Cannabis Freedom Index

Changelog 910bed0

State Croatia's 90-day misdemeanour alternative and the West Bank personal-use sentence.

Fixes #25 and #26. Article 54(3) allows up to 90 days beside the kuna fine, and Decree-Law 18 article 17, not article 16, is the personal-use offence. Scores stay put.

2 country profiles edited2 files of code, design or docs +107 −33 lines

Countries and states 2 files

Croatia countries/hr.yaml

summary

Possession for personal use has been a misdemeanour (fine) since 2013. The penalty is a fine of 5,000 to 20,000 kuna, or up to 90 days' detention. Medical cannabis is prescribable since 2015.

segments › possession › text

Since 1 January 2013 possession of a small amount for personal use is a misdemeanour, not a crime. The catch is the sizeArticle 54(3) of the drug-abuse act, as amended in 2019, punishes a natural person with a fine — historicallyof 5,000 to 20,000 kuna (roughlyabout €650 to €2,650) — which makes it one of the costliest or with up to 90 days'decriminalised' regimes detention. The consolidated text still states the fine in Europekuna. No fixed gram threshold; courts assess personal use. Possession had been a crime from April 1996 until then2013, with a fine or up to a year in prison.

segments › possession › sources

zszd, nn39, wiki, tripalo

segments › enforcement › text

Users face large fines rather than prisonA user can be fined 5,000 to 20,000 kuna or detained for up to 90 days. Growing and dealing are crimes under Article 190 of the Criminal Code, with prison terms starting at six months for production and three years for sale.

segments › enforcement › sources

zszd, kz, wiki

segments › consumption › text

Use is handled under the same misdemeanour rules as possession; tourists: a fine of 5,000 to 20,000 kuna or up to 90 days' detention. Tourists are regularly fined in summer.

segments › consumption › sources

zszd, wiki

context › consequences › text

A misdemeanour is not a criminal record. The court can impose the fine or up to 90 days' detention, thoughand an unpaid finesfine can be converted.

context › consequences › sources

zszd, wiki

context › visitors › text

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone, so a visitor has no lawful way to buy cannabis. The sources behind this profile describe no separate rulePossessing a drug is the same misdemeanour as for visitorsa resident: a fine of 5,000 to 20,000 kuna or up to 90 days' detention.

context › visitors › sources

zszd, wiki, pp

sources

Narodne novine 39/2019 — amendment to the drug-abuse act, Article 27 15 unchanged

Palestine countries/ps.yaml

summary

In the West Bank, fourholding a drug for personal use can bring six months to a year in prisontwo years, or a fine for personal possession;of 1,000 to 5,000 Jordanian dinars. Gaza is harsher's penalties are a separate system.

segments › possession › text

In the West Bank, the Palestinian Authority'sholding a drug for personal use is article 17(1) of Decree-Law 18 of 2015 punishes possession without intent, as amended in 2018: six months to traffic withtwo years, or a fine of 1,000 to 5,000 Jordanian dinars, or both. Article 16 is a separate offence, for possession that is neither for sale nor for personal use: four months to one year in prison, or a fine of 1,000 to 3,000 Jordanian dinars, or both. Gaza applies its own, harsher rules.

segments › possession › sources

lawogb, amendlaw

segments › cultivation › text

Cultivation carriesIn the West Bank, growing for one's own use is article 17(1): six months to two years, or a fine of 1,000 to 5,000 Jordanian dinars, or both. Growing in order to sell is article 21: life imprisonment of at least tenfifteen years and a fine of at least 15,000 dinars. Gaza's penalty was not read.

segments › cultivation › sources

amendogb

segments › enforcement › text

Prison or a fine for users inIn the West Bank a person who uses a drug can be sentenced to prison or a fine under article 17. In Gaza a court issued a death sentence in 2022 for possession with intent to traffic, which rights groups said the law does not provide for.

segments › enforcement › sources

shamsogb, lawshams

segments › sharing › text

Trafficking carriesIn the West Bank, dealing in order to traffic is article 21: life imprisonment of at least tenfifteen years and a fine of at least 15, up to hard labour000 dinars. Supplying a drug for lifepayment can bring at least ten years under article 23; without payment, at least three years.

segments › sharing › sources

amendogb

segments › consumption › text

Use is covered byarticle 17(1): six months to two years, or a fine of 1,000 to 5,000 dinars, or both. A person who comes forward for treatment, and a first-time user whom the same provision as personal possessionprosecutor sends to a treatment centre, is not prosecuted while they follow the programme. A court may suspend the sentence so the person can be treated. A repeat offence, or driving under the influence, raises the minimum to two years or a fine of 2,000 to 5,000 dinars.

segments › consumption › sources

lawogb

context › visitors › text

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. In the West Bank, soholding a visitor has no lawful waydrug for personal use can bring six months to buy cannabistwo years or a fine of 1,000 to 5,000 Jordanian dinars. The sources behind this profile describe no separate rule for visitorsGaza's penalty was not read.

context › visitors › sources

amendogb

sources

Palestinian Official Gazette bureau — Decree-Law 18 of 2015, consolidated text 5 unchanged

Code, design and documents 2 files

docs/research/profile-legal-hr-ps-2026-10-23.md +13 −0
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+# Croatia misdemeanour custody and West Bank personal use, 23 October 2026
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+Issues #25 and #26. Scores were left unchanged. No history events were added.
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+## Croatia
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+Narodne novine 39/2019, published 17 April 2019, article 27 replaces article 54 of the drug-abuse act. Zakon.hr's consolidation, marked NN 80/13 and 39/19, was read. Article 54(1)(1) is possessing a drug contrary to article 3(1). Article 54(3) punishes a natural person for that offence, among others, with a fine of 5,000 to 20,000 kuna or detention of up to 90 days. The consolidated page still prints kuna. The rough euro range already on the profile was left as a conversion of those figures. How often courts choose detention was not read, so enforcement stays at 3 and possession stays at 3.
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+## Palestine
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+The Official Gazette bureau's consolidated Decree-Law 18 of 2015 was read. Article 16 punishes possession, purchase, transfer, manufacture or cultivation that is neither for trafficking nor for personal use: four months to one year, or 1,000 to 3,000 Jordanian dinars, or both. Article 17(1), noted on the page as amended by Decree-Law 26 of 2018, article 5, punishes use and possession, import, production, manufacture, cultivation or purchase for personal use: six months to two years, or 1,000 to 5,000 dinars, or both. Article 17(2) withholds prosecution when the person seeks treatment, and when the prosecutor finds a first offence and sends the person to treatment. Article 17(4) raises the minimum to two years, or a fine of 2,000 to 5,000 dinars, for a repeat offence or for driving under the influence. Article 18 lets the court suspend an article 17 sentence for treatment. Article 21 punishes the same acts done in order to traffic, including cultivation, with life imprisonment of at least fifteen years and a fine of at least 15,000 dinars. Article 23 punishes supplying a drug for payment with at least ten years, and without payment with at least three years.
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+Those articles are stated for the West Bank. Gaza's penalty range was not read. Scores stay at possession 1 and cultivation 0.
scripts/history-scope.test.cjs +18 −0
@@ -228,2 +228,20 @@ test("China visitor fines and Nepal possession bands follow the statutes", () =>
   assert.equal(np.scores.enforcement, 2);
 });
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+test("Croatia's misdemeanour and the West Bank personal-use offence keep their scores", () => {
+  const hr = y.load(fs.readFileSync("countries/hr.yaml", "utf8"));
+  const ps = y.load(fs.readFileSync("countries/ps.yaml", "utf8"));
+  assert.match(hr.summary, /90 days/);
+  assert.match(hr.segments.possession.text, /90 days/);
+  assert.match(hr.context.visitors.text, /90 days/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(hr.segments.enforcement.text, /rather than prison/);
+  assert.equal(hr.scores.enforcement, 3);
+  assert.equal(hr.scores.possession, 3);
+  assert.match(ps.summary, /six months to two years/);
+  assert.match(ps.segments.possession.text, /article 17/);
+  assert.match(ps.segments.cultivation.text, /article 17/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(ps.segments.cultivation.text, /at least ten years/);
+  assert.match(ps.segments.consumption.text, /article 17/);
+  assert.equal(ps.scores.possession, 1);
+  assert.equal(ps.scores.cultivation, 0);
+});
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