Cannabis Freedom Index

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Niger: XOF fine ladders, recreational, context fixes

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Reliable national information about lawful cannabisNo licensed production was not established by the retained sources. Article 8 prohibits growing cannabis and requires destruction of plants on occupied land.

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

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The retained sources do not establish whetherNo patient programme is documented. Article 144 prohibits use outside a medical prescription but sets up no route for patients to obtain cannabis programme operates.[@law]

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label Small personal quantity, high-risk incl. cannabis oil (Article 145) · treatment criminal · prison min 2 months · prison 1 year · fine 1000000 · note Fine of 500,000–1,000,000 CFA francs; no gram limit, label Small personal quantity, non-oil cannabis derivatives · treatment criminal · prison min 1 month · prison 6 months · fine 500000 · note Fine of 250,000–500,000 CFA francs

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XOF

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label Small personal crop (Article 145) · treatment criminal · prison min 1 month · prison 1 year · fine 1000000 · note Same short tiers as possession; fine up to 1,000,000 CFA francs; no plant limit

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label Giving or offering for another person's consumption · treatment criminal · prison min 1 year · prison 5 years · fine 500000 · note Fine of 100,000–500,000 CFA francs, label General high-risk trafficking (Article 96) · treatment criminal · prison min 10 years · prison 20 years · fine 20000000 · note Fine of 1–20 million CFA francs

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There is no legal way to get cannabis. Small quantities for personal consumption carry shorter prison terms and fines of 250,000–1,000,000 CFA francs; no gram or plant limit is given.[@law,compilation] Convicted foreigners can be permanently excluded from the country.[@law]

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