Law 18.403 replaced the 1973 drug law. It punished unauthorised cultivation of cannabis where circumstances suggested trafficking, while its trafficking provision distinguished substances intended exclusively for personal use or medical treatment. People found consuming or carrying drugs for personal use could nevertheless be sent for medical examination and, where habitual use was found, inpatient or supervised treatment. The law also punished public promotion of drug use; the personal-use distinction was not an unrestricted right to possess or grow cannabis.[1]
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References
- Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional — Law 18.403, original version of 4 March 1985Version metadata and articles 2, 5, 9, 12 and 26; commencement 4 March, distinct from 14 February promulgationarchived
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