Luxembourg debates legalising cannabis for recreational use
Petition prompts parliamentary discussion after garnering almost 7,500 signatures
Luxembourg Times (Luxembourg)
July 26, 2018
July 26, 2018
Luxembourg politicians contemplated legalising cannabis, after a public petition garnered enough signatures to prompt a parliamentary debate. The petition, which called for the drug to be legalised for recreational use and distributed through coffee shops in Luxembourg, had garnered almost 7,500 signatures – surpassing the 4,500 threshold that triggers a debate in the Chamber of Deputies. "We have been on the wrong track for more than 40 years on cannabis – the repressive approach is a failure," said Joé Schmit, author of the petition, during the debate, according to a parliamentary release.
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