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The Swiss capital, Bern, is considering a cocaine legalization project

2023-12-20 15:23:00, Kosova & Bota CNA
The Swiss capital, Bern, is considering a cocaine legalization project
Police display part of the six tons of cocaine, money and other materials that were seized during an operation

The Swiss capital is considering 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, Reuters reports.

The parliament in Bern has backed the idea, which still needs to overcome opposition from the city's government and will also require a change in national law.

Drug policy around the world is evolving, with the US state of Oregon, for example, decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of cocaine in 2021 in favor of drug treatment.

Many European countries, including Spain, Italy and Portugal, no longer have prison terms for possession of drugs, including cocaine, although nowhere has gone as far as the proposal under discussion in Bern.

Switzerland is reconsidering its stance on the drug after some politicians and experts criticized outright bans as ineffective, with the proposal - currently in the early stages, following trials now underway - to allow the legal sale of cannabis.

"The war on drugs has failed and we have to look at new ideas," said Eva Chen, a Bern council member from the Alternative Left Party who co-sponsored the proposal.

"Control and legalization can do better than simple suppression." , she expressed./ CNA





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