Cannabis Freedom Index

Context not part of the score

Country spotlights

What makes cannabis different here: places, institutions and practices the scores do not show.

Some things about cannabis in a country fit no other heading: a famous market street, an unusual institution, a place where the law and the custom part ways. Spotlights collect them, one short story each. They are the places and practices the scores cannot show, such as Copenhagen’s Pusher Street or India’s licensed bhang shops.

Few countries have spotlights yet, and the map shows which. For the legal picture behind them, see each country’s profile, or the overview of the legality of cannabis around the world.[1]

profiles with this section
13
explained as not applicable
0
not researched yet
207
of 220 places covered
6%

Where it is written, on the map

Select a country for its section.

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Country by country

The opening of each profile's section; the country's page has it in full, with sources.

CountryWhat the profile says
CzechiaEuropeGrow it, but don't share it · Twenty-one, not eighteen · A legal market for kratom first
DenmarkEuropeThe street that sold hash openly
GermanyEuropeLegal to have, almost nowhere to get · The prescription boom · Bavaria's own rules
IrelandEuropeA health appointment instead of a prosecution
JamaicaNorth AmericaA sacrament in law · Ganja's farmers, outside the ganja industry
MontenegroEuropeThe Trnovo plantation
NetherlandsEuropeThe back door · A different rule in every town · The end of the smoking room
NigeriaAfricaFifteen years on paper
NorwayEuropePunishment ends where dependency begins
SeychellesAfricaFifty years or treatment
SingaporeAsiaFifteen grams makes a trafficker · The law travels with you
South AfricaAfricaLegal to grow, illegal to buy
UruguaySouth AmericaA registered user, by fingerprint · The clubs overtook the pharmacies

References

  1. Wikipedia — Legality of cannabis
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