Cannabis activists in Italy have worked hard over the course of many years to end prohibition. Legalization has become a top priority for citizens and legislators as they realize cannabis prohibition is a failed public policy in Italy, just as it is in every other non-legalized nation. All of the hard work of countless activists over multiple generations in Italy culminated in a major milestone being achieved late last year. Activists in Italy gathered over 630,000 signatures in an attempt to put a cannabis legalization referendum before voters. For a brief time, it appeared that the effort was going to be successful. However, the referendum was recently blocked on a technicality. The Referendum Process The initiative/referendum process is a particularly helpful one for cannabis activists, as referendums have led to cannabis legalization in individual states, as well as countries around the globe. The process involves ordinary citizens collecting a required number of signatures in order to put an issue in front of voters. Many jurisdictions have legalized at the local level in the Western Hemisphere this way.
Johnny Green, Cannabis & Tech Today, 02/25/2022 09:00:00
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