The Authorities of Antigua and Barbuda has determined to introduce laws to take away prison instances for individuals convicted of possessing small quantities of hashish.
This transfer will successfully expunge these convictions, permitting affected people to legally declare that they don’t have any prior arrests or juvenile delinquency adjudications when coping with potential landlords, employers or licensing businesses.
Parliament is scheduled to fulfill in July to contemplate this laws.
Whereas a invoice to remove minor crimes (usually) was handed in 2013, it was by no means applied.
In March 2018, the Drug Abuse (Modification) Act amended the Drug Abuse Act, decriminalizing the possession of as much as 15 grams of hashish or hashish resin. Nevertheless, this modification didn’t absolutely legalize hashish, because the penalties for promoting the drug stay in place.
Present rules additionally restrict households to a most of 4 hashish vegetation, with possession of greater than this quantity remaining unlawful.
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