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BE promotes public hearing for recreational legalization
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The debate on the legalization of cannabis returns to Parliament tomorrow, December 18, in an initiative by deputy Moisés Ferreira and the Bloco de Esquerda (BE).
The Bloco will propose a bill centered on the recreational use of cannabis and this is the first time it has proposed it as an integral party in the governing coalition.
After several proposals, as an opposition party, for the legalization of cannabis have been made unfeasible by either the PSD or PS governments, the most representative parties in Portugal.
The kick-off is tomorrow, December 18th, with civil society and Cannabis as protagonists in the public hearing for the use of cannabis for recreational purposes. Cannativa – Associação de Estudos sobre Canábis will be present and will be represented by its vice-president Dinis Dias.
As with the procedure for medical cannabis, various organizations and institutions should be heard and consulted for the formulation of the draft law.
The plan by deputy Moisés Ferreira and the Bloco de Esquerda (BE) to propose the legalization of cannabis for all purposes was already known. The convening of civil society for a public hearing on the legalization of cannabis for recreational purposes is the first step of the blocist deputy, who had already stated in the Marijuana Global March, in Lisbon, that he intended to move forward in 2019 with a text to fully legalize cannabis. cannabis in the country.
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