People trading one to ten kilograms of dried cannabis faced three to seven years in prison under the penal-law revision adopted by parliament. Regular or organised trading, or more than ten kilograms, carried five to ten years; people addicted to smoking cannabis were directed to treatment.[1] The revision preceded the 2007 narcotics law and the later amendment adding separate THC and hashish penalty bands.[1][2]
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References
- Laos — Penal Law amended on 9 November 2005, National Assembly-endorsed translationArticle 146(5), (7), pp. 48–49; article 179 and 2005 amendment commencement clause, pp. 56–57archived
- Laos — Law 22/NA of 11 December 2012 and promulgation decree of 17 January 2013Article 2, marijuana and THC/hashish paragraphs; articles 4–5; presidential decree 028/POarchived
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