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Portugal corrects the quantity dividing its personal-use penalties

A correction changed the printed personal-use quantity reference from five days to three days before the replacement drug law took effect. Above that amount the law prescribed up to one year in prison or a fine; the ordinary tier carried up to three months. The corrected text governed the law’s commencement the next day.[1]

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References

  1. Diário da República — Rectification 20/93, Article 40 correction

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