history: Comoros/STP fine ladders, recreational contexts

Article 208 of the Penal Code of 2020 (Law 20-038/AU, promulgated 16 February 2021) punish … tics with 10 to 15 years in prison and a fine of 10,000,000 to 20,000,000 Comorian francs.[@pc2020] The article has no lighter tier for personal use. The text uses the word "stupéfiants" and … hashish and Indian hemp. Cannabis was legal from 1975 to 1978 under President Ali Soilih.[@wiki]

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label Holding or using narcotics (no personal-use tier) · treatment criminal · prison min 10 years · prison 15 years · fine 20000000 · note Fine of 10,000,000 to 20,000,000 francs; maximum doubles in listed aggravating cases

label Illicit production or manufacture · treatment criminal · prison min 10 years · prison 20 years · note 15 to 25 years when committed by an organised gang; leading such a group carries life imprisonment

There is no legal recreational market. Holding or using narcotics carries ten to fifteen years in prison and a heavy fine, with no lighter tier for personal use — though cannabis was legal from 1975 to 1978 under President Ali Soilih.[@pc2020,wiki]

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label Up to a three-day personal quantity · treatment criminal · prison 3 months · note Fines run as day-fines up to 60 days, and courts may excuse an occasional consumer, label Above a three-day personal quantity · treatment criminal · prison 1 year · note Fines run as day-fines up to 100 days

There is no legal recreational market. Acquiring or holding up to a three-day personal quantity carries up to three months in prison or a 60-day fine, and courts may excuse an occasional consumer; above that amount the maximum is one year or a 100-day fine.[@code2021]

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