The Nationalist Party believes drug users should receive treatment rather than face criminal action but this must not be an indefinite “get-out-of-jail-free card”.

PN deputy leader Beppe Fenech Adami said personal drug use should be treated as a health issue rather than a criminal offence but cautioned against sending out the message “doing drugs is OK”.

“Society owes young people caught in possession of illegal drugs for personal use a second chance but repeat offenders should eventually end up in court,” he told Times of Malta while spelling out the PN’s stand on drug decriminalisation. The government has promised to release a White Paper on this issue in the coming days.

See his comments on video.

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