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Small personal buying or possession carries one to three years, a fine equal to three times the value seized, or either punishment alone under Article 832 of the 2016 Penal Code.[@cp16] The rule expressly includes cannabis oil and other cannabis derivatives.[@cp16] No gram limit is given.
label Small personal buying or possession (Article 832) · term Personal use · treatment criminal · prison min 1 year · prison 3 years · note Fine equal to three times the value seized, or either punishment alone; no gram limit
Article 832 applies the same shorter tier to a small quantity grown for personal consumption, without a fixed plant limit.[@cp16] Ordinary high-risk cultivation and production carry ten to twenty years, a fine of three times the value seized, or either punishment alone under Article 819.[@cp16]
label Small quantity grown for personal consumption (Article 832) · term Personal use · treatment criminal · prison min 1 year · prison 3 years · note Fine equal to three times the value seized; no plant limit, label Ordinary high-risk cultivation and production (Article 819) · term Cultivation · treatment criminal · prison min 10 years · prison 20 years · note Fine of three times the value seized, or either punishment alone
In a 2019 Dixinn hearing, prosecutors requested prison terms for some cannabis defendants and acquittal for others; the report preceded judgment.[@gn1] Courts can compel convicted drug users to undergo treatment instead of or alongside punishment, with two to five years for refusing treatment under the 2016 code.[@cp16]
The 2016 code has overlapping supply clauses. Article 835 sets one to three years and a fine of 1–5 million Guinean francs, or either punishment alone, for giving narcotics directly for another person's use.[@cp16] Article 821 sets five to ten years and a fine of three times the value seized, or either alone, for directly supplying high-risk drugs.[@cp16] Ordinary high-risk trafficking carries ten to twenty years, a value-based fine, or either alone.[@cp16]
label Giving narcotics for another person's use (Article 835) · term Supply · treatment criminal · prison min 1 year · prison 3 years · fine 5000000 · note Fine of 1–5 million Guinean francs, or either punishment alone, label Directly supplying high-risk drugs (Article 821) · term Supply · treatment criminal · prison min 5 years · prison 10 years · note Fine of three times the value seized, or either alone, label Ordinary high-risk trafficking · term Trafficking · treatment criminal · prison min 10 years · prison 20 years · note Value-based fine, or either punishment alone
Article 831 prohibits using controlled drugs outside a medical prescription and provides for confiscation independently of prosecution.[@cp16] The small-personal-quantity penalty in Article 832 expressly lists buying, possession and growing.[@cp16] Consumption was among the allegations in the 2019 Dixinn case.[@gn1]
Recreational production and supply are criminal offences.[@cp16] The retained sources do not identify a lawful recreational source.
Ordinary high-risk drugNo licensed cannabis production exists; cultivation and production are criminal offences under Articles 832 and 819. The retained sources do not identify licensed cannabis producers.[@cp16]
Courts can impose additional penalties for drug offences, including restrictions on travel, residence, civic rights and professional activity.[@cp16] They may permanently exclude a convicted foreigner from Guinea.[@cp16] Compulsory treatment can replace or accompany punishment, and refusal carries two to five years in prison.[@cp16]
The 2016 Penal Code punishes unlawful drug-plant cultivation.[@cp16] Article 832 sets one to three years, a fine equal to three times the value seized, or either punishment alone, for small personal cultivation. It gives, with no plant limit.[@cp16] The drug clauses do not settle seed sale or possession separately.
No cannabis clubs are known. Growing and supplying cannabis remain criminal offences, including growing a small quantity for personal use.[@cp16]
Visitors have no lawful recreational supply route.[@cp16] Small personal possession is a criminal offence, and the code permits permanent exclusion of convicted foreigners as an additional penalty for drug offences.[@cp16]
word Diamba · lang Manding · meaning tobacco for smoking; distinguished from tobacco in general in an 1891 dictionary · sources duvall
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No industrial-hemp exception was verified: the 2016 code lists cannabis and its derivatives among controlled drugs with no low-THC distinction, and no hemp production is documented.[@cp16]
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