Cannabis Freedom Index

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Record Romania's 2025 drug-driving ruling, Uruguay's source-independent possession exemption, and Jamaica's visitor declaration. Fixes #58, #59 and #60.

1 history entry added3 country profiles edited4 files of code, design or docs +152 −41 lines

History changes.yaml

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Countries and states 3 files

Jamaica countries/jm.yaml

segments › access › text

Licensed 'herb houses' sell to people with a medicalA recommendation — obtainableor prescription from a local practitionerregistered medical doctor takes medical or therapeutic possession outside the ticket rules. Visitors withThe Cannabis Licensing Authority licences sale for those purposes. A visitor who does not ordinarily live in Jamaica may apply to the Ministry of Health for a prescription from home can buy a permit to purchasebuy and possess up to 2 ozounces at a time for medical or therapeutic purposes. FormallyThe applicant produces evidence that a medical market,licensed doctor in practice accessible; the informal market remains far largertheir home country recommended or prescribed ganja, or signs a voluntary declaration confirming that, and pays a fee.

segments › access › sources

fact, clamoj15

context › visitors › text

Visitors can buy legally at licensed dispensariesA visitor who does not ordinarily live in Jamaica, of which there are more thanincluding a dozen around the island. A buyer needs photo identification and evidence thattourist or a doctor has recommended medical cannabisJamaican who lives abroad, whichmay apply to the dispensary can often arrange on the spot;Ministry of Health for a visitor may then holdpermit to buy and possess up to 2 ounces without penaltyof ganja at a time for medical or therapeutic purposes. OutsideThe applicant produces evidence that channel a visitor is treated like anyone else:licensed doctor in the country where they live recommended or prescribed it, or signs a voluntary declaration confirming that, and pays a fee. Without that permit, up to 2 ounces brings a fixed fine of J$500 Jamaican dollarsticket, with no arrest and no criminal record, and smoking. More than 2 ounces remains a criminal offence. Smoking in a public places, including beaches and hotel balconies, is finedplace brings the same J$500 ticket. Taking any ganja out of the country is illegal.

context › visitors › sources

lp26moj15

sources

Ministry of Justice — Fact sheet on the Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act 2015 12 unchanged

Romania countries/ro.yaml

context › driving › status

zerocapacity

context › driving › text

No THC limit is set:Driving a vehicle that needs a licence, while under the criminal code the offence is committed ifinfluence of a controlledpsychoactive substance is detected. Police may stop and test at random, with a roadside oral-fluid test and blood taken at a hospital. The penalty iscarries one to five years in prison, also for refusing to give and a sampleban on exercising rights. Public passenger transport, dangerous goods, a driving lesson or a driving test raises that to two to seven years if aggravated;, again with a ban on exercising rights. Law 172 of 31 May 2024 set those sentences. Since 28 January 2025 a binding ruling of the licence is suspended for 90 daysHigh Court of Cassation and can be cancelled onJustice has required two things: the substance in a sentencebiological sample, and proof that it was capable of detentionaffecting the ability to drive. The ruling sets no THC number. Proof that the driver made a mistake on the road is outside what the prosecution must show.

context › driving › sources

euda_ddiccj25, cp336

sources

High Court of Cassation and Justice — Decision No. 25 of 27 January 2025 Law No. 172 of 31 May 2024, Article III — Penal Code article 336 EUDA — Legal approaches to drugs and driving, country table (last updated May 2025) 9 unchanged

Uruguay countries/uy.yaml

segments › possession › text

PossessionThe drug law exempts a person who carries or keeps a quantity meant for personaltheir own use has not been a crime since 1974. The judge decides that question, and the 2013 law presumestreats up to 40 g isof marijuana as a personal amount. There is no separateThat exemption stands whether or not the cannabis came from a pharmacy, a club or a registered home limitgrow. The cannabis is only A harvest from up to six plants at home, or a club'legal' ifs harvest, is covered when it came through one ofwas grown as the three registered routeslaw allows. The regulating decree authorises possession for personal use on the same 40 g measure.

segments › possession › sources

lawart7, wikid39

segments › enforcement › text

Registered users are left alonePersonal possession is exempt when the cannabis is for the person's own use, whether or not that person is on a register. Growing or, selling outside the registry remains aand other supply without authorisation remain criminal offence under the drug law, with prison sentences measured in yearsoffences.

segments › enforcement › sources

lawart7

sources

Ley N° 19.172, artículo 7 — texto original (IMPO) Decreto N° 120/014, artículo 39 (IMPO) 7 unchanged

Code, design and documents 4 files

docs/DATA-MAINTENANCE.md +7 −5
@@ -225,9 +225,11 @@ context:
 
 - **`driving.status`** describes the reviewed offence trigger: `impairment` (evidence of drug
-  influence or impaired driving), `limit` (a set THC level in blood or saliva is an offence by itself),
-  `consumption` (a prohibition after drug consumption without a verified laboratory THC cutoff)
-  or `zero` (any detectable THC). Do not infer a detectable-THC offence merely from a prohibition
-  after consumption. Give the limit and its unit, the penalty and licence consequences,
-  and any separate rule for medical patients, novice or professional drivers.
+  influence or impaired driving), `capacity` (the drug is in a biological sample and was capable
+  of affecting driving; proof of a driving error is a separate question), `limit` (a set THC level
+  in blood or saliva is an offence by itself), `consumption` (a prohibition after drug consumption
+  without a verified laboratory THC cutoff) or `zero` (any detectable THC). Do not infer a
+  detectable-THC offence merely from a prohibition after consumption, and do not use `zero` when
+  a binding ruling requires more than detection. Give the limit and its unit, the penalty and
+  licence consequences, and any separate rule for medical patients, novice or professional drivers.
 - **`visitors.status`** is whether someone who does not live in the country can get cannabis
   legally: `open` (same terms as residents), `residents` (legal supply is for residents only) or

docs/research/profile-legal-ro-uy-jm-2026-10-23.md +29 −0
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Romania driving, Uruguay possession, Jamaica visitors — 23 October 2026
+
+Issues #58, #59 and #60. There is no issue #69. Freedom scores were left as they were.
+
+## Romania (#58)
+
+Decision No. 25 of the High Court of Cassation and Justice, 27 January 2025, was read on the legislative portal. It was published in Official Gazette No. 70 of 28 January 2025 and is binding from that publication. For Penal Code article 336(2), the court requires both the psychoactive substance in a biological sample and the substance's capacity to affect the driver's ability to drive. Paragraphs 147 to 150 say the offence does not require proof of a concrete change in the driver's behaviour, and that detection alone is not enough, because a drug can remain detectable after its psychoactive effect has ended. The ruling sets no numerical THC cutoff.
+
+Law No. 172 of 31 May 2024, Article III, replaces article 336. The ordinary offence is one to five years and a ban on exercising rights. The aggravated cases in subsection (3) are two to seven years and the same ban. The law was published in Official Gazette No. 510 of 31 May 2024. The text that was opened does not state a commencement date. A private consolidation dates the new article from 3 June 2024; that page was read and was not used as the history date. The history entry uses 28 January 2025, the day the court ruling became binding.
+
+Article 66, as amended by the same law, sets the length of a rights ban at one to five years for most listed rights and one to ten years for one of them. The list of rights was not in the amending section that was read, so the profile does not say how long a driving ban lasts. Roadside screening, refusal penalties and the 90-day licence suspension in the old profile were not re-read and were removed. The EUDA country table was not opened.
+
+`driving.status` was `zero`, which the site uses for an offence proved by any detectable THC. The ruling is neither that nor a requirement to prove impaired driving, and it is not a numeric limit. A `capacity` status was added for this standard. The possession score stays at 1. The history entry is unscored because it is a driving rule.
+
+The issue's link for Law 172 pointed at portal document 283096. That page is Government Decision 534 of 2024, about a building project, and it was not used.
+
+## Uruguay (#59)
+
+Law 19.172, article 7, original text on IMPO, replaces article 31 of Decree-Law 14.294. A person who transports, holds, stores or possesses a quantity meant for personal consumption is exempt. The judge assesses that purpose. Up to 40 grams of marijuana is treated as a personal amount. The same article separately covers a harvest of up to six plants at home, and a club's harvest, when grown as the law allows. The text does not require the cannabis to have come from a pharmacy, a club or a registered grow for the personal-use exemption.
+
+Decree 120/014, article 39, authorises possession of psychoactive cannabis for personal use and repeats the 40 gram measure. The IRCCA FAQ named in the issue timed out and was not used. The Transnational Institute overview was not opened. The old "since 1974" sentence was not re-read in the 1974 decree and was dropped. The prison term for unauthorised supply was not in article 31 as read, so the enforcement line no longer states a number of years.
+
+Possession stays at 6. Enforcement stays at 6.
+
+## Jamaica (#60)
+
+The Ministry of Justice fact sheet on the Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act 2015 was read from the Financial Investigations Division copy. Paragraphs 28 and 29: a person who does not ordinarily live in Jamaica may apply for a Ministry of Health permit to buy and possess up to 2 ounces at a time for medical or therapeutic purposes. The applicant produces evidence of a recommendation or prescription from a licensed doctor in the country where they live, or signs a voluntary declaration confirming that. A fee is payable. Paragraphs 6 to 10 and 11 to 12 give the J$500 ticket for up to 2 ounces and for public smoking, and the medical-recommendation exception to the possession rules.
+
+The current Ministry of Justice statute reprint is a large PDF and did not finish downloading, so section 7D was not read from that reprint. The 2015 parliamentary bill PDF has no extractable text. The profile follows the fact sheet. It does not say that a dispensary arranges a doctor on the spot, and it does not say how a permit is processed in 2026. The Cannabis Licensing Authority retail note named in the issue was not opened. Visitors stay at `open` because a visitor may lawfully buy under the permit; the chip's "same as residents" is the nearest existing status. Access stays at 4.

scripts/history-scope.test.cjs +27 −0
@@ -556,2 +556,29 @@ test("Maryland through Oklahoma state profiles follow the texts that were read",
   assert.equal(ok.scores.sharing, 1);
 });
+
+test("Romania's drug-driving ruling, Uruguay's possession exemption and Jamaica's visitor permit follow the texts that were read", () => {
+  const ro = y.load(fs.readFileSync("countries/ro.yaml", "utf8"));
+  const uy = y.load(fs.readFileSync("countries/uy.yaml", "utf8"));
+  const jm = y.load(fs.readFileSync("countries/jm.yaml", "utf8"));
+  const ruling = byId["romania-drug-driving-capacity-2025"];
+  assert.equal(ro.context.driving.status, "capacity");
+  assert.match(ro.context.driving.text, /capable of affecting/);
+  assert.match(ro.context.driving.text, /one to five years/);
+  assert.match(ro.context.driving.text, /two to seven years/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(ro.context.driving.text, /offence is committed if a controlled/);
+  assert.equal(ro.scores.possession, 1);
+  assert.equal(ruling.date, "2025-01-28");
+  assert.equal(ruling.before, undefined);
+  assert.equal(ruling.category, "easing");
+  assert.match(ruling.unscored, /possession score does not move/);
+  assert.match(uy.segments.possession.text, /40 g/);
+  assert.match(uy.segments.possession.text, /pharmacy, a club or a/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(uy.segments.possession.text, /only 'legal'/);
+  assert.match(uy.segments.enforcement.text, /whether or not/);
+  assert.equal(uy.scores.possession, 6);
+  assert.match(jm.segments.access.text, /voluntary declaration/);
+  assert.match(jm.context.visitors.text, /Ministry of Health/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(jm.segments.access.text, /prescription from home can buy a permit/);
+  assert.equal(jm.context.visitors.status, "open");
+  assert.equal(jm.scores.access, 4);
+});

src/lib/segment-ids.js +3 −2
@@ -31,4 +31,5 @@ export const CLUBS_STATUS = {
 export const DRIVING_STATUS = {
   impairment: { label: "Impairment must be shown", tone: "legal", help: "The reviewed driving offence requires evidence of drug influence or impairment; additional offences may apply" },
+  capacity: { label: "Capable of affecting driving", tone: "decrim", help: "A conviction needs the drug in a biological sample and proof it was capable of affecting driving. A driving mistake is outside that proof" },
   limit: { label: "Fixed THC limit", tone: "decrim", help: "A set THC level in blood or saliva is an offence by itself, whether or not the driver is impaired" },
   consumption: { label: "After consumption", tone: "partial", help: "The statute prohibits driving after drug consumption; this does not establish a laboratory THC cutoff" },
@@ -47,6 +48,6 @@ export const STATUS_SECTIONS = {
     sub: "Green means cannabis clubs are regulated or tolerated, orange that they work underground, red that none are known.",
     note: "The footing cannabis clubs stand on. Licensed shops and pharmacies are not counted as clubs." },
-  driving: { name: "Driving", chip: "Driving", statuses: DRIVING_STATUS, tiers: { impairment: 5, limit: 3, consumption: 2, zero: 0 },
-    sub: "Green marks a drug-influence or impairment offence, yellow a fixed THC limit, orange a prohibition after consumption, and red a detectable-THC offence. Read each profile for additional rules.",
+  driving: { name: "Driving", chip: "Driving", statuses: DRIVING_STATUS, tiers: { impairment: 5, capacity: 4, limit: 3, consumption: 2, zero: 0 },
+    sub: "Green marks a drug-influence or impairment offence, light green a rule that needs proof the drug could affect driving, yellow a fixed THC limit, orange a prohibition after consumption, and red a detectable-THC offence. Read each profile for additional rules.",
     note: "What the law needs to convict a driver who has used cannabis." },
   visitors: { name: "Visitors and foreigners", chip: "Visitors", statuses: VISITORS_STATUS, tiers: { open: 5, residents: 3, none: 0 },

    ↑↓ to move, ↵ to open.