Eastern Europe Might Get Greener With Lithuania Decriminalization
Eastern Europe Might Get Greener With Lithuania Decriminalization
#Eastern #Europe is in flux these days with different countries updating drug laws, including #Lithuania which is eyeing a widening #decriminalization. #EasternEurope isn’t known for its progressive drug laws, but it seems this is changing with countries like #Georgia ( #recreational legalization), #Albania (impending medical legalization), and now Lithuania, which is looking at a decriminalization measure. Trying to push through a further decriminalization for small amounts of drugs like #cannabis. The push to do this started last year, and was moved forward yet again in #June. Last month, 70 members of Lithuania’s legislative branch #Seimas, #voted in favor of amendments to the Criminal Code and Administrative Offenses. There were 46 votes against the amendments and ten abstentions. These amendments would decriminalize the #possession of cannabis in ‘small quantities’, as well as products of cannabis. According to Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, Speaker of the Seimas, “People should not be sent behind bars because of those offenses that can be reacted to in a different way. Lithuania is one of the strictest countries in the field, and the decriminalization of cannabis products is a common-sense solution that is rational.
Currently cannabis is illegal for recreational purposes. However, it was approved for #medical purposes in #October of #2018 by the Seismas. #Cultivation of industrial hemp was legalized earlier, in 2013. It’s not a super strict country in terms of punishments, and generally hands out administrative punishments for drug use. First-time offenders are likely to receive a fine of €30-150, and possibly court-ordered #rehabilitation #treatment.
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Please recheck your facts. Seimas didn’t legalize medicinal marijuana. They legalized medicinal marijuana which is produced synthetically. This is stupid and also it is still not in sales. All in all, it’s a total mess and we still don’t have legal medicinal marijuana. Also, possession of cannabis is a CRIMINAL OFFENSE of any amount and you can get either a penalty or jail time. So, the country does not hand out administrive punishment for first time. Lithuania is a super strict country, because a shared joint is also considered same as dealling drugs.