Mayor of Belo Horizonte Vetoes Bill Penalizing Public Drug Use

The Mayor of Belo Horizonte, a city in Brazil's Minas Gerais state, Álvaro Damião, has fully vetoed a bill that would penalize the possession or use…

Prepared by the City Council and introduced by a council member named Sargento Jalyson, the bill proposed a 1.500 Brezilya Reali administrative fine for individuals caught using or possessing drugs in public…