Cannabis Freedom Index

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Expand Switzerland: cultivation table, culture, links, 1975 article, 1968+1987 entries

Profile: new cultivation penalty table (unlawful vs licensed) + terms; culture section (cannabis social clubs in pilot trials); history links across segments; research gains its missing basel2026 source. Audit 0 errors, 0 warnings; chain clean. Two new history entries (1968 rebellion symbol, 1987 Platzspitz tolerance zone). New article articles/switzerland-use-punishable-1975.md (SRF, Transform, Wikipedia): the 1975 consumption ban, the crackdown's failure, the long unwind to fines, 10 g and trials.

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segments › cultivation › text

Growing cannabis containing at least 1% THC for recreational use is generally prohibited.[ … and growing for pilot trials needs a federal exceptional licence.[@law, swissmedic, faq] [Consumption became punishable in 1975.](/history/switzerland-use-punishable-1975/)

segments › enforcement › text

Adult cannabis consumption can be punished with a CHF 100 fixed fine, with enforcement sti … , carrying up to three years in prison or a monetary penalty in the basic case.[@court23] [The CHF 100 fine dates to 2013.](/history/switzerland-fine-2013/)

segments › consumption › text

Consuming cannabis containing at least 1% THC is generally prohibited; adults can receive … cannabis privately and may not consume it in publicly accessible places.[@participation] [Consumption became punishable in 1975.](/history/switzerland-use-punishable-1975/)

segments › access › text

Scientific pilot trials let registered participants buy cannabis through pharmacies, speci … g pharmacy-made preparations.[@medical] Low-THC smoking flower can be sold legally.[@bag] [The pilot-trial law dates to 2021.](/history/switzerland-pilot-law-2021/) [Trial sales began in 2023.](/history/switzerland-pilot-sales-2023/)

context › production › text

Medical growers need a Swissmedic establishment licence and a separate cultivation licence … l Office of Public Health.[@faq] Hemp below 1% THC falls outside narcotics control.[@law] [The pilot-trial law dates to 2021.](/history/switzerland-pilot-law-2021/)

context › medical › text

Since 1 August 2022 doctors can prescribe cannabis medicines, including flower and pharmac … lsory health insurance reimburses cannabis medicines only in exceptional cases.[@medical] [Doctors have prescribed without a federal permit since 2022.](/history/switzerland-medical-2022/)

context › planting › text

Seeds intended to produce cannabis plants with at least 1% total THC are controlled under … e they contain no THC themselves.[@bger] Low-THC hemp is outside narcotics control.[@law] [The seed ruling dates to 2020.](/history/switzerland-hemp-seed-ruling-2020/)

context › clubs › text

Cannabis social clubs are among the sales models authorised within scientific pilot trials … study.[@participation] Outside the trials, recreational supply remains prohibited.[@law] [Trial sales began in 2023.](/history/switzerland-pilot-sales-2023/)

context › recreational › text

Registered trial participants can buy controlled cannabis products through approved outlet … eral supply ban remains, while products below 1% THC follow separate product rules.[@law] [The pilot-trial law dates to 2021.](/history/switzerland-pilot-law-2021/)

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Cannabis Freedom Index — Cannabis social clubs (atlas) 18 unchanged

segments › cultivation › penalties

label Unlawful cultivation (basic case) · treatment criminal · term Unlawful production of narcotics · prison 3 years · note Up to three years in prison or a monetary penalty, label Licensed medical or trial growing · treatment legal · term Licensed cultivation · note Swissmedic licences for medical crops; federal exceptional licences for trial supply

context › culture › text

Switzerland is testing the Spanish invention. [Cannabis social clubs](/culture/traditions/cannabis-social-clubs/), the members-only associations that Spanish users built in a legal grey zone, are among the authorised sales models in the Swiss pilot trials, next to pharmacies and specialist outlets.[@results,clubsatlas] Participants buy, take home and use privately — the Barcelona model, transplanted to Swiss cities under a federal exceptional licence.[@faq,clubsatlas] [The pilot-trial law dates to 2021.](/history/switzerland-pilot-law-2021/) [Trial sales began in 2023.](/history/switzerland-pilot-sales-2023/)

context › culture › sources

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-| Poland | cultivation table + terms, products folded, culture (siemieniotka + hemp dance), links everywhere, audit 0/0, article poland-hemp-act-2022; 1970s gap noted (only opiate history) | done | |
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+| Poland | cultivation table + terms, products folded, culture (siemieniotka + hemp dance), links everywhere, audit 0/0, article poland-hemp-act-2022; 1970s gap noted (only opiate history) | done | 19719c7 |
+| Switzerland | cultivation table + terms, culture (social clubs), links everywhere, audit 0/0, article switzerland-use-punishable-1975, new 1968 + 1987 entries | done | |
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