Les Jeunes Avec Macron in favor of legalizing cannabis
In an article published in the JDD this Sunday, Jeunes Avec Macron (JAM), the youth wing of La République en Marche (LREM), calls for the legalization of cannabis in France.
«A failure on both the health and security fronts»
Contrary to the government’s stance, the JAM describes the prohibition of cannabis as a failure «in terms of both public health and public safety.» To develop its analysis, the movement consulted with various experts, including doctors, addiction specialists, and politicians.
The result is a set of proposals that will be distributed to lawmakers from all parties starting next week. Broadly speaking, their proposed regulations would allow police forces to refocus their efforts on «crimes against property and persons» and tackle the black market head-on «by depriving it of a substantial portion of its revenue and eliminating drug dealing spots.».
The Cannabis would, of course, remain off-limits to minors, who would be educated about the risks through prevention campaigns every year from seventh grade through twelfth grade.
A shared assessment but a different solution
The JAMs tell us they share «the views of the President of the Republic and the Minister of the Interior. Substance use among minors is a real public health issue; they are more susceptible to addiction, and the long-term effects are more severe for them. We also note that drug trafficking is ruining the lives of residents in entire neighborhoods.»
While there is broad agreement on the facts, the proposed solutions differ from the «crux of the matter,» an expression highlighted by the Minister of the Interior.
«Despite 50 years of crackdowns, despite the time and effort invested by judges and police officers, all these problems continue to grow. We therefore believe it is time to turn the page on this policy,» the JAM explain. «Legalization is a pragmatic option. It will allow us to steer consumers toward regulated products, steer them away from the black market that fuels criminal networks, and fund major prevention campaigns, particularly for young people, who would be barred from accessing legal products.»
In particular, the JAM hopes that party leaders will take up their policy booklet to convince local elected officials.
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28 April 2021 at 2:22 p.m.
Admittedly, the assessment of «Young People with Macron» is realistic, to say the least; however, their leader does not seem to demonstrate any commitment to democracy, as he quickly aligned himself with the associates of the former president (Sarkozy) by hiring his clone (Darmanin) and the entire oligarchy of groupthink, which remains locked into the sole path of illegality and penalizing their fellow citizens…
But the government’s concern is the overwhelming public opposition, with 64% (across all polls) and 80% (in the latest public consultation) of the population in favor of legalizing recreational cannabis, following the example of Canada and the United States!
Here, then, there can be no question of submitting to the dictatorship of prohibition; moreover, the police and gendarmes who carry out this persecution will encounter nothing but resistance and opposition to the execution of their nefarious mission.
Of course, the president’s politically motivated decision will not garner enough support to continue this pointless, crime-inducing ban (aside from the usual conspiracy theories), because his mistake is to pit his opinion against that of a population that does not share it.
All in all, the thousands of French citizens (and retirees) who have fled France in search of freedom elsewhere are unlikely to return, as legalization in France will certainly not be as satisfying or lucrative as it is in countries across the Atlantic…