Legalize cannabis, and how! But... how?

In the end, Switzerland will spend another two years considering how to regulate cannabis. Maxime Mellina, head of training at the Groupement romand d'étude des addictions, compares foreign experiences with the Swiss paradigm.

Germany has just taken the plunge. In Switzerland, it was to be soon. A cross-party parliamentary initiative to abolish cannabis prohibition was accepted by the Social Security and Public Health Committees of the Federal Chambers in 2021. Following this, a sub-committee of the National Council was tasked with defining the contours of a draft law. This was to be presented to Parliament in 2024 for a vote, which was expected to be favorable.

However, the two years of legislative work have just culminated in... a request for a further two-year extension, as stated last month by the company's president.