illicit drug use in the eu: legislative approaches - EMCDDA - Europa

EMCDDA thematic papersIllicit drug use in the EU: legislative approachesForbidding the consumer to travel abroad without permission; e) Presenting himself periodically at a placeto be indicated by the commission; f) Disenfranchisement, removing the right to be granted or to renew afire arms license for defense, hunting, precision shooting or recreation; g) Seizure of objects belonging tothe consumer which represent a risk to him or her or to the community or which encourage the committingof a crime or other offence; h) Privation from the right to manage the subsidy or benefit attributed on apersonal basis by public bodies or services, which shall be managed by the organization managing theproceedings or monitoring the treatment process, when agreed to by the consumer.Article 18 - Warnings1 – The commission may issue a warning if, in view of the personal circumstances of the consumer, thetype of consumption and the type of plants, substances or preparations consumed, it considers that theconsumer will abstain from future consumption.2 – The warning shall consist of an oral reprimand, with the consumer being expressly warned of theconsequences of his behaviour and urged to abstain fromconsumption.3 – The commission shall deliver the warning when the decision to apply it becomes definitive.4 – The commission shall deliver an immediate warning if the consumer declares that he waives the right tobring an appeal.SloveniaProduction Of And Trade In Illicit Drugs Act 1999Article 33Individuals shall be liable to a monetary fine of between SIT 50,000 and SIT 150,000 or a prisonsentence of up to 30 days for committing the offence of possessing illicit drugs in contravention of theprovisions of this Act.Individuals shall be liable to a monetary fine of between SIT 10,000 and SIT 50,000 or a prison sentenceof up to 5 days for committing the offence of possessing a smaller quantity of illicit drugs for one-offpersonal use.In accordance with the provisions of the Misdemeanours Act, persons who commit the offence specified inthe first paragraph of this article and who possess a smaller quantity of illicit drugs for one-off personal useand persons who commit the offence specified in the preceding paragraph may be subject to more lenientpunishment if they voluntarily enter the programme of treatment for illicit drug users or social securityprogrammes approved by the Health Council or Council for Drugs.SlovakiaIllicit production and possession of drugs and psychotropic substances, toxic substances and precursorsand trafficking with itSection 186Whoever unlawful possess a narcotic drug, psychotropic substance, toxic substance or precursor forpersonal use (*) shall be liable to a term of imprisonment up to three years or forfeiture of an object.Section 187(1) Whoever without permission a narcotic drug , psychotropic substance, toxic substance or precursora) produces, exports, imports or transports,b) purchases, interchanges or procures by other mean,c) sales or exchanges by other mean, ord) harbours for any timeshall be liable to a term of imprisonment of two to eight years or to the forfeiture of property sentence, orto pecuniary penalty, or to the forfeiture of a thing sentence.(2) An offender shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of three to ten years if he commits the offencereferred to in paragraph 1a) against the person under eighteen years of age or person exempted of the legal capacity or person40