IMalta ibethe iLuxembourg ekubeni yeyokuqala udibano lwaseyurophu urhulumente ukuba enze ngokusemthethweni ukusetyenziswa kwentsangu ngokuzonwabisa kunye nokulinywa kunye nokuba ne-cannabis ukuze uyisebenzise.
Umthetho omtsha ogweba ukusetyenziswa kunye nokulinywa kwento evunyiweyo yipalamente yaseMalta namhlanje.
Umthetho wapasiswa ngamavoti angama-36 ukuya kuma-27, kwaye ngoku kufuneka usayinwe ngumthetho ngumongameli waseMalta.
Ukuwiswa kwalo mthetho kwanconywa nguMphathiswa woLingano u-Owen Bonnici, okhokele lo mthetho uyilwayo. UBonnici uthe iphawule ukwamkelwa kwendlela entsha "yokunciphisa ubungozi" kwi-cannabis.
“Umthetho oyilwayo wohlengahlengiso lwe-cannabis usandula ukuvunywa kwinqanaba lesithathu lokufunda. Singabenzi botshintsho,” utshilo umphathiswa kuTwitter.
Ngaphantsi komthetho omtsha, abantu abadala baseMalta baya kukwazi ukuthwala ngokusemthethweni ukuya kwi-7 grams ye-cannabis ngaphandle koloyiko lokubanjwa okanye ukuhluthwa kwento.
Abo babanjwe benomthwalo omkhulu kubo, phakathi kwe-7 grams kunye ne-28 grams, kuya kufuneka bavele phambi kwenkundla yolawulo kunenkundla yolwaphulo-mthetho.
Ukulinywa ekhaya kwezityalo ezine ze-cannabis kwikhaya ngalinye ngoku kuya kuba semthethweni ngokunjalo. Izityalo, nangona kunjalo, akufuneki zibonakale esidlangalaleni. Ngaphezu koko, abantu baya kukwazi ukugcina ukuya kwi-50 grams yemveliso eyomileyo kumakhaya abo ngaphandle kokwesaba ukujongana nayo nayiphi na imiphumo.
Ukutshaya i-cannabis esidlangalaleni, nangona kunjalo, kuhlala kuvaliwe, kunye nabaphuli-mthetho abajongene nesohlwayo sokuya kuthi ga kwi-235 yeedola (i-266 yeedola), kunye nesohlwayo esonyuka ukuya kuthi ga kwi-500 ye-euro ukuba into ibitshaywa phambi kwabancinci.
Urhwebo kwi-cannabis luhlala luthintelwe kakhulu, kunye nabantu abatshaya imbiza abangafuniyo okanye abangakwaziyo ukuzikhulisa ukuba bajoyine "imibutho ye-cannabis" emitsha ukuze bafikelele ichiza. Le mibutho, enokusekwa kuphela njengeengenzi nzuzo ngabantu abazimeleyo, baya kukwazi ukusabalalisa imveliso phakathi kwamalungu abo, ukuya kuthi ga kwi-7 grams ngosuku kunye ne-50 grams ngenyanga.
Lo mthetho wajongana nokugxekwa kabukhali ngabachasi basekunene, oogqirha abathile, imibutho engekho phantsi kukarhulumente kunye neCawa yamaKatolika, abachasi belumkisa ngemiphumo eyahlukahlukeneyo enokubakho evela kuyo.
Uloyiko lokujika Malta emhadini weziyobisi, nangona kunjalo, ziye zagxothwa ngabaxhasi bomthetho, abakholelwa ukuba kunokubakho umngcipheko wokukhokelela ekuxhatshazweni kokusetyenziswa kwe-cannabis.
“Urhulumente akacengi abantu abadala ukuba babhenele ekusebenziseni i-cannabis okanye bakhuthaze isiko le-cannabis. Urhulumente uhlala ekhuthaza abantu ukuba benze ukhetho olunempilo, ”ubhale uBonnici.
Ukwamkelwa komthetho kwenza Malta eyokuqala udibano lwaseyurophu ilizwe liphumle kakhulu kwizithintelo zalo ezinxulumene ne-cannabis. Isicwangciso esifanayo satyhilwa yiLuxembourg ngo-Okthobha, nangona umthetho oyilwayo ofanelekileyo usalindele ukuvunywa yipalamente.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Ukutshaya i-cannabis esidlangalaleni, nangona kunjalo, kuhlala kuvaliwe, kunye nabaphuli-mthetho abajongene nesohlwayo sokuya kuthi ga kwi-235 yeedola (i-266 yeedola), kunye nesohlwayo esonyuka ukuya kuthi ga kwi-500 ye-euro ukuba into ibitshaywa phambi kwabancinci.
- These associations, which can be established only as non-profits by private individuals, will be able to distribute the product among their members, up to a maximum of 7 grams per day and 50 grams per month.
- Fears of turning Malta into a drug den, however, have been dismissed by the law's sponsors, who do not believe there could be a risk of it leading to rampant cannabis abuse.
