Kyle Jaeger, writing for Marijuana Moment:
At a time when numerous jurisdictions across the U.S. are weighing drug decriminalization proposals, the government of Norway on Friday proposed a bill to end the criminalization of personal possession of illicit substances.
Officials from the country’s Liberal Party unveiled the decriminalization legislation, which would make low-level possession a civil offense, rather than one that carries criminal penalties. Possession cases would also require mandatory treatment. […]
Refusal to comply with substance misuse treatment could result in a fine, but not the threat of jail time, under the proposal.
Decriminalization is spreading around the globe.