Article 281 of the Penal Code of 1940 punished dealing in narcotics, cannabis among them since the decrees of 1932 and 1938, with one to five years of reclusion and a fine of two to ten contos de réis. Critics in the 1940s complained that it did not clearly punish the user. Amendments of 1964 and 1968 raised the fine to ten to fifty times the highest minimum wage.[1][2]
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References
- Wikipedia (Portuguese) — Cannabis no Brasilarchived
- História da maconha no BrasilJean Marcel Carvalho França · Editora Jandaíra · 2022 · chapter 3, “Diambismo: um flagelo social” · ISBN 9786550940133
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