Key legal question
Whether producing and selling hemp cuttings fulfilled Art. 19 ch. 1 and 3 LStup
Extracted holding
No. The record did not establish that the plants were intended for use as narcotics, and negligent commission is incompatible with the wording 'in view of the production of narcotics'.
Extracted reasoning
The objective element requires that hemp be cultivated with the aim of extracting narcotics; THC content alone is insufficient. Because the purpose of narcotics production was not proven, and negligence cannot satisfy this offence, the conviction could not stand.