Angola countries/ao.yaml
No legal products.
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The retained sources do not establish whether a medical cannabisNo patient programme operatesis documented. Law 3/99 punishes use and personal possession without authorisation, with suspension for treatment only for dependent users.[@lei3]
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The retained sources do not establish collateral consequencesdescribe no consequence beyond the penalties described abovesentence itself, which a court can suspend for a dependent user on condition of treatment; anonymous healthcare is guaranteed to a user who asks for it.[@lei3]
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Transnational Institute — The Rise and Decline of Cannabis Prohibition, chapter 1 (2014, PDF) INCB — Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2009 (p. 35) Wikipedia — Capital punishment in Angola (abolished by constitution in 1992) 3 unchanged
label Personal use, up to three days' supply · treatment criminal · prison 3 months · note The statute sets prison, not a fine, label Personal use, over three days' supply · treatment criminal · prison 1 year · note Amount exceeds the average individual need for three days
label Growing for own use · treatment criminal · prison 3 months · note Up to a year above three days' supply, label Unauthorised cultivation (trafficking, Article 4) · treatment criminal · prison min 8 years · prison 12 years
label Getting the drug for personal use (Article 9) · treatment criminal · prison 2 years · note Up to two years and a fine, unless over five days' supply, label Giving or handing to another person (trafficking, Article 4) · treatment criminal · prison min 8 years · prison 12 years
Angola abolished the death penalty by constitution in 1992; no cannabis offence carries a capital sentence.[@wikipdp]
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There is no legal way to get cannabis. Using it, or holding, buying or growing it for one's own use, brings up to three months in prison, or up to a year above three days' supply; a dependent user's sentence can be suspended for treatment.[@lei3]
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Cannabis is known as *diamba* or *liamba*.[@wiki] [Livingstone recorded](/history/angola-livingstone-observation-1857/) that under Portuguese rule a slave's use was considered a crime, while diamba was sold openly in Luanda's market.[@tni_rd] A 2009 UN drugs report called cannabis the most common illicit drug in the country, grown in almost every province.[@incb09]
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