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The Federal Supreme Court (STF) resumed and later suspended the judgment on the decriminalization of carrying drugs for personal use on Thursday, October 20. So far, there have been five votes in favor of decriminalizing the conduct, three in favor of maintaining the penalty, and a new dissenting vote has been opened by Minister Dias Toffoli. Toffoli presumes that the current legislation does not establish carrying drugs for personal use as a cr…
Nine Supreme Federal Court (STF) ministers have already voted in the judgment that analyzes the possibility of decriminalizing the possession of marijuana for personal use. Read more (06/20/2024)
The Supreme Federal Court (STF) postponed again the decision on the decriminalization of the possession of marijuana for personal use. In the session this Thursday (20), Minister Dias Toffoli voted to maintain the constitutionality of the Drug Law, which provides for alternative penalties for drug users. As a result, the current score is five in favor of decriminalization and three against, in addition to Toffoli's dissenting vote. The minister …
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Minister Dias Toffoli, of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), voted this Thursday, 20, for the National Congress to regulate the quantity of drugs for personal consumption. The minister's vote once again stalled the debate over the decriminalization of the possession of marijuana for personal use in the country. There are five votes in favor of decriminalization, with Toffoli being the... The post Toffoli doesn't decriminalize, and the trial over m…
The president of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), Minister Luís Roberto Barroso, said this Thursday (20) that the Court is not deciding on the legalization of marijuana in the trial that deals with the decriminalization of drug possession. At the beginning of the session this afternoon, at which the trial of the case resumed, Barroso stated that the votes already cast by the ministers maintain the status of illegal behavior, but that the measure…
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