Francia despenalizará la posesión de cannabis en cuestión de meses, afirma el ministro del Interior

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Francia despenalizará la posesión de cannabis en cuestión de meses, afirma el ministro del Interior

27 junio 2017

Francia prevé despenalizar la tenencia personal de cannabis, que pasará a sancionarse con el pago de una multa. Más información, en inglés, está disponible abajo.

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By: Avinash Tharoor

France’s newly-appointed interior minister has said that personal cannabis possession may no longer be prosecuted from as soon as September, although this change may be accompanied by unprecedented strict rules on people with convictions for selling drugs.Gérard Collomb, the Minister of the Interior, said that new rules are set to be implemented under which someone found in possession of cannabis will be given a ticket and required to pay a fine, instead of being prosecuted or imprisoned. The plans, which he revealed during an interview with French news channel BFMTV on 24 May, could be in place "within three to four months", he said.

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