Legislative Decree 122 replaced the drug law's principal criminal provisions. Its new Article 56 exempted possession of a personal dose for one's own immediate consumption, but required forensic medical evidence establishing dependence. It did not set a cannabis gram allowance or exempt every occasional user. The same reform prescribed ten to fifteen years for the basic illicit production and commercialisation offences, and two to ten years for specified lesser cases including small-scale cultivation. Signed on 12 June and published on 15 June, it took effect the following day under its express commencement clause.[1][2]
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References
- Congress of Peru — Legislative Decree 122, original three-page scanArticle 1 replacing Articles 55, 55-B and 56 of Decree Law 22095; Article 2 requires commencement the day after publication; signature dated 12 June 1981archived
- Congress of Peru — Decree Law 22095 with historical amendment annotationsArticle 56 amendment annotation records publication on 15 June 1981; Article 89 defines cannabis or marijuana within the drug-law frameworkarchived
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