The President proposed to legalize marijuana in Ukraine

KIEV. 22 Feb. UNN. The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko proposed to legalize marijuana on the territory of Ukraine. A petition registered on the website of the petitions of the President of Ukraine, reports UNN.

“Due to the fact that in Ukraine, according to unofficial marijuana use from 2 to 5 million people, the opinion of these people can not be ignored, these people have to have the right to keep a certain amount of marijuana for personal use… international experience of the legalization of this wonderful plant shows us that the level of crime and informal markets is falling, while the number of jobs and the total freedom population is growing,” – said in the text of the petition.

The author of the petition was presented by Dmytro Okhrimenko.

The petition was registered 21 February and raised 18 of the 25 thousand signatures required. For the purpose of signing the petition, stayed 88 days.

We will remind, the day before marijuana was legalized in Mexico city.

As reported UNN, the lower chamber of the Dutch Parliament supported the legalization of marijuana cultivation.