Abkhaz deputies passed a first-reading proposal to cut cannabis-use arrest from fifteen days to three, arguing that marijuana should receive a lighter penalty than other drugs.[1] The draft proposed thirty days for repetition within a year.[1] The law dated April 2023 ultimately set three days for cannabis or hashish use and ten for repetition.[2]
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References
- Ekho Kavkaza — proposed shorter arrest for marijuana use29 December 2022; first reading, proposed three days and thirty for repetitionarchived
- Abkhazia Supreme Court — Administrative Offences CodeArticle 45, as amended by Law 5601 of 3 April 2023; three days for cannabis/hashish use, ten for repetition; voluntary medical-help exemption
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