Drugs: "Killing traffic requires legalization, it's the best way to dry up the illegal market"

France Info

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"The legalisation would allow a part of the illegal market to be dried up and transferred to a legal market accompanied in terms of public health, (and) in terms of fighting addictions," Macroist MP Ludovic Mendes defended on RMC.

Le Monde

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While a report on the policy to combat drug trafficking is presented to the Assembly on Monday 17 February, its two authors, MPs Antoine Léaument and Ludovic Mendes, detail, in an interview with the "World", their strategy, focused on prevention, medical monitoring and market control.

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In a report presented to the Law Committee on Monday, 17 February, the two deputies, one from the left and the other from the presidential majority, propose legalizing the use of cannabis.

Le Huffington Post

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Antoine Léaument and Ludovic Mendes also called for consultation with the French through a referendum on the subject.

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For the third time in eleven years, Members who have worked on the subject recommend legalizing this product to combat trafficking and help consumers

L'Opinion

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MEPs Ludovic Mendes (EPR) and Antoine Léaument (LFI) advocate the legalisation of cannabis in a report. Both elected representatives did not act, at this stage, on the legislative translation of their proposals.