Canna Reporter
The anticipated debate in the Federal Supreme Court of Brazil, regarding the decriminalization of drugs, was initially scheduled for May 24, but ended up not happening. The judgment, which has been dragging on since 2011, could, however, be decided on the 1st of June.
It is a trial that has been going on since 2011, has 10 volumes and more than 2000 pages. After several interruptions and stoppages, the Extraordinary Appeal 635.659 is back to the Court of the Federal Supreme Court (STF). Requested by the Attorney General of the State of São Paulo, the judgment challenges article 28 of the Anti-Drug Law (Law No. 11.343 / 2006), which makes the purchase, storage and transport of any narcotic substance for personal consumption illegal.
The date initially scheduled to debate this issue, with national repercussions, was on the 24th of May, however because it was not possible, this was rescheduled for the 1st of June. Regarding the appeal, the Brazilian lawyer Emílio Nabas Figueiredo explained that “considering that it is a judgment that arrives at the STF in 2011 and there have already been several postponements, the first expectation is whether the judgment will actually happen until the end or if there will be a request for view or withdrawal from the agenda”.
Judgment result may define the future of drug policy in Brazil
This is a process that will have strong national repercussions on the judicial perception of the issue of drug policy. And this judgment can both result in an impetus for adapting more progressive drug policies and can be marked as a decision that cements more conservative values in relation to Brazilian drug policy.
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