"possession" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Currently, mandatory minimum sentences for powder cocaine are triggered upon possession of quantities 100 times higher than in cases in which crack cocaine is involved.
- You should not become involved with drugs of any kind: possession of even very small quantities can lead to imprisonment or the death penalty.
- Melanin theorists assert that the possession of greater quantities of melanin gives black people inherent superiority.
- In recent years most Western countries have been reducing or eliminating arrests, prosecutions and prison sentences for possession of small quantities of illegal drugs.
- In South Australia possession of small quantities of cannabis is decriminalised, attracting a fine similar to that for a parking ticket.
- In 2001 he was sentenced to 30 years for possession of commercial quantities of cannabis resin.
- The law carries stiffer penalties for possession of larger quantities where prosecutors can prove there was an intent to sell the drug.
- A new anti-narcotic law adopted in January mandated the death sentence for possession of small quantities of heroin.
- A few jurisdictions have lessened penalties for possession of small quantities of cannabis, making it punishable by confiscation and a fine, rather than imprisonment.
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