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Brazil joins the 1988 UN convention against drug trafficking

Brazil ratified the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988 on 17 July 1991. Article 3 of the convention requires each party, subject to its constitutional principles, to make the possession, purchase and cultivation of drugs for personal consumption a criminal offence.[1]

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References

  1. United Nations Treaty Collection — United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, 1988: status of participantsarchived

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