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Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday voted to decriminalize the possession of marijuana for personal use, in a move that could help to reduce the country’s prison population. In future, possessing small amounts of cannabis will only be considered an administrative offence with no further legal consequences, the Supreme Court ruled. The judges must still define the specific quantities that fall under the new rules in the coming days. Court president Luís Roberto Barroso said: “We are not legalizing drug use or saying that it is a good thing.” Instead, he said, the judges aimed to find the most eff…

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