02-07-2003, 06:45 PM
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Smoking Weed on School Trip Not a Crime
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ROME (Reuters) - An Italian court has ruled that taking 40 joints of hashish on a school trip is not a crime.
The marijuana was for personal use since the 17-year-old student planned to share it with two fellow students and a teacher, the appeals court judge said.
Under Italian law, selling marijuana is a crime, but possession for personal use is not.
"It could easily have been consumed during the many days of the trip," Corriere della Sera daily quoted the court ruling as saying.