Faroe Islands countries/fo.yaml
The basic drug-law offence carries a fine or up to two years in prison — a regime Denmark extended to the islands in 1956.(/history/faroes-euphoriant-substances-order-1956/)[@law] Police say small personal-use cases are prosecuted, while their strategic focus is on organisers and larger middlemen.[@police]
The Chief Medical Officer confirms a medical-cannabis trial has operated since [April 2019](/history/faroes-medical-cannabis-trial-2019/), after MPs reopened the access debate that spring.(/history/faroes-medical-cannabis-bill-2019/)[@chief] Joint prescribing guidance identifies pain, multiple sclerosis, spinal-cord injur … also ordered cannabis flower from the Netherlands at a doctor's request.[@guidance,flower](/history/faroes-cannabis-flower-order-2019/)