear position on the issue.

Five lines of text in over 550 pages of dossier. This and the word "decriminalization" are enough to create a new political case that risks shaking the majority. While in Parliament, in fact, there is a clash over the proposed law on cannabis – supported by the Democratic Party, Leu, +Europa and the 5 Star Movement and strongly opposed by the center-right parties – it is precisely the government that takes, for the first time, a clear position on the issue.