July 28, 1971 (12 pages)

res ; a ee 1S ha . Ma. Sa ee a es son or daugh overseas traveling Y reondr Just facts. 12 The Nevada County Nugget Wednesday, July 28, 1971 A lot of young people have a misconception about foreign drug laws. They think they’re not as tightly enforced as the drug laws here. And that’s wrong. Really wrong. Drug laws in Eine. south of our own border and in the East are a whole lot tougher than ours. In Mexico, for example. possession demands a 2 to 9 year sentence. Carrying stuff in or out of the country will put you in jail for 6 to 15 years. That's the law. And there’s no way around the law. Drug arrests of Americans . overseas have jumped 70% since last year and nobody can help. Not triends. Or family. Not the United States government. That's why over 700 American citizens are doing time on drug charges in foreign jails. If your-son or daughter is touring abroad, tear out the sections of this page that apply. Mail it. Now. T : iets another _ ugs. C. need facts, not e another lecture. They need to know that their drug laws are a whole lot tougher than ours. Check it out. —E Mexico Possession, 2 to 9 years plus fine. Traflicking. 3 to 10 years plus fine. Hlegal-import or export of drugs, 6 to 15 years plus tine. Persons arrested on drug charges can expect a minimum of 6 to 12) months pre-trial confinement. U.S. Embassy Cor. Danubio and Paseodelareforna 305 Colonia Cuauktemorz Mexico City, Mexico Tel. S11-7991 Spain Penalty depends on quantity of drugs involved. Less than 500 grams, fine and release on bail until tral. More than 500 grams, heavy fine plus minimum of 6 years in jail. U.S. Embassy Serrano 75 Madrid, Spain Tel. 276-3400 Italy Possession or attempted sale, 3 years. Trafficking, 3to 8 years. Persons arrested on drug charges are not eligible for bail. U.S. Embassy Via V. Veneto 119 Rome, Italy Tel. 4674 Greece Possession, minimum 2 years in jail. Trafficking, 5 to 20 years plus fine. U.S. Embassy 91 Basilissis Sophia’s Blvd. Athens, Greece Tel. 712951 Germany Possession, up to 3 years. Law may be changed this summer demanding increased penalty. U.S. Embassy Nehlener Avenue $3 Bonn-Bad Godeberg Bonn, Germany Tel. 02229-1955 \ Bahamas © Turkey Possession, 3 months to 1 zy year. U.S. Embassy Adderly Building Nassau. Bahamas Tel. 21181 Possession, 3 to 15 years. # Trafficking. 10 years to life. £g U.S. Embassy 110 Ataturk Blvd. Ankara, Turkey Tel. 125-050 ents, 7 advertising contributed in the public interest ie -¢ ". SO aia? y ve . $4, \ § ha 0 + 4 t .° es WSF Pod Shes wi rrr er Japan Sentences based’on amount of drugs. Recent case involved 600 grams of hashish. Subject was sentenced to 2 years. Deportation follows. U.S. Embassy 10-5 Akasaka I-Chrome Minato-Ku, Tokyo Tel. 583-7141 Canada Possession of narcotics (including marijuana). up to 7 years in prison at the discretion of the judge. Up to life’ imprisonment, but not less than 7 years for importation of narcotics (including marijuana) into the country. U.S. Embassy 100 Willington Street Ottawa, Canada Tel. 236-2341 Sweden Possession or sale, up to 19 months and permanent expulsion from the country: U.S. Embassy Strandeaten. 101 Stockholm. Sweden Tel. 63/05/20 Possession, varies, but less than for trafficking. Minimum of 3 to 4 months pretrial confinement. Trafficking. . to 5 years. U.S. Embassy 19. Rue de Franqueville Paris. France Tel. Anjou 6440 Lebanon years in a mental hospital, Trafficking. 3 to IS years. U.S. Embassy Corniche at Rue Aiv Mreisseh. Beirut. Lebanon Tel. 240-800 For viokation of the Law of Euphoria, fine. imprisonment or both, up to 2 years, at the discretion of the court. The Ministry of Justice has announced that foreigners would be expelled or deported from the country if found in possession of even small amounts of hashish. U.S. Embassy Dag Hammarskjolds Alle 24 Copenhagen. Denmark Tel. TRTA 4504 Possession and use, . to 3 a ee ee ee ee ee ee ee Pk EP Pe ee ee ee ee eee eee s ee ae ee ‘ Jamaica # Possession, minimum of 18 months. U.S. Embassy 43 Duke Street Kingston, Jamaica Tel. 26341 Kingdom Possession of, heroin or LSD, 7 years in prison or a fine of $1,000, or both. Possession of Codeine or Cannabis. 5 years imprisonment. U.S. Embassy 24/31 Grosvenor Square W.1, London, England Tel. 499-9000 q 29-3

res ; a ee 1S ha . Ma. Sa ee a es son or daugh overseas traveling Y reondr Just facts. 12 The Nevada County Nugget Wednesday, July 28, 1971 A lot of young people have a misconception about foreign drug laws. They think they’re not as tightly enforced as the drug laws here. And that’s wrong. Really wrong. Drug laws in Eine. south of our own border and in the East are a whole lot tougher than ours. In Mexico, for example. possession demands a 2 to 9 year sentence. Carrying stuff in or out of the country will put you in jail for 6 to 15 years. That's the law. And there’s no way around the law. Drug arrests of Americans . overseas have jumped 70% since last year and nobody can help. Not triends. Or family. Not the United States government. That's why over 700 American citizens are doing time on drug charges in foreign jails. If your-son or daughter is touring abroad, tear out the sections of this page that apply. Mail it. Now. T : iets another _ ugs. C. need facts, not e another lecture. They need to know that their drug laws are a whole lot tougher than ours. Check it out. —E Mexico Possession, 2 to 9 years plus fine. Traflicking. 3 to 10 years plus fine. Hlegal-import or export of drugs, 6 to 15 years plus tine. Persons arrested on drug charges can expect a minimum of 6 to 12) months pre-trial confinement. U.S. Embassy Cor. Danubio and Paseodelareforna 305 Colonia Cuauktemorz Mexico City, Mexico Tel. S11-7991 Spain Penalty depends on quantity of drugs involved. Less than 500 grams, fine and release on bail until tral. More than 500 grams, heavy fine plus minimum of 6 years in jail. U.S. Embassy Serrano 75 Madrid, Spain Tel. 276-3400 Italy Possession or attempted sale, 3 years. Trafficking, 3to 8 years. Persons arrested on drug charges are not eligible for bail. U.S. Embassy Via V. Veneto 119 Rome, Italy Tel. 4674 Greece Possession, minimum 2 years in jail. Trafficking, 5 to 20 years plus fine. U.S. Embassy 91 Basilissis Sophia’s Blvd. Athens, Greece Tel. 712951 Germany Possession, up to 3 years. Law may be changed this summer demanding increased penalty. U.S. Embassy Nehlener Avenue $3 Bonn-Bad Godeberg Bonn, Germany Tel. 02229-1955

\ Bahamas © Turkey Possession, 3 months to 1 zy year. U.S. Embassy Adderly Building Nassau. Bahamas Tel. 21181 Possession, 3 to 15 years. # Trafficking. 10 years to life. £g U.S. Embassy 110 Ataturk Blvd. Ankara, Turkey Tel. 125-050 ents, 7 advertising contributed in the public interest ie -¢ ". SO aia? y ve . $4, \ § ha 0 + 4 t .° es WSF Pod Shes wi rrr er Japan Sentences based’on amount of drugs. Recent case involved 600 grams of hashish. Subject was sentenced to 2 years. Deportation follows. U.S. Embassy 10-5 Akasaka I-Chrome Minato-Ku, Tokyo Tel. 583-7141 Canada Possession of narcotics (including marijuana). up to 7 years in prison at the discretion of the judge. Up to life’ imprisonment, but not less than 7 years for importation of narcotics (including marijuana) into the country. U.S. Embassy 100 Willington Street Ottawa, Canada Tel. 236-2341 Sweden Possession or sale, up to 19 months and permanent expulsion from the country: U.S. Embassy Strandeaten. 101 Stockholm. Sweden Tel. 63/05/20 Possession, varies, but less than for trafficking. Minimum of 3 to 4 months pretrial confinement. Trafficking. . to 5 years. U.S. Embassy 19. Rue de Franqueville Paris. France Tel. Anjou 6440 Lebanon years in a mental hospital, Trafficking. 3 to IS years. U.S. Embassy Corniche at Rue Aiv Mreisseh. Beirut. Lebanon Tel. 240-800 For viokation of the Law of Euphoria, fine. imprisonment or both, up to 2 years, at the discretion of the court. The Ministry of Justice has announced that foreigners would be expelled or deported from the country if found in possession of even small amounts of hashish. U.S. Embassy Dag Hammarskjolds Alle 24 Copenhagen. Denmark Tel. TRTA 4504 Possession and use, . to 3 a ee ee ee ee ee ee ee Pk EP Pe ee ee ee ee eee eee s ee ae ee ‘ Jamaica # Possession, minimum of 18 months. U.S. Embassy 43 Duke Street Kingston, Jamaica Tel. 26341 Kingdom Possession of, heroin or LSD, 7 years in prison or a fine of $1,000, or both. Possession of Codeine or Cannabis. 5 years imprisonment. U.S. Embassy 24/31 Grosvenor Square W.1, London, England Tel. 499-9000 q 29-3