National and international legislation, terminology and definitional issues in the field of cannabis

Abstract

Not infrequently appear in the judgments and legislation in the field of drugs, cannabis-related terms that do not seem to be in line with the scientific studies conducted by the botany and toxicology. There were many chances we had at the legislative level to remedy this discrepancy lexical and terminological, but even today, there is still widespread uncertainty that could have implications for the practical application of the criminal provisions under the combined provisions of Articles 28 and 73 of TU, DPR 309/1990. The present work arises, therefore, the aim of addressing the issues mentioned above also through the analysis of the national and Community legislation as well as through the examination of some significant decisions of the Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Justice.