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The message could not be clearer: “There are no 'soft drugs'.

Drugs are poison, a scourge that we must fight!

".

In a column published by

the Journal du Dimanche

, 80 elected representatives of the Republicans and related parties oppose the legalization of cannabis.

Among the signatories are Bruno Retailleau, boss of the LR group in the Senate, Eric Ciotti, deputy for the Alpes-Maritimes, Gérard Longuet, senator from the Meuse, or even Philippe Bas, senator from the Manche.

Differences within LR

“In recent weeks, some mayors have revived the debate by calling for the legalization of cannabis use.

We, deputies and senators The Republicans, want to remind that we are firmly opposed to it ”, write these elected officials.

This forum is indeed a response to that of three mayors of the same LR party who had demanded last week, also in the

JDD

, the legalization of the consumption of cannabis, which they consider to be "the best way to destroy it. trafficking and ruin the traffickers ”.

"Legalizing the sale of cannabis will lead current sellers to turn to selling other even more dangerous and harmful substances!"

», Answer them the 80 parliamentarians.

In addition, "it is not because the police have trouble dealing with trafficking that the practice must be legalized!"

", Insist the parliamentarians," otherwise it would also be necessary to legalize arms trafficking, tax evasion, prostitution and no longer penalize excessive speeds at the wheel!

"

On the Darmanin line

"We see in our ridings parents overwhelmed by seeing their child dependent, and families destroyed", "friendships disappeared because of drug use, people losing their jobs and young people falling into delinquency to obtain cannabis. ", They insist, seeing there the cause of" psychosis, schizophrenia, depression, school failure, dropout, desocialization ... ".

"We share the words of the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin:" Drugs are shit! "

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Minister Darmanin had indicated in mid-September that he could not, "as Minister of the Interior, as a politician tell parents who are fighting to get their children out of addiction to drugs, that we're gonna legalize this shit.

And I say "this shit" ".

Finally, "even if cannabis remained theoretically prohibited for minors, we know that children who have seen their parents take drugs will also be consumers, as we can already see for tobacco ...", further warn elected officials.

At least the debate is on.

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