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Swiss voters, November 2008, rejected decriminalization of marijuana, with regional differences ("yes" votes, by percentage)

Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - An upper house of Parliament commission 19 January voted 8-0 in favour of fining anyone caught smoking cannabis. The lower house appears has already moved in this direction, so an ad hoc committee will now write a revision to the statutes, which will include setting the amount of the fine. The move was made after it the Swiss rejected outright decriminalization in a November 2008 vote which would have called for government control of cannabis cultivation and sales.

Parliament made it clear that it wants to change the current legal status, which calls for criminal proceedings to be open against cannabis smokers.

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Posted by :: Ellen Wallace on 20 January 2010 at 11:48 | permalink
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News story, GenevaLunch, 20 January 2010.

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