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CANNABIS
SITUATION AROUND THE WORLD
UPDATED June 2022
In France
it is called Chanvre; in Spain Canamo in Russia Konoplya;
in China
Tal Ma; in Hungary Kender.
It has
many other names.
Cannabis possession and cultivation and suppy is illegal almost everywhere. In many
countries there is what appears to be decriminalisation for personal possession
of small amounts, but this is largely due to the ineffectiveness of the law
and the inability of the police to cope. Nevertheless you can be arrested for
small amounts, even on suspicion, and will be fined or imprisoned for selling,
almost everywhere. Some countries even KILL
people for it. However, the situation is some countries is changing, in particular regarding what is often called "medical cannabis"
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for more details on
each country.)
CANNABIS LEGALISATION: A GLOBAL CHANGE by TRANSFORM, May 2021
THERE IS THE RISK OF DEATH FOR SMUGGLING OR POSSESSING MORE THAN SPECIFIED AMOUNTS
IN THESE COUNTRIES
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- UNITED NATIONS: UNITED NATIONS APPROVES WHO RECOMMENDATION TO RESCHEDULE CANNABIS IN HISTORIC VOTE: HOW THE COUNTRIES VOTED: 2 Dec 2020
- UNITED NATIONS: UN APPROVES WHO RECOMMENDATION TO RESCHEDULE CANNABIS IN HISTORIC VOTE: December 2 2020
- UNITED NATIONS: Commission On Narcotic Drug Delays Vote On Cannabis Recommendations : 26 February 2019
- UNITED NATIONS: Global Drug Survey: Results for 2013 : 1 May 2013
- UNITED NATIONS: CANADA: UN Narcotics Control Board Questions Canada's Policy On Use Of Marijuana: Canadian Online Explorer, 25 February 2003
- UNITED NATIONS: UK: Cannabis Changes Wrong, Says UN: The Times, 26 February 2003
- UNITED NATIONS: UN Raps EU Countries Over Cannabis Let-Up: The Age, Australia, 27 February 2002
- UNITED NATIONS: UN Treaty 'No Bar' To Easing Drug Laws: The Guardian, 28 August 2001
- AFGHANISTAN: Afghans best producers of cannabis: UN : The Australian, 31 March 2010
- AFGHANISTAN: Cannabis is the New Drug of Choice for Afghanistan's : Times On-Line ,7 December 2007
- ALBANIA: Goes to War With Pot Farmers: Newser, 19 June 2014
- ALGERIA: Drug Trafficker Zendjabil Abdelkder Jailed in Saida: Elkhabar, 7 February 2008
- ALASKA: Medical Marijuana Legal: The Juneau Empire, 2 March 1999
- ALBANIA: As Pot Farms Spread Far And Wide: Business Week US), 23 March 2000
- ARGENTINA: A New Proposal For Medicinal Cannabis: 3 May 2013
- ARGENTINA: Argentina court ruling would allow personal use of pot: CNN, 25 August 2009
- AUSTRALIA: Medicinal cannabis laws passed in Queensland Parliament
- AUSTRALIA: Expert calls for marijuana to be legalised to reduce harm of binge drinking in teens : 10 July 2013
- AUSTRALIA: Western Australia Eases Rules on Cannabis:: New Zealand Herald, 22 March 2004
- AUSTRIA: Austria allows cannabis for medical purposes: Khaleej Times, July 10 2008
- BELGIUM: Belgian police unconstitutionally raid Cannabis Social Club: NORML UK, 23 December 2013
- BELIZE: Belize Considering Decriminalisation of Marijuana Possession: The Carribean, 20 July 2012
- BERMUDA: Bermuda Urged to Decriminalize Marijuana : 13 May 2014
- BHUTAN: Growing Cannabis Problem: BBC News, 30 May 2002
- BORNEO: Nigerian College Student Gets Six years, 12 Strokes for Drug Possession: Borneo Post, 13 July 2012
- BORNEO: Thai woman escapes hangman's noose: Borneo Post, 26 April 2012
- BRAZIL: Judge Says Legalize All Drugs Worldwide: Opposing Views, 5 April 2010
- BRUNEI: Trio Face Death in Cannabis Case
- BULGARIA: Bulgaria Is Among Cannabis Top Producers in Europe: Standard Times, 26 February 2010
- CAMAROON: Camaroon To Import Cannabis: BBC News, 8 January 2001
- CAMBODIA: U.N. Report - Cambodia Top World Source Of Marijuana: The Star, Malaysia, 8 June 2001
- CANADA: Cannabis becomes legal in Canada : The Guardian, 18 October 2015
- CANADA: Canada to pardon pot possession as it legalises cannabis: New Zealand Herald, 18 October 2015
- CHILE: :Removes Cannabis from Its Schedule of Hard Drugs: The Leafly Legalization Roundup: 7 December 2015
- CHILE: :Chile takes step toward cannabis decriminalisation: 7 July 2015
- CHILE: :Chile plants cannabis for medicinal use
- CHINA: :: death sentence on over 5 kilos
- COLOMBIA: : Legalizes Medical Marijuana : Yahoo News, 23 December 2015
- CYPRUS: Nine years jail for cannabis trafficker: Cyrus Mail, 8 October 2010
- CZECH REPUBLC: Czech Republic Legalizes Cannabis For Medicinal Consumption: eNews Park Forest, 21 February 2013
- CZECH REPUBLIC: Medical Marijuana Now Sold Legally in Pharmacies Throughout the Czech Republic: 2 April 2013
- CZECH REPUBLC: Punishment for Marihuana to be Milder for Czechs: Prague Monitor, January 2 2009
- DENMARK approves medical cannabis trial: local.dk, 8 November 2016
- DENMARK Life after cannabis prohibition: The city announces its ambitions: Copenhagen Post, 16 March 2013
- DENMARK Mayors reject legal cannabis proposal: Copenhagen Post, 4 March 2013
- DENMARK Majority Wants to Legalise Hash: Politiken, 6 August 2012
- DUBAI: Manager, salesman jailed fouryears for possessing cannabis Manager claimed he possessed 1.2kg cannabis for consumption: Gulf News, 3 March 2013
- DUBAI: Radio DJ Jailed in Dubai Over Drugs : Press Association , February 20 2008
- DUBAI: Dealers Get Death for Trafficking Cannabis: Gulf News, 18 November 2003
- EGYPT: MP Proposes Law to Decriminalise All Drug Use, Talking Drugs, 12 November 2018
- ESTONIA: Businessmen want to restore cannabis industry in Estonia: Baltic Business News, 15 July 2008
- FIJI: Marijuana a Fiji Election Issue: A Fijian high chief has said his people should be shot dead if found planting marijuana: CNN (US Web), 19 August 2001
- FINLAND: Cannabis cultivation on the rise: 18 July 2013
- FINLAND: Legal cannabis rejected by government: Copenhagen Post, 14 May 2012
- FIJI: Fiji: Drug user gets jail time: Fiji Daily Post, July 21 2008
- FRANCE: 'First ever' bill proposes legal cannabis in France : 30 January 2014
- FRANCE: Law on pot-based medicine takes effect: 10 June 2013
- GERMANY:Moves To Legalize Cannabis, Second Country After Malta In Europe: 28 December 2021
- GREECE: Medical Cannabis to be Sold at Pharmacies : 11 April 2022
- GHANA: Will Ghana be next to legalize marijuana? : SpyGhana, 4 January 2014
- GHANA: Police Arrest Chief: Modern Ghana, 27 October 2007
- GUAM: Religion No Defense For Drugs: Newsday, 29 May 2002
this counteracts Ruling Alters Law On Marijuana allowing Religious Use: Honolulu Advertiser, 12 September 2000
- GUATEMALA President to world: Legalize drugs: AZ Central, 25 September 2012
- GUYANA: Fine and One Month (for 1 gramme of cannabis): Stabroek News, 6 August 2012
- HAWAII:Judiciary Committee Votes to Decriminalize Adult-Use of Cannabis: 27 February 2019
- HUNGARY: Police Raid Hungary's Largest Ever Cannabis Plantation: 6 August 2012
- INDIA: India Votes To Reclassify And Delist Cannabis From The Most Strict Drug Control List At The UN: 6 December 2020
- INDIA: Is Uttarakhand Going To India's First State To Legalise Growing Cannabis?: Scoop Whoop, 27 November 2015
- INDIA: Pot smokers exhale with relief over new drug law: India Express, 23 February 2010
- INDIA: Government may relax 'death penalty' clause under Narcotics Act: Hindustan Times, 8 May 2012
- INDIA: 20 years imprisonment for cannabis cultivators: Daily Etalaat, 28 August 2009
- INDONESIA: :Indonesia will consider pleas for clemency (Schapelle Corby): Sydney Morning Herald, 8 July 2011
- IRAN: :Iran criticizes UN decision to remove cannabis from most dangerous drug category: 5 December 2020
- IRAN:: Two drug traffickers hanged: Peninsula On-Line, Qatar, 5 May 2007
- IRELAND: EU to discuss legalising medicinal cannabis: Evening Echo, 6 September 2010
- ISRAEL: Israel to decriminalize personal use of cannabis : 22 June 2020
- ISRAEL: Israel relaxes restrictions on medical marijuana: Haaretz, 5 September 2010
- ITALY: Italy decriminalises recreational cannabis and legalises home cultivation: CanEX, 9 September 2021
- ITALY: Italy blocks move classifying CBD as a narcotic: 30 October 2020
- ITALY: Italian parliament mulls cannabis motion :16 July 2015
- ITALY: Cannabis Based Medicine 'Sativex' Now Available in Italy: 9 June 2013
- JAMAICA: says yes to retail cannabis, no to corporations: Brattleboro Reformer, 14 October 2021
- JAMAICA: Jamaica poised to relax cannabis laws: The Guardian, 22 January 2015
- JAMAICA: Jamaica drafts new cannabis laws: Courier, 1 October 2014
- JAMAICA: Government Considers Legalization of Marijuana: KBCS New, March 1 2008
- JAPAN: Japanese Ministry of Health to Discuss Medical Cannabis Legalization: 27 May 2022
- KENYA: Man Gets Life in Sentence for Trafficking Bhang:All Africa, 8 July 2011
- KENYA: Cannabis Given As Pain Killer: East African Standard, 1 April 2002
- KUWAIT: Drug Addiction Growing: Seattle Times, 11 August 2002
- LEBANON: Cannabis farmers scoff at LL45 billion plan: Daily Star, Lebanon, 27 September 2012
- LEBANON: Compensation for Criminals but Rest Wither on the Vine: The National, Lebanon, 9 August 2012
- LEBANON: Security Forces Destroying Cannabis Come under Fire in East Lebanon: Daily Star Lebanon, 23 July 2012
- LUXEMBURG: Luxembourg legalizes growing cannabis in EU first: DW, 23 October 2021
- MALDIVES: : Bangladeshi man sentenced to life for attempting to smuggle cannabis: Minivan News, 30 April 2012
- MALDIVES: : Reggae artist sentenced to 10 years for cannabis possession : Minivan News, 22 September 2010
- MALAYSIA: : Home Ministry: UN reclassification on cannabis does not affect controls in country: 4 December 2020
- MALAYSIA: : DEATH PENALTY IN MALAYSIA
- MALAYSIA: : THAI TO HANG FOR CARRYING CANNABIS: 26 November 2012>
- MALAYSIA: : Two Customs officers to hang for trafficking in cannabis : New Straits Times, 10 October 2012
- MALAYSIA: : Upheld: Death Sentence On Indonesian For Drug Trafficking: Bernama, 23 April 2012
- MALAYSIA:Van Driver To Hang For Drug Trafficking: Bernarma, 17 June 2010
- MALTA: Becomes first EU country to legalise cannabis for personal use : 14 Dec 2021
- MEXICO: Is Mexico about to become the world's biggest legal cannabis market?: 30 November 2020
- MEXICO: Weeding Out a New Tijuana: Baltimore Sun, 17 August 2002
- MALTA: No possession of drugs required for drug possession charges: Malta Today, 4 September 2012
- MEXICO: Supreme Court Strikes Down Cannabis Prohibition : Leafly, 31 October 2018
- MEXICO: Mexico Favors Decriminalizing Over Legalizing Marijuana: Hispanically Speaking News, 8 August 2013
- MEXICO: Mexico should take the next step and fully legalize drugs: The Examiner, 25 August 2009
- MEXICO: Mexico decriminalizes small-scale drug possession: The Boston Globe, 21 August 2009
- MOROCCO: Three provinces selected to grow cannabis legally : 4 March 2022
- MOROCCO: Votes 'Yes' in Historic UN Vote on Cannabis: 2 December 2020
- MOROCCO: World-wide cracks Hawaii Daily News, 31 July 2013
- MOROCCO: Will the Cultivation of Cannabis be Legalized in Morocco?, 16 June 2013
- NEPAL: International Customs Day Combatting Drug Trafficking : Gorkhapatra, 26 January 2008
- NETHERLANDS: Five cannabis plants not punishable: April 2011
- NETHERLANDS: Dutch Government Wants "Members Only" Cannabis Coffee Shops: Drug War Chronciles, 20 September 2009
- NETHERLANDS: Netherlands aims to end drug tourism: Euronews, 13 May 2009
- NETHERLANDS: : click here
- NEW ZEALAND : Referendum result: Cannabis legalisation abandoned by Government, Greens won't concede defeat: 30 October 2020
- NEW ZEALAND : Police rebuff call for cannabis law change : Otago Daily Times, 16 May 2014
- NEW ZEALAND : Ministry rejects cannabis petition: 3News, 10 May 2014
- NIGERIA : Should Marijuana Also Be Legalised In Nigeria?: Leadership, 23 December 2013
- NORTH KOREA: North Korea Has A Surprising Attitude To Marijuana: Business Insider, 15 January 2013
- NORTH KOREA: Cannabis was never made illegal and remains the preferred herb of the citizen : Dutch Passion Seeds, 17 January 2013
- NORWAY: Commission Set To Call For Decriminalization: Aftenposten, 25 January 2002
- PAKISTAN : Charas, cannabis epidemic hits Karachi schools and colleges : Sify News, 10 June 2010
- PENANG: : Ex-painter Sent to Gallows The Star, Malaysia, 29 October 2007
- PARAGUAY: Paraguay president rejects marijuana legalization:New Zealand Herald, 3 January 2014
- PERU: Peru calls for debate on the legalization of marijuana:RT News, 5 January 2014
- PHILIPPINES: Man Gets 15 Years In Jail For Marijuana Possession: Freeman Philippines, 18 July 2005
- PHILIPPINES: Aussie Gets 12 Years For Marijuana: People's Tonight (Philippines), 20 October 2004
- PHILIPPINES: Death for Marijuana: Philippine Star, 29 June 2002
- PHILIPPINES: President Signs Four 'Landmark' Bills Into Law: death penalty: Manila Times, 8 June 2002
- PORTUGAL: Portugal Rejects Recreational Cannabis, as Medical Becomes Legal: Talking Drugs, 26 February 2019
- PORTUGAL: Portuguese Politicians Propose Bill to Legalise and Regulate Cannabis: Sensi Seeds, 27 July 2012
- PORTUGAL: Portugal drug decriminalisation a resounding success: will Britain respond? No. : The Telegraph, 28 Sept 2010
- PORTUGAL: Cannabis Use Levels Off After Sharp Rise in the 90's: Portugal News, 8 August 2008
- PUERTO RICA: Eyes Production of Medicinal Marijuana : Latin America Herald Tribune, 6 May 2015
- PUERTO RICA: Rejects Smoking Marijuana for Medicinal Purposes: Yahoo News, 6 May 2015
- RWANDA: Four Districts Step Up Fight Against Drug Trafficking: AllAfrica, 6 August 2012
- RWANDA: Rwanda: 1, 600 Arrested for Narcotics, Kanyanga : AllAfrica, 30 July 2012
- SAUDI ARABIA: Executes Iraqi For Drug Smuggling: New Zealand Herald, 14 April 2003
- SCOTLAND: Police To Retain Harder Line On Cannabis: The Scotsman, 5 September 2002
- SCOTLAND: Scotland's First Cannabis Cafe Set To Open: The Herald, 3 May 2002
- SCOTLAND: Police Ignore Cannabis Dealers In Attempt To Crack Down on Hard Drugs: Scotland on Sunday, 12 August 2001
- SINGAPORE: Cannabis possession: Singapore rejects Nigerian’s clemency plea – Amnesty Int’l: Ynaija, 16 November 2016
- SINGAPORE: Pusher jailed, caned for selling drugs to students at international schools: Straits Times, 6 June 2013
- SINGAPORE: Singapore sentences Ghanaian drug trafficker to death: AFP, 3 January 2009
- SINGAPORE: Singapore defends death penalty: 20 January 2009
- SINGAPORE: Singapore 'disappointed' with UN move to loosen controls on cannabis: MHA: 3 December 2020
- SOUTH AFRICA: SA's first dagga growing club heads to the high court nearly two years after police raid 6 June 2022
- SOUTH AFRICA: South Africa To Consider Legalizing Marijuana Truthonpot, 8 August 2013
- SOUTH AFRICA: Govt commission recommends semi-legalisation of marijuana, SABC News, 18 September 2012
- SOUTH KOREA: : South Korea Approves Medical Marijuana , 12 December 2018
- SOUTH KOREA: Debates Mount Over Marijuana Ban: Korea Times (South Korea), 19 October 2004
- SPAIN: Judges take action on Spain's cannabis clubs: July 10 2015
- SPAIN: Legislation Passed to Formally License Catalonia's Cannabis Clubs For First Time :3 February 2015
- SPAIN: Spaniards say yes to cannabis legalisation : 11 December 2014
- SPAIN: How Barcelona is getting it wrong on cannabis:: 4 April 2014
- SPAIN: 'Cannabis is not a drug': Spain's anti-drug czar 30 September 2013
- SPAIN: Cannabis club thrives in Canary Islands: 19 April 2013
- SPAIN: Cannabis Clubs in Spain: Beckely Foundation, Sept 2012
- SPAIN: Catalan Parliament Pushes For Legalisation Of Cannabis: British Medical Journal, 3 March 2001
- SRI LANKA: Largest ever cannabis plantation found: 12 July 2103
- SRI LANKA: Police Intensify Campaign Against Drugs: Sunday Observer, 26 June 2005
- ST LUCIA: St Lucians will be allowed to possess 30 grams of cannabis: WIC News, 15 September 2021
- SWAZILAND: Growing Marijuana to Make Ends Meet in Swaziland: AllAfricam, 6 September 2013
- SWEDEN: Deserted Swedish homes used to grow cannabis: The Local, 14 May 2012
- SWITZERLAND: to legalise recreational and medical cannabis usageThe Local, 19 October 2021
- SWITZERLAND: Zurich's recreational cannabis trial to start next year: CanEx, 15 September 2021
- SWITZERLAND: Switzerland Gears Up to Open Cannabis Social Clubs : Culture, 16 February 2015
- TAIWAN: Bird-Feed Shop Selling Marijuana: Taipei Times, 26 January 2003
- THAILAND: Thai Cabinet approves medical cannabis law : 5 August 2020
- THAILAND: to allow people to grow unlimited number of cannabis plants: 6 June 2022
- THAILAND: Cannabis Penalties to the Quashed From Thursday : 6 June 2022
- TUNISIA: Prime Minister Promises Reform of Country's Harsh Marijuana Law: 16 May 2014
- TRINIDAD and Tobago: Cannabis proven to be safe. Marijuana advocates hold second rally in Sando: 28 January 2019
- TURKEY: Turkey legalizes cannabis production in 19 provinces: Daily Sabah, 20 October 2016
- UKRAINE: : Ukraine Decriminalizes Medical Marijuana, Pleasantly Surprising Advocates And Patients: 7 June 2022
- UGANDA: Uganda Now Drug Hub, Admits Police: AllAfrica, 23 May 2013
- URUGUAY: to Sell 3 Types of Marijuana in Drug Stores : WHTC, 18 June 2014
- URUGUAY: Set to allow doctors to prescribe cannabis: TeleSUR, 6 December 2015
- URUGUAY: Unveils Details for World's First National Legal Marijuana Market: World Post, 6 May 2014
- URUGUAY: Uruguay votes to create world's first national legal marijuana market: The Guardian, 1 August 2013
- URUGUAY: Uruguay Takes Historic Step Toward Becoming First Country to Legally Regulate Marijuana: Drug Policvy Alliance, 31 July 2013
- URUGUAY: Uruguay prepares for cannabis legalisation: Talking Drugs, 4 March 2013
- URUGUAY: Government Considers Growing Own Marijuana : Alaska Dispatch, 28 September 2012
- URUGUAY: President Mujica Backs Down On Plan To Legalise Cannabis: Bernama, 16 July 2012
- URUGUAY: Leader Urges Legalizing Drugs: Inquirer, 11 February 2001
- USA: In Historic Vote, House Passes Far-Reaching Marijuana Reform 228-164: 4 December 2020
- USA: Longest-Serving Cannabis Offender To Be Released Early From 90-Year Prison Sentence: 21 November 2020
- USA: Clean Sweep For Marijuana On Election Night: Arizona, New Jersey And Montana All Legalize Recreational Cannabis: November 2040
- USA: New Jersey Legalizes Use Of Recreational Cannabis On Election Day: 4 November 2020
- USA: South Dakota OKs adult use cannabis after passing medical measure: 4 November 2020
- USA: Arizona failed to legalize marijuana in 2016. But voters just did it in 2020: 3 November 2020
- USA: Mississippi Overwhelmingly Approves Medical Cannabis Legalization: 3 November 2020
- USA: Montanans Vote YES on Marijuana Legalization: 3 November 2020
- USA: South Dakota OKs adult use cannabis after passing medical measure: 4 November 2020
- USA: Nearly one in five Americans will now have access to recreational cannabis : International Supermarket News,16 November 2016
- USA: California, Nevada and Massachusetts vote to legalize recreational marijuana: The Guardian, 9 November 2016
- USA: Maine Becomes the Eighth State to Legalize Marijuana. It is the second state on the East Coast to do so, joining Massachusetts: Reason, 9 November 2016
- USA: Nearly one in five Americans will now have access to recreational cannabis : Alaska Dispatch News, 20 February 2015
- USA: Voters give nod to legal marijuana in Oregon, Alaska, and Washington, D.C.: Reuters, 5 November 2014
- USA: First American states vote to legalise cannabis and gay marriage: The Mirror, 7 November 2012
- USA: Amendment 64 Passes: Colorado Legalizes Marijuana For Recreational Use: Huffington Post, 7 November 2012
- USA: Arkansas Voters Reject Medical Marijuana: High Times, 7 November 2012
- USA: Legalize It! Historic Night for Marijuana Reform as Colorado and Washington Take the Big Step: AlterNet, 6 November 2012
- USA: Burlington voters pass cannabis referendum: Burlington Fre Press, 6 November 2012
- VENEZUELASeizes More Than Ton Of Marijuana: Reuters, 18 January 2002
- VIETNAM: Chinese drug traffickers condemned to death: VietNamNet Bridge, 31 May 2010
- VIETNAM: Vietnam Sentenced 55 People To Death On Drug Charges: Denver Rocky Mountain News, 7 January 2002
- VIETNAM: Foreigners arrested in Vietnam's largest drug bust: Top News Law, 15 May 2008
- ZAMBIA: 101-year-old Zambian man nabbed over cannabis cultivation: People Daily (China), April 20 2007
- ZAMBIA: Masasa Village Headman Jailed for Trafficking in Cannabis: Daily Mail, Zambia, 29 September 2012
- ZAMBIA: Chief Vows not to Protect Cannabis growers: Lusaka Times, 3 February 2010
EUROPE
AFGHANISTAN
ALGERIA
ARGENTINA
AUSTRALIA
- Medicinal cannabis laws passed in Queensland Parliament: Brisbane Times, October 13 2016
- A Guide to Cannabis Law in Australia: State by State Breakdown of Possession Laws
- Australia: NSW committee approves medical cannabis : Perth Now, 21 May 2013
- Australia: Drug Pipes Charges: Bathhurst Western Advocate, August 25 2008
- Anti-drug Bill Passes SA Upper House : ABC, February 14 2008
- Marijuana
Report Too Hot To Release: Herald Sun, 23 August 2001
- Plan
For Legal Marijuana: Herald Sun, 22 August 2001
- Home
Drug Growers Back To 3 Plants: The Advertiser, 22 August 2000
- New Zealand Herald 11 January.2000
Decriminalising personal use of marijuana in South Australia has not increased
consumption.
However, it has had the unexpected result of greatly increasing the detection-rate
for minor cannabis offences.
The number of cannabis-related instant fines rose from 6231 in 1987-88, when
the system was introduced, to a peak of 17,425 in 1993-94. It has since plateaued
at 16,000 to 17,000.
SNIP
Under the 1987 South Australia act, possession of less than 25g of cannabis
earns an instant fine of $A50; 25g but less than 100g, $A150. Possession of
up to 20g of cannabis resin costs $A50 to $A150; and smoking or consuming
cannabis, $A50. Possessing cannabis-related equipment costs $A10; cultivating
plants, $A150. Until last year, cultivation of up to 10 plants was included
in the instant-fine system. That was reduced to three plants after police
complained that commercial growers were exploiting the system.
- Cannabis
Users Face Fine Not Record: West Australian, 27 May 2002
- Cannabis
Cafes Across NSW Under New Bill: Canberra Times, 9 April 2001
- Doctors,
Law Back Marijuana Rethink: The Australian, October 1 1999
- NSW
Trial Of Cannabis To Go Ahead: The Age, 16 May 2001
- The
personal use of marijuana could be decriminalised in Tasmania next year after
public debate: Australia, The Examiner (Launceston), Fri,
16 Oct 1998
- MARIJUANA
USERS SENT TO DRUG EDUCATION CLASSES: West Australian October
20 1998
- DOWN
ON DOPE: The Australian, October 20 1998
- Court Uncertain On Cannabis Law:
The West Australian: Friday, August 14, 1998
- Australia,
State by State
- Several
states are decriminalising possession and allowing small scale cultivation
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AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
BRAZIL
CAMBODIA
CAMAROON
CANADA
- Toronto's medical officer calls for ban on cannabis edibles like gummy bears, candies : Toronto CTV News, February 26 2019
- No spike in cannabis-impaired driving one month after legalization, data shows: Global News, November 15 2018
- Canada-Wide Cannabis Shortages Could Last Years, Producers Warn: Global News, November 15 2018
- Legal cannabis has a lot to learn from black market, says longtime dealer: CBC, November 10 2018
- Weed activist Marc Emery is set to protest Quebec's restrictive cannabis laws: November 10 2018
- Supply is a challenge. Half of Cannabis NB stores closed on Monday morning due to cannabis shortages: November 5 2018
- Canada to pardon pot possession as it legalises cannabis: New Zealand Herald, October 17 2018
- CANNABIS BECOMES LEGAL IN CANADA: The Guardian, October 17 2018
- This is how ordering cannabis online will work: Kelownanow, October 17 2018
- New poll says Canadians support the idea of independent pot retailers; few support liquor store sales of cannabis: National Post, October 18 2015
- Ottawa grants commercial producer first licence to sell cannabis oils: Globe and Mail, December 7 2015
- <Trudeau Gives Justice Minister Mandate To Legalize Cannabis : Civilised, November 13 2015
- Statement on Supreme Court of Canada Decision in R. v. Smith : 8 July 2015
- New medical marijuana rules cut homegrowers, pharmacists out: 10 June 2013
- Judge Quashes Pot Law: Windosr Star, April 15 2011
- Compassion Club Providing Medicinal Marijuana Shut Down by Police : Glober and Mail, 5 April 2010
- Marijuana Easier
to Get at School Than Cigarettes: Ottawa Citizen, 10 January 2005
- BC: Medical
Marijuana Is Coming to B.C. Drugstores: Vancouver Sun, 22 March 2004
- Cannabis Chronology:
Calgary Herald, 7 March 2004
- Penalties
To Double For Growing Marijuana: Ottawa Citizen, 14 May 2003
- Pot
Charge Rejected in Potential Landmark: 2 January 2002
- Judge
Calls Marijuana Law Invalid: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2 January
2003
- SENATE
REPORT 2002
- Senate
Pushes Legal Pot: Calgary Sun, 5 September 2002
- Legalize
Pot, Senate Committee Says: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,
4 September 2002
- No
Plans For Legal Pot: Edmonton Sun, 13 August 2002
- Legal
Pot Snuffed Out: Winnipeg Free Press, 13 August 2002
- A Crime No Longer: Winnipeg Free Press, 19
July 2002
- Minister
Considers Relaxing Pot Laws: Winnipeg Sun, 13 July 2002
- Pot
Probers Muse On Decriminalization: Vancouver Sun, 3 May 2002
- Wire:
First Batch Of Government-Issue Medical Marijuana Ready For Patients:
Canadian Press, 21 December 2001
- Don't
Legalize Marijuana, Police Tell Health Minister: Ottowa Citizen,
4 August 2001
- Rock
Goes Underground To Admire First Pot Garden: Globe and Mail,
3 August 2001
- Weed
Will Be Available: Edmonton Sun, 2 August 2001
- New
Pot Rules Raise Questions: Penticton Herald, 1 August 2001
- Canada
Legalises The Compassionate Joint For Chronic And Terminal Illnesses:
Guardian Weekly, 31 July 2001
- Canada
Makes Cannabis Legal: The Times, 31 July 2001
- BC:
Pot For Pain Club Launched: Parksville Qualicum Beach News,
20 July 2001
- Pharmacists
Willing To Distribute Marijuana: Calgary Herald, 19 July 2001
- Patients
Get Pot Ok, But No Supply: London Free Press, 5 July 2001
- Legal-Marijuana
Users To Get Photo Id Cards: Globe and Mail, 4 July 2001
- Set
To License Pot Farms: Seattle Times, 17 June 2001
- Pot
Smokers Just As Healthy - Study: National Post (Canada), 11
June 2001
- Feds
Regulate Medical Pot: Halifax Daily News, 7 April 2001
-
Issues Plan On Medical Marijuana: Washington Post, 7 April
2001
- Firm
Grows Medical Pot In Mine Shaft: Western Producer, 4 January
2001
- Marijuana
Cultivation Law Suspended: Edmonton Journal, 12 December 2000
- Alta
Judge Suspends Pot Cultivation Law, Rejects Charge: Ottawa
Citizen, 11 December 2000
- Canadian Government
Will Legalize Medical Marijuana Use
- Anti-Marijuana
Law Violates Rights Of The Sick, Judge Rules: The Ottowa Citizen,
1 August 2000
- Law
Against Marijuana Struck Down In Ontario: Globe and Mail,
1 August 2000
- Pot
Prohibition Unconstitutional, Rules Court Of Appeals: Associated
Press, 31 July 2000
- Pot
Okay For Medical Use, Hamm Says: Globe and Mail (Canada),
October 9 1999
- Pot
Suppliers May Get A Break: Toronto Star, October 7 1999
- Rock
To Exempt 12 Marijuana User From Prosecution National Post,
October 4 1999
- Marijuana
Growers Get Off With Lenience In The Courts: Vancouver Sun,
October 4 1999
- Canadian Judge Rules Medical Marijuana
is allowed : Thursday, 11 December 1997: Ottawa Citizen
- Relax Marijuana Laws: Federal Study:
Ottowa Citizen June 14 1998
- Politicising
Pot
CHILE
COLUMBIA
CROATIA
CUBA
The Cuban Parliament has approved a law that introduces
the death penalty for possessing, producing and trafficking drugs: LE MONDE,
18 February 1999
CZECH REPUBLIC
DENMARK
Denmark has allowed cannabis to be grown, sold
and consumed, in an area which is part of Copenhagen. Unfortunately the people
who live there are mostly poor and the area is quite run-down, giving cannabis
a bad press.
- Denmark approves medical cannabis trial: local.dk, 8 November 2016
- Denmark: Christiania residents shut down Pusher Street local.dk, 2 September 2016
- Denmark: Copenhagen cops cleaning up Pusher Street ? again CPH Post, 20 June 2016
- Denmark: Over 100 people busted in cannabis action in Christiania : Copenhagen Post, 31 May 2016
- Denmark funds medicinal cannabis research: local.dk, 31 October 2014
- Denmark to look at decriminalising drugs: local.dk, 27 July 2014
- Life after cannabis prohibition: The city announces its ambitionsCopenhagen Post, 16 March 2013
- Mayors reject legal cannabis proposal Copenhagen Post, 4 March 2013
- Majority Wants to Legalise HashPolitiken, 6 August 2012
- Copenhagen's
Hippies Under Siege: Financial times, 31 May 2003
- Government
to Halt Drug-Dealing in Copenhagen Deutsche Presse-Agentur, 7 May 2003
- Danish
Drug Users Union
DUBAI
ESTONIA
EGYPT
In 1868, possession was made a capital offence. 1874, importation was allowed but not possession. 1879 importation again made illegal. 1884 growing became a criminal offence. These laws were reissued in 1891 and 1894. (From Hemp-Lifeline to the future, Chris Conrad) and thanks to Shug
It is still illegal today, although many locals smoke. Crops in the Sinai are being destroyed and Westerners are being given long sentences by the courts
FIJI
FINLAND
FRANCE
GERMANY
- Germany Moves To Legalize Cannabis, Second Country After Malta In Europe: 28 December 2021
- Germany locked in fierce debate over legalisation of cannabis: Exactiv, 15 October 2021
- Seeks To Decriminalize Minimum Possession Of Cannabis And Import Jamaican Bud: Yahoo News, 24 August 2021
- Germany allows seriously ill patients to grow their own cannabis : Solar News, 22 July 2104
- Cannabis cafes could set up shop in Berlin : DW.de, 16 September 2013
- Weed War: Marijuana Plants Sprout across German City : Der Spielgel, 15 July 2103
- Nationwide cannabis limit rolls nearer : The Local, 24 May 2013
- Berlin Set to Relax Cannabis Laws : Spiegel, May 18 2010
- Dutch Municipalities Plan New Campaign Against Drug Tourists: Deutsche Welle, October 29 2008
- Police Crackdown as Cannabis Farms Grow : The Times, January 29 2008
- Article: German Drug Laws
- Court Raises Hash Possession limit (Globe and Mail October 20 1994)
GHANA
GREECE
GREENLAND
GUYANA
HOLLAND
/ THE NETHERLANDS (click here)
HUNGARY
INDIA
INDONESIA
IRAN
ISRAEL
ITALY
JAMAICA
JAPAN
KENYA
LEBANON
LUXEMBOURG
MACEDONIA
MALAYSIA
Not a good place to smoke cannabis!
- Two Customs officers to hang for trafficking in cannabis : New Straits Times, 10 October 2012
- Two Men Sent To The Gallows For Drug Offence: Bernama, April 19 2011
- Van Driver To Hang For Drug Trafficking: Bernarma, 17 June 2010
- Former imam jailed 6 years for ganja possession: Malaysia Star, 5 April 2010
- Two men to be hanged for trafficking in cannabis: New Straits Times, Malaysia, October 8 2008
- Trader to hang for drug trafficking: News Straits Times, December 2 2008
- Taxi driver gets eight years, 10 strokes for drug possession: News Straits Times, July 11 2008
- Death for drug trafficker: Malaysia Star, May 22 2008
- The Gallows for Two Drug Traffickers : Malaysia Star, January 26 2008
- Ex-athlete Gets Jail, Rotan for Cannabis : New Straits Times, January 26 2008
- Drug Convict Spared the Gallows after 9-Year Wait : New Strait Times, November 13 2007
- Indonesian Labourer to Hang for Trafficking : Malaysian Star, October 10 2007
- Indonesian Labourer Gets 15 Years for Drug Possession : The Star, August 20 2007
- Carpenter
Gets Death For Drug Offence Cannabis: The Star, 26 July 2005
- Indonesian
Gets Death For Dadah Trafficking: New Straits Times , 23 September
2005
- 10 Strokes For Having
Cannabis: Malay Mail, 23 June 2005
- Fisherman
To Hang For Drug Peddling - Cannabis: The Star, 10 August 2003
- Malaysian
Gets Life For Growing Cannabis Plant: The Star, 31
March 2000
- Middle
Class Going For Ganja And Ecstasy: The Star, 12 June 2002
- FILIPINO SENTENCED TO HANG IN MALAYSIA FOR DRUGS
24 Jun 1998 : Source: Reuters
KUALA LUMPUR, - A Malaysian court on Monday sentenced a Philippine national
to death for dealing in cannabis, the national Bernama news agency said.
Andy Bagindah, 28, was arrested in December 1996 with 811 grams (28 ounces)
of the drug at the back of a shop in Kudat town in Sabah state on Borneo island.
Malaysia's drug laws prescribe the mandatory death penalty for people trafficking
in more than 15 grams (0.5 ounce) of heroin or 200 grams (seven ounces) of
cannabis.
More than 100 people, around a third of them foreigners, have been hanged
in Malaysia for drug offences since the mandatory death sentence for trafficking
was introduced two decades ago.
MALTA
MEXICO
MOROCCO
NEPAL
NEW ZEALAND
- Referendum result: Cannabis legalisation abandoned by Government, Greens won't concede defeat: 30 October 2020
- Ministry rejects cannabis petition: 3News, 10 May 2014
- Drug tests for KiwiRail workers: Otago Daily Times, 22 May 2013
- Mother convicted over cannabis in breast milk: New Zealand Herald, 27 October 2012 - see also: Cannabinoids, like those found in marijuana, occur naturally in human breast milk
- What
The Parties Say About Cannabis Law Reform: New Zealand Herald,
22 July 2002
- Hemp
Trial At Last: Nelson Mail, 22 August 2001
- Violent
Users Anti-Social Before Cannabis - Study: Otago Daily Times,
17 July 2001
- Harre
Backs Partial Liberalisation Of Cannabis Law: New Zealand
Herald, 25 January 2001
- Cabinet
Rules Out Legalising Cannabis: The Dominion, March 9 1999
- Legalize Dope,
Report Urges
NORTH KOREA
NORWAY
PHILIPPINES
POLAND
PORTUGAL
PUERTO RICA
RUSSIA
RWANDA
SAUDI ARABIA
Not a good place to smoke cannabis!
Saudi Arabia Executes Iraqi For Drug Smuggling:
New Zealand Herald, 14 April 2003 : 18 Sep, 1998; Yahoo! News
SINGAPORE
Not a good place to smoke cannabis!
SCOTLAND
SOUTH AFRICA
SPAIN
SWAZILAND
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
THAILAND
TURKEY
UKRAINE
Source: "reconsider" Date:
Thu, 2 Aug 2001
Personal Use of Drugs to be De-Criminalized in Ukraine
Dateline: Odessa, Ukraine, exclusive to ReconsiDer by Mary Barr
In an exclusive interview with ReconsiDer member Mary Barr, the Chairman of
Prisons in the Ukraine confirmed that in a committee meeting on June 5th, 2001
it was approved that 35-45,000 prisoners will be released by September 2001
to relieve overcrowding. He also announced that in September small amounts of
drugs, or amounts deemed for personal use, will no longer be an arrestable offence.
Viktor Vasilina, a retired KGB Colonel, accompanied Ms. Barr on her tour of
a women's' prison in Odessa.
URUGUAY
- Set to allow doctors to prescribe cannabis: TeleSUR, 6 December 2015
- Set to allow doctors to prescribe cannabis: WHTC, 18 June 2014
- Uruguay Unveils Details for World's First National Legal Marijuana Market: World Post, 6 May 2014
- Uruguay's Legal Cannabis Market is Open for Business : Leafly, 6 May 2014
- Uruguay: Montevideo March Celebrates the Legalization of Cannabis : ILoveChile, 5 May 2014
- Uruguay marijuana legalisation: Details unveiled : BBC News, 3 May 2014
- Uruguay votes to create world's first national legal marijuana market: The Guardian, 1 August 2013
- Uruguay Takes Historic Step Toward Becoming First Country to Legally Regulate Marijuana: Drug Policvy Alliance, 31 July 2013
- Uruguay prepares for cannabis legalisation: Talking Drugs, 4 March 2013
- Government Considers Growing Own Marijuana : Alaska Dispatch, 28 September 2012
- President Mujica Backs Down On Plan To Legalise Cannabis: Bernama, 16 July 2012
- Kamugisha Warns On Marijuana: New Vision, 18 July 2002
- Leader Urges Legalizing Drugs: Inquirer, 11 February 2001
USA
- In Historic Vote, House Passes Far-Reaching Marijuana Reform 228-164: 4 December 2020
- Longest-Serving Cannabis Offender To Be Released Early From 90-Year Prison Sentence: 21 November 2020
- Clean Sweep For Marijuana On Election Night: Arizona, New Jersey And Montana All Legalize Recreational Cannabis: November 2040
- New Jersey Legalizes Use Of Recreational Cannabis On Election Day: 4 November 2020
- South Dakota OKs adult use cannabis after passing medical measure: 4 November 2020
- Arizona failed to legalize marijuana in 2016. But voters just did it in 2020: 3 November 2020
- Mississippi Overwhelmingly Approves Medical Cannabis Legalization: 3 November 2020
- Montanans Vote YES on Marijuana Legalization: 3 November 2020
- South Dakota OKs adult use cannabis after passing medical measure: 4 November 2020
- Voters give nod to legal marijuana in Oregon, Alaska, and Washington, D.C.: Reuters, 5 November 2014
- First American states vote to legalise cannabis and gay marriage: The Mirror, 7 November 2012
- Amendment 64 Passes: Colorado Legalizes Marijuana For Recreational Use: Huffington Post, 7 November 2012
- Arkansas Voters Reject Medical Marijuana: High Times, 7 November 2012
- Legalize It! Historic Night for Marijuana Reform as Colorado and Washington Take the Big Step: AlterNet, 6 November 2012
- Burlington voters pass cannabis referendum: Burlington Fre Press, 6 November 2012
- Nearly one in five Americans will now have access to recreational cannabis : International Supermarket News,16 November 2016
- California, Nevada and Massachusetts vote to legalize recreational marijuana: The Guardian, 9 November 2016
- Maine Becomes the Eighth State to Legalize Marijuana. It is the second state on the East Coast to do so, joining Massachusetts: Reason, 9 November 2016
- Nearly one in five Americans will now have access to recreational cannabis : Alaska Dispatch News, 20 February 2015
- Voters give nod to legal marijuana in Oregon, Alaska, and Washington, D.C.: Reuters, 5 November 2014
- First American states vote to legalise cannabis and gay marriage: The Mirror, 7 November 2012
- Amendment 64 Passes: Colorado Legalizes Marijuana For Recreational Use: Huffington Post, 7 November 2012
- Arkansas Voters Reject Medical Marijuana: High Times, 7 November 2012
- Legalize It! Historic Night for Marijuana Reform as Colorado and Washington Take the Big Step: AlterNet, 6 November 2012
- Burlington voters pass cannabis referendum: Burlington Fre Press, 6 November 2012
- Supreme Court: State Medical Marijuana Laws Not Preempted by Federal Law: Salem News, December 1 2008
- US: State Medical Cannabis Laws are Final: Salem News, December 2 2008
- North Dakota Farmers Suing DEA to Grow Hemp: Winconsin Ag Connection, Novembert 5 2008
- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoes medical marijuana bill: San Francisco Chronicle, October 1 2008
- US Drug War's Latest Tally: 872,721 Pot Arrests, an All-Time High: Altanet, September 16 2008
- Law Permitting Cannabis Outlets Approved by City Council: Malibu Surfside News, July 31 2008
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