Lawmakers in Slovenia are continuing their push to modernize the European nation's cannabis policies, with a measure being recently introduced that would permit certain adult-use cannabis activity.
"We are implementing the will of the voters," said Natasa Sukic, a member of parliament for the co-governing Left Party, this week in support of a bill introduced in parliament together with Prime Minister Robert Golob's social-liberal Freedom Movement (GS), per original reporting by Salzburger Nachrichten. "According to analyses, cannabis is no more dangerous than other already legalized drugs—such as tobacco and alcohol."
"The proposed bill on private cannabis consumption, which may be revised again after a public debate, is based – with some deviations – on the regulations in Luxembourg, Germany, and Malta." the outlet also wrote.
Last year, Slovenia's voters approved both a medical cannabis referendum measure and an adult-use referendum measure. The vote on medical cannabis received 66.71% approval from Slovenia's voters, with the measure being approved in every voting district in the country. The only other vote that received that level of unified approval in the European country was Slovenia's vote for independence.
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