Hello everyone, if you do not know, in a few days in Italy will be brought in the parliament the draft law on the legalization of cannabis. If ever the law passed in Italy becomes very similar to Holland.
See here the law point by point:
- The more than 18 years may hold for recreational use an amount equivalent to 5g of cannabis out of house and 15g in the house, absolutely prohibited for minors.
- With a simple notification to the appropriate authorities, You can grow up to five plants for personal use, not for resale the harvest.
- It will be granted the cultivation in association with non-profit organizations and with a maximum of 50 members. 5 plants per member.
- Prior authorization, it will grow and work for sale in dedicated shops, provided of monopolies licenses. prohibited import and export.
- Allowed to cultivate for therapeutic purposes and facilitated the purchase for the same purpose.
- You can not smoke in any public place, even in parks.
- Ban on driving while impaired, sanctions and laws, remain the same.
- 5% of the income from legalization will be allocated to the National Fund for the fight against drugs.
The situation
According to the polls the majority is still in the no, but increasingly parliamentary start looking at it as a good opportunity, already more than 200 are in favor of legalization. It will not be easy to do but it's not a mission impossible.
It is not impossible because it would bring a lot of money in taxes and so they would have more to steal...
From one side though many politicians know they are corrupted by the Mafia, and this law would take away many profits of the latter. This is why many politicians invent false morality to obstruct the proposed law.
My personal Opinion
It might be the right shot to increase the Italian economy, you must think of the tourism that could generate a fusion of the Bel Paese and cannabis in coffee shops as in Holland. In Italy we find as many as 70% of the world's artistic heritage, you have to imagine being able to visit cities like Venice, Florence, Rome, Naples, Palermo and can also find points of sale of cannabis as you were in Amsterdam. I am sure that tourism would have a great growth!
Second, it would take away many people from the streets, creating a culture on the use of cannabis and are not an end to the buzz, because as many know there are hundreds of beneficial qualities of it if you use it the right way.
Third, they would have the quality controls and does not run the risk of using cannabis or derivatives cut with harmful substances.
I personally am pro legalization, the important thing for me is to be sanctioned heavily those who use it and then starts driving, because that's where it becomes dangerous for themselves and the next!
What do you think of the proposed law?
Would you like to visit Italy and relax in coffee shops?
As soon as we know more, I will update with a new article for now if you find it interesting put an upvote. Thank you for your time :)
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I live in The state of Colorado in the USA. We legalized cannabis for recreational use and things have been improving since then. Tax revenues is coming in, local economies are thriving, jobs are being created, schools are being funded, crime is down, people are able to pursue effective alternate medications such as CBD oil, and people are generally happier and nicer here. So far switching from living in a state where cannabis is punished to the fullest extent of the law to a state that allows for recreational use I don't see too many downsides to legalization. Good article thank you for sharing!
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It is a real pleasure to read your words, is an important testimony of what I think could lead legalization.
Can I use your testimony in a future article using your words? I quote you very gladly if you want!
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Sure I would be honored if you would thank you!
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Thanks to you :)
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Wait, lets take things into perspective as you're clearly wearing some rose-tinted lenses; legalization has brought some negative aspects to CO since legalization; having been there prior to Amendment 64, it has changed the state a lot, and not all for the best.
Homelessness has risen dramatically, which leads to petty crime; try taking the bus or other public transport in Denver if you want to test this hypothesis. Try to go to the park after sunset, or around the outskirts of LoDo after dark.
Secondly, housing shortages have driven home prices/rents sky high, pricing out even locals from their areas and having to commute into town; Boulder is a good example, but Denver is catching up fast. Traffic SUCKS bad if you're going anywhere from 10-9pm, and the drivers are fucking awful; I come from a place where it hardly rains, but lived in Europe for a while, and I sear its impossible to believe how bad people are at driving in the rain/snow in CO these days, there are so many accidents now.
Lastly, because I can't go on for much longer: water shortages and the ongoing water wars with housing developer's installable avariceis having a huge impact on the agricultural landscape in the state, with inevitable consequences that won't fully come to head for another few years. Water wars are abysmal here and been in full swing for at least a decade (I first came here in 2007), and none of it has been addressed, add that to the massive influx in population, mixed with myopic shortsightednesses for quick profits and you have a recipe for disaster.
I'll be honest, I don't get why most who JUST showed up for the weed didn't end up in WA or OR, the winters there are milder the housing is more plentiful, cost of living is around the same or lower and the weed is arguably better there.
With that being said, my response to Italy's initiative: Avanti ragazzi! Italy had terrible weed when I was there, it was some seed laden thing from Spain or Morocco going for stupid prices; luckily Switzerland has much better quality, albeit far more expensive. One thing you may have, a I have first hand experience with this, is pushback from large growers; Italy is one of the major cultivators of hemp, and if the business end follows the same trends as we see in the US you will see friction between the two, despite 'supposedly' having the same goals as short-terms profits are all most people see. Cross contamination, while real, gets blown out of proportion and especially in Italy local/state governments can be bought to favour one industry over another, this is happening in CO and OR.
Sidenote: CBD and other cannabinoids are under threat in foods, you'd be wise to inform yourself about what is in the pipeline if the CDPHE and DEA have their way as its all under threat:
https://steemit.com/markets/@growhempcolorado/update-on-hemp-food-and-cbd-products-im-colorado
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I do not think it possible that the legalization likely to affect all those negative aspects, are certainly influenced by other causes! If in Italy you find weeds with seeds was Albanian, in the city centers are just crap or this or poor Moroccan hash. There are mainly three deliveries in Italy as Albanian sucks, the Spanish good and the most difficult to find the Italian which is better than the Dutch. For this reason legalization would lead people to smoke at least healthier and not that crap cut or soaked with everything.
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Still not as bad as non-legalization my friend, I'm from Oklahoma the city I lived in, Tulsa, was listed as one of the worlds most dangerous city in 2014 and weed is punished to the fullest extent there(some ppl get life without parole). I'm used to seeing every single thing that you mentioned and more and I agree with @stea90 I don't believe all those things are related to one amendment; granted I didn't live in CO before 64 so I really don't know. As for traffic, move somewhere smaller I live outside Pueblo rarely any traffic. Water shortage is a global issue we need to address as a species not just local state economies and housing is a whole other issue entirely because the market is still in-flux from the collapse of 2008. WA legislation makes it so hard to start that's why ppl avoid that place like a plague and OR is too lacks on regulations. CO is way better off with legalization I promise of course there's bad to every law passed but to sit there and say every problem correlates with that one law is a little out there imo especially with a major city like Denver. If you don't agree go chill in my former state for a couple years then let me know how you feel. ;-) I'll put it to you this way in comparison Pueblo is one of the most crappest city in CO; we went back to Tulsa a couple weeks ago for vacation to see family and by the time our week was done we were begging to be back in Pueblo so even with all the stuff you mentioned I still would prefer legalization and I don't actually even smoke anymore. As for the DEA, I think this hash tag is brilliant #DefundtheDEA they are the whole driving force against legalization it would already be done on a national level of it wasn't for them. Then CO would just be one of many states that sells cannabis and those problems you mentioned wouldn't be as bad if they really are a result of Amendment 64.
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You can not compare the American situation with European ones, are two completely different worlds, we are talking of Italy in this post, one of the most peaceful countries in the world in terms of crimes. Yes, there is the mafia that controls drug prostitution and politicians but there little street crime, then I see no possible the hardships that you can find in the great American cities.
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I know I was just posting a rebuttal to the comment but yes let's stay on topic this is about Italy and legalization there not the States.
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It's a race now between Italy and Canada on who can legalize recreational marijuana Federally first!
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Too in canada? I thought they were very strict about the cannabis ...
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Nice article, it would be really great for every country if they will legalize marijuana, because of many reasons, for example to stop the impure products from the streets and that people who really need it, don´t have to buy it illegal. Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks to you for reading and share the idea!
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I love Italy and I will love it even more with legalized cannabis! Seriously speaking, I really really love Italy, its climate, its culture, the cultural and historical values, one of my best friends lives in Italy. I was in Italy 4 years ago and still happy to come, I hope by the time the law will pass
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I enjoy reading your words, unfortunately it will be difficult for the law to be approved at the first attempt, but also there are good chances. No one forbids us to dream :)
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would love to go to Italy and relax in a coffee shop yes ...it will be soon :)
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Definitely email Biggie ( “”haha420kush [at] gmail [dot] COM”” ) a local vendor when you are in Italy I was able to connect with him within an hour of my wife and I checking in to our hotel. He was super responsive and his staff was right on time, friendly and came right to our hotel. We used to getting good medicinal stuff from my home town, and Biggie’s stuff is on par with anything we’ve had back at home!
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