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Updated Tuesday, December 2, 2008 11:18 am TWN, dpa

Swiss say no to cannabis, remove pedophilia statute

GENEVA -- Swiss voters on Sunday rejected a proposition to decriminalize cannabis for personal consumption. In a surprise, voters chose to remove the statute of limitations on acts of paedophilia, despite government opposition to the proposal, which was put forward by parents’ groups. This put sexual offenses against children on equal footing with genocide and war crimes, the only other crimes that have no statute of limitations under to Swiss law.

The proposal to decriminalize cannabis, the most widely used illegal drug in Switzerland, failed along with an attempt to lower the minimum retirement age for full benefits to 62.

The initiative sought to allow the Swiss to use marijuana and even grow it for personal consumption, but opponents said it would increase cannabis tourism and turn the country into a “Mecca for drugs.”

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