Pristina consultant Kushtrim Shaipi argued that regulated cannabis legalisation could serve Kosovo better than penalisation, criticising police checkpoints and raids in bars and clubs.[1] His Kosovo 2.0 opinion appeared six months after the new criminal code retained prison exposure for cannabis possession, including a lower tier for first-time offenders with less than three grams.[2]
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References
- Kushtrim Shaipi — Kosovo should consider legalizing cannabisKosovo 2.0, opinion, 21 October 2019archived
- Kosovo Official Gazette — Criminal Code of 2019Code 06/L-074, articles 267–272 and 434; Gazette 2, 14 January 2019; effective 14 April 2019
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