Italy: Man who grew marijuana in his cellar is acquitted
In Italy, a man has been acquitted despite growing marijuana at home, because it was for personal use and not for dealing.
The Court of Appeal in Trieste overruled a sentence of seven months imprisonment and a fine of €900, issued by the preliminary hearing judge at the Court of Udine. A cannabis plant was found in the defendant’s cellar, about one metre high and containing 11% of the active agent (equivalent to 337.7 the average number of daily doses). Despite this, the magistrates felt this amounted to domestic cultivation, rather than cultivation for dealing, particularly since there were no weighing scales, packaging or more ready cash than would normally be found in a family home. The judges also indicated that, as noted repeatedly by the supreme court (see judgement no. 25674/2011, among others), to punish the unauthorised cultivation of plants from which drugs can be extracted, the...
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