La Slovaquie est sur la voie de la dépénalisation

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La Slovaquie est sur la voie de la dépénalisation

30 mars 2015

Un nombre de plus en plus important d’ONG et d’experts gouvernementaux slovaques reconnaissent désormais la validité des preuves disponibles à l’étranger sur l’impact positif de politiques des drogues non-punitives. Pour en savoir plus, en anglais, veuillez lire les informations ci-dessous.

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Drugreporter has for some time now been hearing rumours of the possible decriminalisation of drug use in Slovakia. Unlike the Czech Republic (the country with which it was previously joined, famous for its liberal drug policy) this central-European country has until now remained one of the shrinking number of EU countries which punish simple drug possession with imprisonment.

Slovak media have reported on the proposed decriminalisation of illicit substances several times over the past two years. According to this news, the new law would end imprisonment for possession of small amounts of illicit drugs. Possession of small amounts would instead become a simple misdemeanour. This would apply to all substances presently listed as illicit.

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