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Although in its totality, decriminalisation may not be the solution to South Africa’s drug problem, but it could be a partial solution, argues Franaaz Khan. She explains why.
Criminologist on ecstasy conviction: law needs changing to reflect a new reality Expert says prison sentences handed down to people accused of possession or trafficking of drugs have to fit the crime 3 February 2021, 7:31am by Karl Azzopardi Prison sentences handed down to people accused of possession or trafficking of drugs, have to fit the crime, criminologist and senior lecturer Dr Sandra Scicluna believes. This week, the 25-year-old son of European Commissioner Helena Dalli was handed a three-month jail term after he was apprehended outside a Paola party with two others in the process of...
Drug laws that don’t work: why the 100m rule means ecstasy users cannot avoid jail Criminal defence lawyer Franco Debono says magistrates should be given more discretion when handing down court sentences on drug offences 28 January 2021, 3:35pm by Matthew Vella Former MP Franco Debono has suggested that a lacuna in the Drug Dependency Act, designed not to inflict punitive jail terms on cannabis users, was having serious effects on similar misdemeanours where clubbers are found carrying ecstasy pills. The reaction comes in the wake of a three-month jail term for 25-year-old Jean-Marc Dalli,...