Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995 from the federal parliament. Consequently, the federal parliament retains the right to legislate for the territory, including the right to territory laws. In practice, it very rarely exercised that right. On 25 March 1997, the federal parliament passed the "Euthanasia Laws Act 1997", which, although not technically repealing the "Rights of the Terminally Ill Act", for all practical purposes rendered it of no legal effect. Rather than repeal the Act directly, the law instead amended the "Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978", the act under which the Commonwealth Parliament has delegated legislative power to the Northern Territory Parliament—effectively the territory's "constitution"
Decriminalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States average of $11.3 billion per year on courts, police, prison guards and other related expenses. Studies on decriminalization of marijuana in Portugal have indicated it to be a "huge success". Drug use rates in Portugal were found to be dramatically lower than the United States with decriminalization enacted. Teenage use of marijuana in the Netherlands where it is sold legally and openly is lower than in the United States. Uruguay became the first country in the world to completely legalize cannabis in 2013. Some people are in favor of decriminalization and legalization of marijuana simply for the moral stance that