The president of the Défi party was in “The Last Straight Line” on Tuesday, May 21. François De Smet answered Martin Buxant’s questions on the legalization of cannabis. The opportunity for our guest to explain the liberal counterpart of his position.
Défi and François De Smet continue to position themselves in favor of the legalization of cannabis. This Tuesday, May 21, the president of the party came to reaffirm this idea and explained its advantages. “We believe that in order to fight very hard against the hardest drugs, namely cocaine, heroin, it is not illogical to legalize cannabis”he indicated to Martin Buxant and Luc Gilson.
Defending himself to be “more lax” on the question François De Smet especially sees the liberal aspect of this change in legislation. “We would sell cannabis through stores that would belong to the State, we would derive a certain number of profits that we would reinvest.”
This money would be recovered by taxing cannabis consumption, therefore. “We re-inject the products into the fight against serious crime, particularly drug traffickers.” François De Smet says he is convinced that this legislation can work in this direction. “It’s a bit daring, I know, but it will also immediately dry up a whole series of criminal networks that thrive on fraud and cannabis.”
Other parties competing for the 2024 elections, such as the PS, also say they are in favor of the legalization of cannabis.
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