The Chamber of Deputies is inspecting the proposal to make it criminal to have as much as 3 marijuana vegetation, since recently handiest as much as 10 grams is authorized.
The proposal used to be extensively debated by way of legislators and different representatives of the civic sector in a public listening to held by way of the Fee to Combat Drug Trafficking in Congress.
They intend to switch legislation 1340/88 on narcotics in Paraguay, which establishes the criminal restrict for wearing marijuana and cocaine.
“There are a number of sides, as much as 10 grams of marijuana is criminal and we’re comparing, there are other positions, some need to liberate, others as much as 3 vegetation, we’ve got a major problem on the subject of our infrastructure, it is vitally poor in treating habit,” defined the deputy. Sergio Rojas.
He indicated that in line with statistics, 50% of girls disadvantaged of liberty violated legislation 1340/88 on drug ownership and, the bulk, lodge to a public defender to stand justice. In the meantime, males handiest occupy 10%.
“Something is commercial marijuana, the place there are firms which can be devoted to that, some other is medicinal marijuana and some other is leisure marijuana. “Right here what we’re comparing is leisure marijuana,” he added.
