Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A Romanian court on Thursday sentenced American rapper Wiz Khalifa to nine months in prison for using marijuana during a music festival last year.
Citing local news outlets Agerpres and CanCan, USA Today reported the Constanța Court of Appeal issued the final ruling for "committing the crime of possession of high-risk drugs, without right, for own consumption.
The ruling by the appellate court came after the country's prosecutor's office -- DIICOT Constanța Territorial Service -- appealed an earlier sentence that saw Khalifa fined about $829.
The court said it strengthened the punishment because Khalifa sent "a message of normalization of illegal conduct" and encouraged "drug use among young people."
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