The proposed drug law reform is not the first of its kind but will be “significantly broader” than its failed predecessors, Justice Minister Owen Bonnici told Times of Malta yesterday.
Expected to be tabled in Parliament before the summer recess, the review appears to be edging towards the outright decriminalisation of simple drug possession.
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat had announced the government’s intention to move towards a decriminalisation policy during a press conference last week.
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