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Another
French
Official
Speaks
Out
for
Legalization
of
Cannabis
9/28/97
Last week in a magazine interview, French Environment Minister Dominique
Voynet offered support for the legalization of cannabis. As a medical doctor,
Voynet claimed that "The occasional consumption of cannabis has no
impact on health and social bonds." Additionally, Mme. Voynet stated
she was more concerned "...by the number of people who need sleeping
pills than who confess to having smoked a joint." In the past, the
conservative government has upheld a strong anti-drug policy. However,
the new government might be taking a different route. Although Voynet's
views are not supported by the rest of the Cabinet, others have commented
on this subject as well. The Health Minister, Bernard Kouchner, has signed
a petition for the legalization of cannabis, while the Prime Minister Lionel
Jospin admitted during the election campaign that the drug laws were in
need of revision. "Far form preventing drug addiction, the law only
aggravates a problem that should be examined in the light of the experiences
and policies put into effect by our neighbors."
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Issue #13, 9/28/97
Campaign '97 Update | 9 Year-Old Busted on Candy Rap | Another French Official Speaks Out for Legalization of Cannabis | Mexican Priest Praises Drug Traffickers' Benevolence... Journalists Attacked by Archbishop's Aides for Asking Questions about the Incident | Baltimore Health Commissioner Testifies on Needle Exchange | Spy vs. Spy | Cia Turns 50 | Freudian Slip | Mexican Journalists Terrorized | Former Pakistani Prime Minister's Accounts Alleged to Contain "Drug Money" | Swiss Voters Overwhelmingly Approve Heroin Maintenance and Other Liberal Drug Policies | Dutch Heroin Maintenance to go Ahead as "Pilot Project" | Canada's Medical Marijuana Prohibition Challenged by Multiple Sclerosis Patient | Reformers Charge Washington State Government with Using Federal Funds to Politic Against Drug Reform Initiative | Black Market Meth Labs Kill One Child, Force Evacuation of 30 Families | Shalala Continues to be Dogged by Needle Exchange Questions | Editorial: World Gone Mad
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