The cabinet approved the first amendment to the 2017 drug law and returned it to parliament after about a year in the State Council. The draft would raise the anti-narcotics directorate's status and, the parliamentary anti-drug committee said, replace life imprisonment with death for large-scale traffickers. Parliament did not pass it; the first reading came only in August 2026.[1][2]
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References
- Tariq al-Shaab via Iraqi Women's League — «حذروا من ترويج تعاطيها ومن تسللها الى المدارس والجامعات.. هل تحوّلت المخدرات الى صناعة محلية؟» (26 September 2024)Report on the cabinet's approval of the first amendment draft on 17 September 2024 and its return from the State Councilarchived
- 964media — Iraq's parliament to vote on stricter drug law imposing death penalty for traffickers (23 September 2024)Committee chair Adnan al-Juhaishi on replacing life with death for large-scale traffickers; rehabilitation and fund provisionsarchived
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