Paraguay será el próximo país en legalizar la marihuana, según el presidente del Congreso

El presidente del Congreso paraguayo ha dado a entender que Paraguay será el próximo país en legalizar el cannabis. Más información, en inglés, está disponible abajo.

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By Panam Post. Senator Blas Llano, chair of the National Congress, made the proposal in the southern Paraguayan town of San Juan Bautista during a camp for the youth wing of the Authentic Radical Liberal Party, one of the country’s principal opposition parties. As long as the narcotic remains illegal, “marijuana trafficking will continue to be a discussion topic,” he told camp attendees over the weekend.

This is not the first time that a Paraguayan congressmen has proposed drug-law reform. However, Llano is the most senior political figure yet in the country to back legalization.

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