Friday, December 22, 2023

Swiss capital Bern considers legal cocaine project

The Swiss are going high!

The problem with drug legalization is that more individual liberty comes also with increased individual responsibility. The latter part is usually omitted and/or ignored!

"Switzerland's capital is examining a pilot scheme to allow the sale of cocaine for recreational use - a radical approach to the war on drugs that is not thought to have been tried elsewhere.
Parliament in Bern has supported the idea, which still needs to overcome opposition from the city government and will also require a change in national law.
Drugs policy around the world is evolving, with the U.S. state of Oregon, for example, decriminalising possession of small amounts of cocaine in 2021 in favour of drug treatment.
Many European countries, including Spain, Italy and Portugal, no longer have prison sentences for possession of drugs including cocaine, although nowhere has gone as far as the proposal under discussion in Bern.
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Wealthy Switzerland has one of the highest levels of cocaine use in Europe, according to the levels of illicit drugs and their metabolites measured in waste water, with Zurich, Basel and Geneva all featuring in the top 10 cities in Europe. ..."

Swiss capital Bern considers legal cocaine project | Reuters

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