28/08/2007 00:00:00
Czech Marijuana Smokers To Be Treated More Moderately
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Prague, Aug 27 (CTK) - The authors of a planned amendment to the Penal
Code are proposing much lower sentences for marijuana smokers or
intoxicating mushrooms eaters, the daily Právo wrote Monday.
The amendment authors are even considering making the growing of
cannabis in small amount and for one's own need unpunishable, the paper
adds.
The moderation of punishments would be made possible thanks to the
definition and introduction of a new crime called the illegal growing of
plants containing intoxicating or psychotropic substances.
Thanks to this, marijuana smokers would be distinguished from hard drugs
producers, while so far they have been viewed as the same, the daily writes.
The possession of less serious drugs for one's own need would be
punished by a maximum of one year in prison, and the growing of
marijuana in the amount "bigger than small" would be punished by only
six months, the daily writes.
Under the current law, the producers of any drugs are punished by one to
five years in prison.
This story is from the Czech News Agency (C(TK).
The Prague Daily Monitor and Monitor CE are not responsible for its
content.
http://launch.praguemonitor.com/en/157/czech_national_news/11379/
Source:
http://www.ukcia.org/news/shownewsarticle.php?articleid=12813
Author:
Prague Daily Monitor via UKCIA
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