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The General Prosecutor's Office Opposes the Decriminalisation of Possession of Drugs for Its Own Consumption. Why Does It Reject the Bill Tabled in Parliament?

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The Attorney General's Office opposes the draft law that provides for the elimination of prison sentences for people who own drugs for their own consumption. Prosecutors consider that such a change would weaken the fight against drugs and could have effects including on investigations targeting traffickers. Attorney General Cristina Chiriac delivered an unfavorable view on Friday ... The post The Attorney General's Office opposes the decriminali…

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The Attorney General of Romania, Cristina Chiriac, intervenes in the scandal of decriminalizing drug use and rejects the reduction of penalties for the possession of banned substances for the purpose of own consumption. The Chief of the Public Prosecutor's Office warns that such a measure could weaken the fight against drug trafficking and consumption and would endanger public health.

Possession of drugs for own consumption: The General Park opposes the project that replaces criminal penalties with fines Possession of drugs for own consumption: The General Park opposes the discrimination of possession of drugs for own consumption, proposed by three senators by a project that provides for contraventional fines between 1,000 and 3,000 lei. The Attorney General Cristina Chiriac transmitted Friday, October 9, 2026, that the modif…

The Attorney General's Office opposes the draft law that provides for the elimination of prison sentences for people who own drugs for their own consumption. Prosecutors consider that such a change would weaken the fight against drugs and could have effects including on investigations targeting traffickers. Attorney General Cristina Chiriac delivered an unfavorable view on Friday ... The post The Attorney General's Office opposes the decriminali…

The Attorney General of the Public Prosecutor's Office of the High Court of Cassation and Justice considers that a significant reduction in penalties is not appropriate in the current social and criminal context and warns that such a change could weaken the prevention tools and [...] Article The General Prosecutor's Response to the project that replaces prison with fines for drug possession appears first in the PS News.

The Attorney General's Office opposes the bill tabled in Parliament which provides for the replacement of the prison sentence for the possession of drugs for the purpose of own consumption with a fine of between 1,000 and 3,000 lei.

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The Attorney General's Office does not agree with the legislative initiative tabled in the Senate by three parliamentarians on the decriminalization of drug possession for own consumption, on the grounds that this regulation would lead to...

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jurnalul.ro broke the news on Friday, October 9, 2026.
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