Legalizar el cannabis en Canadá contravendrá tratados globales, advierte el Gobierno

El movimiento a favor de la legalización de la marihuana está creciendo en todo el mundo, pero el primer ministro canadiense lo tendrá difícil para aprobar una ley de este tipo debido a las restricciones que imponen tres tratados internacionales. Más información, en inglés, está disponible abajo.

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The Liberal government will have to do substantial work on the international stage before it can follow through on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s promise to legalize marijuana, new documents suggest.

That work will have to include figuring out how Canada would comply with three international treaties to which the country is a party, all of which criminalize the possession and production of marijuana.

Trudeau’s plan to legalize, regulate and restrict access to marijuana is already proving a complicated and controversial undertaking on the domestic front, in part because it requires working with the provinces.

Internationally, says a briefing note prepared for the prime minister, Canada will also have to find a way to essentially tell the world how it plans to conform to its treaty obligations.

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