Cannabis legalized for the first time in Australia: in ACT it is now allowed to own up to 50 grams and grow two plants

    Cannabis legalized for the first time in Australia: in ACT it is now allowed to own up to 50 grams and grow two plants

    Owning and growing cannabis for legal personal use in the Australian capital, but the legislative gap with what federal laws say remains.


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    ACT, Australia's Capital Territory has become the first Australian jurisdiction to legalize the possession, use and cultivation of small quantities of cannabis. In fact, a bill has been approved that will allow those over the age of 18 to own 50 grams of grass and grow two plants. The new rules will come into force on January 31, 2020, but there seems to be a legislative vacuum.




    Two years after Parliament legalized medical marijuana, Australia is now moving forward, convinced - as ACT Attorney General Gordon Ramsay says - that it was now time to treat drug addiction as a health problem rather than a question of "right and wrong," which is why the laws would be accompanied by more drug and alcohol services and the establishment of specific drug courts.

    However, he recognized that owning and growing cannabis it would remain a federal offense and that the risk of persecution has not been "completely removed".

    Based on this, the liberal opposition will not support the bill "as it was poorly drafted and would lead to a series of 'perverse outcomes'" and would encourage more people to use cannabis, while more people would be accused of drug dealing. . And the fact that it was in conflict with Commonwealth law it would be confusing for the police.

    "This not only puts people at a greater level of risk, but our police will be out there at the work rate in this unclear legal framework," opponents say.

    In short, legal cannabis at home yes but consumers have still been warned that there are still serious legal risks, including potential jail time, when growing or smoking cannabis in the ACT.

    It is not the first time that the laws introduced by the territory collide with federal laws. In 2013, the capital legalized same-sex marriage only to have the law revoked by the federal government after filing a challenge to the High Court. First, in 1995, the Northern Territory made voluntary euthanasia legal only after the federal government passed legislation to prevent the nation's territories from specifically introducing assisted dying.



    Owning and growing cannabis for personal use will become legal in the Australian capital, but the legislative gap with what federal laws say remains to be cleared up.

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    Germana Carillo



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