In a podcast published in September 2019, entitled «My body, my choice», the hosts of the online media Liber-thé presented their arguments in favor of drug legalization. A purely liberal argument, not without a major weakness.
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.
DOSSIER «LE SEXE SANS COMPLEXE» | The prohibition of prostitution in certain European countries seems inconsistent, since pornography is legal there. Wouldn't a sound policy be to act upstream, to avoid encouraging on the Internet what we proscribe on the street, or to accept, like the old-timers, that it's better to regulate it, because it's a phenomenon that is, after all, inevitable?
Last week, the Federal Council
submitted its bill on pilot trials for the recreational use of cannabis.
consumption of cannabis. The aim? To study alternative models for regulating this substance
currently permitted within a highly restrictive framework. Alain Berset emphasizes
the importance of more effective legislation to protect the
consumer protection. However, the Federal Councillor does not mention the financial stakes
behind this substance, which could well be the green gold of the 21st century.
Tribune pour une libéralisation des drogues, un meilleur accompagnement des malades et un renforcement de la prévention, by Nicolas Jutzet.