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OSLO, Feb 19 Norway should loosen its strict laws against recreational drug use, switching focus to treatment rather than jail or fines for those in possession of small quantities, the minority centre-right government proposed today.
The Nordic nation has one of Europe’s highest drug-induced mortality rates, EU data shows, a fact the government hopes to change, but the legislation is politically controversial and it remains unclear whether it will be passed by parliament.
By Reuters Staff
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OSLO (Reuters) - Norway should loosen its strict laws against recreational drug use, switching focus to treatment rather than jail or fines for those in possession of small quantities, the minority centre-right government proposed on Friday.
The Nordic nation has one of Europe’s highest drug-induced mortality rates, EU data shows, a fact the government hopes to change, but the legislation is politically controversial and it remains unclear whether it will be passed by parliament.
“Decades of criminal punishment has not worked,” Liberal Party leader and Education Minister Guri Melby told a news conference. “We will no longer stand by and watch people being stigmatised and called criminals when they are in fact ill.”
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