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Tightening 🇼🇸 Samoa

Samoa doubles drug penalties and introduces drug classes

The second amendment to the Narcotics Act raised penalties, for example from seven to fourteen years for possessing the seed of a prohibited plant, introduced Classes A, B and C with cannabis in Class B, and obliged health workers to report suspected illegal use to police.[1]

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References

  1. Samoa Law Reform Commission — Review of the Narcotics Act 1967 (Drugs Reform), Final Report 21/17, December 2017 (PDF)archived

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