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Legaliseren maar die handel ...

In 2008, the Government of Sierra Leone passed The National Drugs Control Act of 2008 (hereinafter referred to as ‘The Act’). The interpretation section of the Act states, “Being an Act to establish the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency; to provide for the control of and prevention of abuse of narcotic drugs; to implement the provisions of International Drug Control Conventions, and to provide for other related matters.”

The Act also created the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency mandated to ensure the eradication of drug abuse in Sierra Leone. Section 2 (a) of the Act inter alia clearly states that the primary function of the Agency is “providing leadership in and coordinating all issues relating to drug control, eradicating drug abuse and the primary causes of drug abuse, illicit drug supply and drug-related crime;”

The Act has been used to prosecute crimes related to possession of Kush within the country. Section 8 of the said states thus:
“A person who, without lawful authority–
(a) buys, sells, possesses or has under his control, any drug or uses any drug by smoking, inhaling, sniffing, injecting or otherwise introduces the drug into his body; or
(b) injects any person with or in any manner administers a drug to any person,
commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not less than five years.”

In recent years, Accused persons have been arraigned before magistrates on allegations of “Unlawful Possession Kush” contrary to section 8 of the Act.
Why are we still grappling with this new social epidemic despite the availability of a legal provision that criminalizes it?

https://sierralii.gov.sl/articles/20...-kush-epidemic

De war on drugs werkt duidelijk, ook in Sierra Leone