👍 Easing · 2016 · United Arab Emirates

The UAE halves its minimum sentence

Federal Law 8 of 2016 cut the minimum sentence for drug use from four years to two. The 2021 decree-law, in force from 2 January 2022, reduced it again to three months for first offenders.

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• Mondaq — Narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in the UAE

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