A comprehensive legalization of cannabisboth for therapeutic and recreational use, was rejected this Tuesday at the spanish parliament.
The socialist party PSOE, which is part of the coalition government in Spain with the left-wing formation United We Can, was one of those who voted against, along with part of the right-wing opposition.
His partner in the Executive supported the initiative along with other leftist forces or formations such as the liberals of Ciudadanos, in their vote in the Congress or lower house of the Spanish Parliament.
The proposal to regulate cannabis was presented by the Catalan independence party Esquerra Republicana de Cataluña, with the aim of reducing its consumption, increasing its control and ending the mafias that traffic this substance, since marijuana trafficking is the third criminal activity in Spain behind hashish and cocaine.
In addition to ending the legal uncertainty of cannabis associations, achieving taxation of associated activities and reducing the underground economy.
For their part, the Socialists differentiated cannabis for medicinal from recreational use and argued that only 33 percent of the Spanish population is in favor of comprehensive regulation, compared to 73 percent who are about to toughen the penalties.
The Spanish Congress already rejected a similar initiative a year and a half ago, then from the left-wing formation Más País.
Instead, last year it took a first step to legalize medicinal use for certain diseases such as cancer, with a prescription and for sale only in pharmacies, although its regulation has not yet been implemented.
Legislation on cannabis in Spain varies from region to region, but in general its cultivation is authorized mainly for industrial use and under certain conditions, its possession is only legal for personal consumption and in small quantities, but not in public spaces, and it is trafficking in this substance is punishable by fines and jail.
Both recreational and medicinal use of marijuana is decriminalized to varying degrees in different countries, mainly in America and Europe.
Source: EFE
Source: Gestion
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