Legal cannabis, the appeal of one hundred parliamentarians: "Conte should address the issue at the States General, the future of the country also passes through here"

Sodano, M5S deputy: "Taking the sale of soft drugs away from the mafia would also mean generating an economic benefit for the state coffers of 10 billion euros, between savings on repressive measures and new tax revenues for the companies that would manage the sector"

Addressing the issue of cannabis legalization at the States General. The request to the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte , comes from one hundred parliamentarians who have joined the appeal launched by the Five Star deputy Michele Sodano . "If it is true, as the Prime Minister says, that these days of meetings are needed to discuss the future of Italy - says Sodano - all the more reason we believe that the time has come to give a blow to the mafia by legalizing the sale and consumption of Cannabis and taking away their management of the market and profits".

In their appeal to Conte, the parliamentarians, including many senators and deputies from the Five Star Movement, but also from other majority parties, underline that "repressive policies have so far proven to be completely ineffective, especially since in Italy there are currently six million cannabis consumers, despite prohibitionism". Legalizing soft drugs would bring, according to a study by La Sapienza University in Rome, "a benefit for the state coffers of 10 billion deriving from the savings from the application of repressive legislation and from the new tax revenue that would result from opening the market to companies".