Criminalisation worsens health outcomes: decriminalising and shifting to treatment-led policies reduces harm and improves public safety. Furthermore, unlike full legalisation, this intermediate step should help finding a majority in both chambers.
| Law | Previous | Proposed | ||
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| 1 | Psychedelics Policy |
Full prohibition; possession criminalised, prison for repeat offences
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Possession decriminalised; treatment-led
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| 2 | Stimulants Policy |
Full prohibition; possession criminalised, prison for repeat offences
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Possession decriminalised; treatment-led
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| 3 | Depressants Policy |
Full prohibition; possession criminalised, prison for repeat offences
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Possession decriminalised; treatment-led
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Party
ADFR is a centre-to-centre-left, social-liberal party. We advocate for an open and neutral Internet, strong privacy rights, a digital PA and an eco-social market economy. We focus on white-collar professionals and innovative companies, ensuring technology expands freedom and opportunities for all.
Core pillars
Federal Minister of Business, Infrastructure and Digitalisation · Age 61
Tech entrepreneur and social media star, Paul Lang parlayed his celebrity status into political influence with the aim of helping both young and scrappy entrepreneurs, and innovative, well-affirmed companies, thrive.
Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.
For: 37 / 69 seats (53.6%)
Against: 6 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 26
| Party | Seats | Vote | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance For Digital Freedom And Rights Proposer | 16 | Yes | No reason given |
| Competence And Freedom | 8 | Yes | We agree that the criminalization of drugs is impractical and has little effect on combatting addiction, and a different approach is needed to solve this issue. |
| Homeland Alliance | 0 | No | This leads to a dangerous amount of drugs on our streets. |
| Left Forward | 13 | Yes | Criminological research has found that criminalising drug users has little or no deterrent effect. What it does create is stigma. People are pushed to the margins of society and become less likely to seek help. Addiction should be treated as a health issue. If we want more people to recover, we have to give them a path back into society. |
| Saxenheim Republic | 6 | No | We strongly oppose this as this proposal decriminalize the possession of drugs . decriminalizing the possession of drugs increases the volume of drugs entering the nation would increase enormously . regarding the welfare of the citizen and the narcotics safety of the nation |
| Saxenheim Workers’ Union | 0 | No | Illegal drug use undermines public health, social order, and community safety. The law should continue to deter the possession and use of dangerous substances while supporting rehabilitation through the justice system, rather than weakening criminal penalties. |
| Empty seats | 5 | Not voted |
For: 354 / 650 seats (54.5%)
Against: 53 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 243
| Party | Seats | Vote | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance For Digital Freedom And Rights Proposer | 151 | Yes | No reason given |
| Competence And Freedom | 77 | Yes | We agree that the criminalization of drugs is impractical and has little effect on combatting addiction, and a different approach is needed to solve this issue. |
| Homeland Alliance | 0 | No | This leads to a dangerous amount of drugs on our streets. |
| Left Forward | 126 | Yes | Criminological research has found that criminalising drug users has little or no deterrent effect. What it does create is stigma. People are pushed to the margins of society and become less likely to seek help. Addiction should be treated as a health issue. If we want more people to recover, we have to give them a path back into society. |
| Saxenheim Republic | 53 | No | We strongly oppose this as this proposal decriminalize the possession of drugs . decriminalizing the possession of drugs increases the volume of drugs entering the nation would increase enormously . regarding the welfare of the citizen and the narcotics safety of the nation |
| Saxenheim Workers’ Union | 0 | No | Illegal drug use undermines public health, social order, and community safety. The law should continue to deter the possession and use of dangerous substances while supporting rehabilitation through the justice system, rather than weakening criminal penalties. |
| Empty seats | 52 | Not voted |
Every vote must state a public reason. Most recent first.
“This leads to a dangerous amount of drugs on our streets.”
“Illegal drug use undermines public health, social order, and community safety. The law should continue to deter the possession and use of dangerous substances while supporting rehabilitation through the justice system, rather than weakening criminal penalties.”
“We strongly oppose this as this proposal decriminalize the possession of drugs . decriminalizing the possession of drugs increases the volume of drugs entering the nation would increase enormously . regarding the welfare of the citizen and the narcotics safety of the nation”
“We agree that the criminalization of drugs is impractical and has little effect on combatting addiction, and a different approach is needed to solve this issue.”
“Criminological research has found that criminalising drug users has little or no deterrent effect. What it does create is stigma. People are pushed to the margins of society and become less likely to seek help. Addiction should be treated as a health issue. If we want more people to recover, we have to give them a path back into society.”