In decision 54/2004, dated 13 December, the Constitutional Court ordered several diversion exemptions annulled on publication, including provisions covering offering or handing over drugs for joint consumption. It found the joint-consumption criteria too uncertain and also required legislation addressing the protection of minors. The ruling retained the exemption for small-quantity cultivation, production, acquisition or possession for personal use, conditional on six consecutive months of treatment, other drug-use assistance or preventive counselling certified before the first-instance judgment. It rejected the broader challenge to criminal penalties for personal cultivation and possession.[1]
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References
- Hungary Constitutional Court — decision 54/2004 (XII. 13.), English translation hosted by the CourtOperative points 2, 4 and 10–11; reasons IV.10.3 on joint consumption; decision dated 13 December 2004archived
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