Nicaragua countries/ni.yaml
Reliable national information about lawful cannabisNo licensed production was not established by the retained sources. Growing drug plants for exploitation or trade carries five to ten years.
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Reliable national information about legally available cannabis products was not established by the retained sources.
The retained sources do not establish whether a medical cannabisNo patient programme operatesis documented. Law 735 criminalises cannabis and the code sets no medical route.[@clr,cp641]
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World Coalition Against the Death Penalty — Nicaragua makes abolition irreversible (1979, constitution article 23) 3 unchanged
upto 5 g · treatment criminal · note Minor offence: 70–100 day-fines (income-based) and 30–60 days of community service, no prison, over 5 g · upto 20 g · treatment criminal · prison min 6 months · prison 3 years, over 20 g · treatment criminal · prison min 3 years · prison 8 years
label Growing for exploitation or trade (Article 349) · treatment criminal · prison min 5 years · prison 10 years · note Plus a fine of unstated amount
label Selling or distributing drugs (Article 359) · treatment criminal · prison min 5 years · prison 15 years · note Rises by a third with minors involved or near a school, label International selling or distributing · treatment criminal · prison min 10 years · prison 20 years, label Transporting drugs (Article 352) · treatment criminal · prison min 5 years · prison 15 years
Nicaragua abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1979; the 1987 constitution states that there is no death penalty in the country. No cannabis offence carries a capital sentence.[@wcadp]
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There is no legal way to get cannabis. Under 5 g is a minor offence punished with day-fines and community service but no prison, though it is still recorded; larger amounts bring prison in two steps.[@clr,cp641]
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