• Cheradenine
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    1 year ago

    From the full article

    ‘In South Korea, those convicted of trafficking marijuana face from five years to life in prison. Drug possession carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison or a fine of about 50m won ($37,200; £30,300).’

    So even possession is punishable. They aren’t going to care that it’s a small amout, and with the cash they also confiscated they will assume there was more that had already been sold. That is where the trafficking comes in I would guess.

    • lolcatnip@reddthat.com
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      1 year ago

      I don’t know about Korea but in the US, trafficking doesn’t necessarily mean trafficking. It means having more on hand than some bureaucrat decided a normal person would keep for their own personal use.

      • johnzoidburg@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        This is correct, if you have over 28 grams of weed (at least in my state) and plan to use it all for personal use, it doesn’t matter. Per the law, it is- prema facia evidence for trafficking.