Mongolia: Article 20 ladders, recreational, death-penalty exception

Reliable national information about lawfulNo licensed cannabis production was not established byis documented. Manufacture needs a licence from the retained sourcespharmaceuticals authority and is otherwise prohibited.[@l2002]

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Reliable national information about legally available cannabis products was not established by the retained sources.

No patient programme is documented. The retained sources do not establish whether a2002 law restricts narcotic drugs and the code sets no medical route for cannabis programme operates.[@l2002,cc_mn]

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Amnesty International UK — Mongolia abolishes the death penalty for all crimes (2015 vote, new Criminal Code) 5 unchanged

label Unlawful preparation, storage, giving or acquisition without selling purpose (Article 20.7(1)) · treatment criminal · prison min 1 year · prison 5 years · note Travel restriction or imprisonment; no small-quantity exemption

label Unauthorised growing of narcotic-raw-material plants (Article 20.10) · treatment criminal · prison min 1 year · prison 5 years · note Travel restriction or imprisonment; no personal home-growing allowance, label Growing by an organised criminal group · treatment criminal · prison min 5 years · prison 12 years

label Giving to another person without selling purpose (Article 20.7(1)) · treatment criminal · prison min 1 year · prison 5 years · note Travel restriction or imprisonment, label Sale-related conduct (Article 20.7(2)) · treatment criminal · prison min 2 years · prison 8 years, label Persistent or cross-border conduct · treatment criminal · prison min 5 years · prison 12 years, label Organised criminal group · treatment criminal · prison min 12 years · prison 20 years · note Or life imprisonment, label Providing premises for drug use (Article 20.8) · treatment criminal · prison min 1 year · prison 5 years · note Fine and/or travel restriction or imprisonment in the ordinary case

Mongolia abolished the death penalty for all crimes, voted in 2015 and in force with the new Criminal Code; no cannabis offence carries a capital sentence.[@amnesty]

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There is no legal way to get cannabis. Unlawful preparation, storage, giving or acquisition without a selling purpose brings one to five years of travel restriction or imprisonment, with no small-quantity exemption.[@cc_mn]

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