La Cour constitutionnelle italienne oppose son veto à un référendum visant à légaliser le cannabis

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La Cour constitutionnelle italienne oppose son veto à un référendum visant à légaliser le cannabis

9 mars 2022

La Cour constitutionnelle a émis l’argument contesté selon lequel le référendum aurait violé les obligations internationales de l’Italie. Pour en savoir plus, en anglais, veuillez lire les informations ci-dessous.

By REUTERS

ROME, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Italy's Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected a request to hold a referendum on legalising the cultivation of cannabis, provoking the ire of promoters who called the decision a blow to democracy.

The referendum proposal sought to legalise the growing of weed for personal use and ease sanctions on other cannabis-related crimes, with offenders no longer risking prison sentences for selling small amounts of the drug.

Giuliano Amato, the Constitutional Court president, said the referendum included other narcotics considered to be hard drugs, which could not be liberalised.

"This is enough to make us violate multiple international obligations," Amato, a former prime minister, told a news conference.

Lawmaker Riccardo Magi, one of the referendum's leading advocates, told Reuters the court's decision was "a terrible blow to democracy," after hundreds of thousands of people had signed up to the proposal.