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| ====== Parliamentary initiative ====== | ====== Parliamentary initiative ====== |
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| The parliamentary initiative by Heinz Siegenthaler would like to prohibit the cultivation, production, trade and consumption of cannabis containing THC in accordance with the recommendations of the [[https://hanflegal.ch/eksf|Federal Commission for Narcotics Issues (EKSF)]] new legal regulations. ((Die EKSF wurde u. a. ab 2020 durch die «Eidgenössische Kommission für Fragen zu Sucht und Prävention nichtübertragbarer Krankheiten (EKSN)» ersetzt.)) | The parliamentary initiative of [[https://www.parlament.ch/de/biografie/heinz-siegenthaler/4146|Heinz Siegenthaler (Die Mitte)]] wants to legally re-regulate cultivation, production, trade and consumption of cannabis containing THC according to the recommendations of the [[https://hanflegal.ch/eksf|Federal Commission on Narcotic Drugs (EKSF)]]. ((The EKSF has been replaced, among others, by the "Federal Commission on Addiction and Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases (EKSN)" as of 2020)). |
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| **Status:** The National Council approved the initiative in its session on April 28, 2021 by 13 votes to 11 (1 abstention) ([[https://www.parlament.ch/press-releases/Pages/mm-sgk-n-2021-04-30.aspx|media release]]). Next, the business goes to the commission of the Council of States. [[https://www.parlament.ch/de/über-das-parlament/parlamentsportraet/beratungsgegenstaende-und-parlamentarische-verfahren/parlamentarische-initiativen-standesinitiativen-vorstoesse/parlamentarische-initiative|Details of the parliamentary initiative process]]. | **Status:** After the National Council Commission for Social Security and Health ([[https://www.parlament.ch/de/organe/kommissionen/sachbereichskommissionen/kommissionen-sgk|SGK-N]]), the Commission for Social Security and Health of the Council of States ([[https://www.parlament.ch/de/organe/kommissionen/sachbereichskommissionen/kommissionen-sgk|SGK-S]]) has now also approved the initiative on October 18/19, 2021 ([[https://www.parlament.ch/press-releases/Pages/mm-sgk-n-2021-04-30.aspx|press release SGK-N]] and [[https://www.parlament.ch/press-releases/Pages/mm-sgk-s-2021-10-19.aspx|press release SGK-S]]). Next, the SGK-N will prepare a draft decree within two years. [[https://www.parlament.ch/de/über-das-parlament/parlamentsportraet/beratungsgegenstaende-und-parlamentarische-verfahren/parlamentarische-initiativen-standesinitiativen-vorstoesse/parlamentarische-initiative|Details on the parliamentary initiative process]]. |
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| | At its meeting on April 8, 2022, the Commission for Social Security and Health decided by 13 votes to 6 with 3 abstentions to set up a subcommission that will now tackle this work in concrete terms[[https://www.parlament.ch/press-releases/Pages/mm-sgk-n-2022-04-08.aspx?lang=1033|(media release]]). |
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| | In August 2023, it was announced that the Commission would request an extension of time, giving it two more years to complete its deliberations. |
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| ===== More info ===== | ===== More info ===== |
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| | * [[https://www.luzernerzeitung.ch/news-service/inland-schweiz/kiffer-clubs-spielen-die-gegner-auf-zeit-entscheide-ueber-cannabis-legalisierung-verzoegern-sich-um-bis-zwei-jahre-ld.2497807|Are opponents playing for time? Decisions on cannabis legalization delayed by up to two years]] |
| | * [[en:thc_recht:li950304|Fall 2022: Another cannabis policy cycle begins]] |
| | * [[en:thc_recht:li940303|Summer 2022: What became of the parliamentary initiative?]] |
| | * [[https://www.watson.ch/!603053471|watson.ch: Parliamentary commissions want to legalize cannabis]] |
| * [[en:thc_recht/li890707|Winter 20/21: New proposal in parliament: Will it bring a breakthrough?]] | * [[en:thc_recht/li890707|Winter 20/21: New proposal in parliament: Will it bring a breakthrough?]] |
| * [[https://www.parlament.ch/de/ratsbetrieb/suche-curia-vista/geschaeft?AffairId=20200473|Business 20.473 on parlament.ch]] | * [[https://www.parlament.ch/de/ratsbetrieb/suche-curia-vista/geschaeft?AffairId=20200473|Business 20.473 on parlament.ch]] |
| ===== Development ===== | ===== Development ===== |
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| Heinz Siegenthaler had already submitted a proposal in 2018 in [[https://www.parlament.ch/de/ratsbetrieb/suche-curia-vista/geschaeft?AffairId=20183150|Business 18.3150]] Heinz Siegenthaler had already attempted to treat cannabis in the same way as high-proof alcohol. This business was written off in June 2020 because it was not dealt with conclusively in the Council within two years. Compared to the business of 2018, however, the current business has a much better chance with 40 co-signers. | Heinz Siegenthaler had already tried in 2018 in [[https://www.parlament.ch/de/ratsbetrieb/suche-curia-vista/geschaeft?AffairId=20183150|business 18.3150 to]] treat cannabis the same as high-proof alcohol. This business was written off in June 2020 because it was not conclusively dealt with in the Council within two years. Compared to the 2018 business, however, the current business has a much better chance with 40 co-signers. |
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| [[en:thc_recht/diskussionenbetmg|You can find our articles on the amendment of the NarcA from the last years here.]] | [[en:thc_recht/diskussionenbetmg|You can find our articles on the amendment of NarcA from the last years here.]] |
