Law 143/2000 replaced the narcotics provisions of Penal Code Article 312 with a dedicated framework covering trafficking, personal-use offences, investigation and treatment. Its original Article 4 prescribed two to five years' imprisonment for unauthorised cultivation, production, purchase or possession of drugs for personal consumption. The law was published on 3 August. It preserved a criminal approach to personal possession rather than creating a personal-use exemption.[1]
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References
- Romanian Ministry of Justice, Portal Legislativ — Law 143/2000, original base textOriginal text published in Monitorul Oficial no. 362 of 3 August 2000, articles 4 and 32; distinguish from the amended republication
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