Dubai: Kuwait’s Cabinet has approved a comprehensive new anti-narcotics law that introduces random drug testing for military and civilian employees, mandatory testing for driver’s licence and marriage applicants, and strict penalties for drug-related crimes, including the death penalty in the most serious cases. According to the state-run news agency KUNA, the revised law — approved at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al Abdullah Al Sabah — will be submitted to Emir Sheikh Mishal Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah for endorsement. The amended legislation consolidates two previous laws — Law No. 74 of 1983 on combating narcotics and Law No. 48 of 1987 on psychotropic...
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Kuwait approves harsh new anti-drug law: Random testing, death penalty for traffickers
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