Italy Votes Today on Marijuana Legalization

Lindsey Bartlett

The Italian Parliament is gathering today to discuss a proposal for marijuana legalization. If passed, the bill on the table - similar to the proposal Colorado voters passed in 2012 - would allow the cultivation, possession and use of marijuana. Italian citizens over the age of eighteen would be allowed to grow as many as five plants for personal use, have up to fifteen grams of marijuana in their homes and possess a maximum of five grams in public. It would also authorize “cannabis clubs,” where up to fifty people could gather and smoke together.

Cannabis would be taxed at a rate of 5 percent; the government would issue licenses allowing the cultivation of marijuana with the intention for it to be sold for recreational purposes. The tax would be used to fund Italy's effort to crack down on illegal drug trafficking.

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