Cannabis Freedom Index

Context 16 topics · 220 places · 2,313 sections written

Beyond the score

The index scores six things the law does to people who use cannabis. Each profile also explains what the score does not: how patients get medicine, whether clubs and seeds are allowed, what the black market looks like, what happens to a driver or a visitor. Here each topic is compared across every country, with a map.

  1. Death penaltyWhether the law allows execution for cannabis offences, and whether it is carried out34 written · 20 n/a
  2. Recreational useHow adults actually get and use cannabis here, legally or not203 written
  3. Medical cannabisHow patients get cannabis as medicine: who qualifies, who prescribes, what forms there are and what it costs220 written
  4. Cannabis clubsWhether members' clubs that grow and share cannabis exist, and on what footing216 written
  5. Seeds and clonesWhether seeds and cuttings may be bought, kept, planted and sold191 written
  6. Hemp and CBDLow-THC hemp for fibre, food and CBD, and loophole products such as HHC163 written
  7. Cannabis industryThe legal commercial sector: who may grow, process and sell for profit, and on what terms220 written
  8. Black marketThe illegal market: how big it is, where the cannabis comes from, prices and how openly it is sold177 written
  9. Visitors and foreignersWhether someone who does not live here can get cannabis legally, and what happens to a foreigner who is caught220 written
  10. DrivingWhat the law needs to convict a driver who has used cannabis162 written
  11. Arrests and prisonersPublished counts of arrests, offences, convictions and prisoners147 written
  12. Beyond the penaltyWhat follows a person beyond the punishment itself: records, drug registers, lost licences, jobs, deportation220 written
  13. Culture and traditionsHow cannabis sits in the country's life: customs, faith, words, music and film, festivals and attitudes, and what prohibition did to them91 written
  14. Genetics and heritageLocal cannabis plants, the people who keep them, and what bans and new laws did to them3 written
  15. ResearchScientific research on cannabis in the country: who studies it, what they found, and what the law allows33 written
  16. Country spotlightsWhat makes cannabis different here: places, institutions and practices the scores do not show13 written

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