FdI: Legal light cannabis taxed at 40%. But then withdraws the amendment
The party clarifies: 'The amendment does not conceal any hidden desire to legalise these products'. But here comes the backtrack
It seemed from the outset to be a clear step back from the stress introduced by the security decree. An amendment by FdI to the budget law, contained in the latest package of reports, extends the 2016 hemp law to 'fresh or dried inflorescences and liquid derivatives' for use 'for smoking or inhalation' as long as the Thc content does not exceed 0.5 per cent. In practice a green light for the sale of light cannabis, albeit heavily taxed with a consumption tax of 40% of the retail price. Just the time to be welcomed as a fair rethink by the oppositions that for the amendment signed by Senator Matteo Gelmetti, the authentic interpretation of Fratelli d'Italia arrives: the objective 'is to oppose the diffusion and sale of cannabis light products,' the party's press office in the Senate tells the agencies. And for the message to get through clearly, it added: 'The amendment proposal does not conceal any hidden desire to legalise these products, as claimed by some, but the exact opposite. Discussions are underway with the relevant ministries to determine the best way to counter this business. The fight against drugs and all addictions is one of the cornerstones of Fratelli d'Italia, and our history and work testify to this unequivocally'. But evidently the explanation is not convincing and shortly afterwards comes the announcement that the proposal will be withdrawn.
Magi, Fdi re-legalises cannabis to re-prohibit it? Narcotic
Meanwhile, the opposition had gone wild. "We are at comic proportions: the security decree of the Meloni government prohibited the trade in light cannabis; in the manoeuvre today an amendment arrived from a Meloni MP that reintroduces the trade in light cannabis; but then Meloni's party makes a note to clarify that they are imposing a 40% tax to re-prohibit the trade in light cannabis. So first they prohibit but then they re-legalise to re-prohibit again. This is truly amazing, other than light cannabis,' commented Più Europa Riccardo Magi secretary. 'The truth is that the majority is in disarray, they don't even know what they are talking about, let alone what they are doing. Improvisation produces damage and it is the small entrepreneurs who pay the price,' Magi concludes.
Patuanelli: for the right cannabis kills, but taxed at 40% no
"According to the right, light cannabis kills. The one taxed at 40% a little less,' commented M5S senator Stefano Patuanelli, commenting on the Gelmetti (FdI) amendment.
