A Year in Prison for Smoking a Joint in Tunisia
A Year in Prison for Smoking a Joint in Tunisia
The enforcement of the country’s draconian drug law sends thousands of Tunisians to prison each year merely for consuming or possessing small quantities of cannabis for personal use. Tunisian authorities should revise the law to eliminate all prison sentences for recreational drug use or possession.
The government approved and sent to parliament on December 30, 2015, a draft revision to the drug law. Parliament has yet to announce the schedule for its debate and vote on the draft.
One year is too harsh but the law against it is good
This is why im moving when i grow up no one has the patience to wait for this shit hole to get better the country is good but jesus the government the police can’t even take care of this place
saybolna zatla
كان جيت رءيس نعدمها انا
HumanRights for to beat someone like the men 👍, but not for the rest, who smoke joints 👎
samia is correct why prison for what? for smoking zatla its a joke shame on you tunisia
And this is different than some of the states in the U.S. how?
Caught with a joint in Texas and it’s a minimum of six months in jail. It’s worse in Florida, Idaho, Arizona and Iowa.
This is the old law now things r little bit better
Stop 🛑 please
Wow, harsh, as harsh as the States.
Except for violence at the time of arrest, I don’t really understand what these people are complaining about! The law is very clear: If you smoke a joint, you go behind bars. You’re a grown up sane person, so don’t fucking do it if you don’t wanna go to jail. Very simple.
why this law supposed to be against humain rights?! is it about the number of joint or maybe smoking weed is a right that goverment must preserve?!
nimporte quoi cest Daech
This is just crazy !!! one joint ? one year in jail ?!
For one joint u have to spent one year in the prison between murders , rapers , criminals ..for not doing anything harmful !!!!!
TUNESIA WAKE UP !!!
the youth of tunisia have no jobs no future even though they are well educated the police behave in a disgraceful manner you let them buy celtia to drink the you arest them for drinking how stupid you look your laws are out of date but until you have a justice system the people of tunisia can trust then crime simply will get out of control.you jail thousands of youth for what its a disgraceful shame you like to pain the people the criminals themselves are the police there a dam disgrace .
It’s the 21st century, wake up and smell the buds 🥴🥴😎
So crazy we pay taxes to go that way road,we left with no control at all.Wtf happen?Bunch of people push as to go that direction and still pushing with no problem WTF?!
Tunisia should stop this stupid law. I had the idea that instead of putting them in jail, they could do free hours of cleaning the streets, then a fee, then no sanction. The Tunisian government is scared of how the people are going to react (especially the extremist) and are afraid of more terrorist attacks from ISIS.
But I just hope that my country will have the balls to keep moving forward.
هؤلاء جراثيم يريدون الفساد في الارض ان سامحتكم الدوله فعذاب الله اشد والله و ان تساهلت معكم الدوله اهانكم الله واذلكم لانكم تحلللون ما حرم الله .انا مع الاعدام لمن يستهلك الزطله و لمن يبيعها الصلب و تقطيع يده و رجليه من خلاف
Good. They’re all young students so what if they become addicts, what would happen to Tunisia’s future?
At this point all intelligent and honest people know that prohibition is folly and terrorism and a way to control people and minorities and leave substances and money in the hand of various Mafias…."Third world" countries just give their brutal version of (decades long) western irresponsible politics and American infamous "War on Drugs"….