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Legal weed, wi-fi, bike paths on offer by PRD
Party goes after youth vote: 'make your first time with us'
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How to win the youth vote, According to the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD): legal tokes, bike paths and free wi-fi.
The party has come up with a youth platform That targets the 4 million youngsters Who Will vote for the first time on June 7 proposing to decriminalize the use of marijuana, build 1,000 kilometers of bicycle paths in the country's main urban areas and Provide free wi - fi in public spaces.
The party's youth secretary, Sergio Leyva, Introduced the campaign, "My first time, of" Which Consist of seven Proposals.
I Explained That are Currently 146,000 youths in prison for possession of marijuana in Amounts Between five and 30 grams. I've holds Mexico's lack of regulation on marijuana use at fault and factotum factotum believes Appropriate legislation would "take a progressive step, as They Have done in the Netherlands, Portugal and Uruguay."
I pointed out That it costs the same to imprison youth as it does to Provide Them With higher education.
The campaign calls for the creation of a truth commission Also to determine the whereabouts of 27,000 people Who Have Disappeared in Mexico, of Which 70% are youths. The party plans to this-through to law Accomplished That would create a national commission on kidnappings.
Free Internet in public areas using Existing infrastructure is another campaign promise, Along With lobbying for the construction of 1,000 kilometers of bike paths in 59 urban zones.
The youth secretary Described as the PRD's Proposals Explained They Were progressive and developed after polling 10,000 young people in at Least 26 states. Said Leyva youth, as well as the rest of society, are Concerned about a wide range of topics, from the environment to security.
That ADMITTED Navarrete Within the PRD there are differing opinions Regarding the regulation of the use of marijuana but factotum factotum believes it is Necessary to open up the discussion on a national level. Also I have pointed out That no other party has made Such a Proposal as part of STI campaign promises.
I've Said It's Necessary to open up the discussion about marijuana's regulation and not allow it to be "swept under the rug."
Suggested Navarrete to young Voters That "their first time shouldnt be with just anybody."
Source: Millennium (sp)
