Italy will be decriminalising cannabis cultivation at home for personal use. Up to four cannabis plants will be possible for cultivation in a new measure adopted by the country’s Lower House justice committee. The law’s backers state that this will allow people to grow cannabis for therapeutic and medicinal use and, despite being opposed by centre-right politicians, gained enough backing to see it pass. Deputies will have a short period to adopt amendments to the law before voting.
Crimes linked to trafficking and dealing of the plant will also be increased in Italy, upped from 6 years to 10. This comes after a white paper was published in Malta last April by the government, proposing the cultivation of four plants under a number of conditions. Reforms Minister Owen Bonnici pledged to table a draft law in parliament once it opens in October, saying he is making the legislation his first priority. It is as of yet unclear if the minister’s legislation will address how the plant can be purchased.
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