Several countries in the European Union are arguing about whether or not they should follow these steps. The possible effects on drug trafficking.
What the right-wing and left-wing parties say. Is a ban useful when in a country like Belgium, according to studies, 23% of the population has already consumed the banned product and there are more and more? Those who are opposed claim, first of all, that legalization could trivialize consumption and remember that the daily use of soft drugs has negative neurological effects. In France there is debate, but the laws go in the opposite direction to Germany. While Germany legalizes, French authorities maintain one of the most restrictive and punitive policies against the possession and consumption ofsoft drugs. The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs decided in 2020 to remove cannabis from the Schedule IV of the Convention on Drugs, which includes most drugs considered to have no therapeutic benefit, such as heroin and C.B.C. The legalization now in Germany, the leading economic and demographic power of the European EU with 83 million inhabitants, caused the debate to break out across the continent.