Cabo Verde
Africa
#80 of 196 worldwide
#7 of 54 in Africa
Prohibited under a 1993 law; small personal amounts are reportedly handled leniently, but this entry rests on a single source.
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Possession · 25%1/10adds 2.5 of 25 points
Law 78/IV/93 prohibits possession and use. The one source found says small personal amounts are referred to a treatment-oriented commission rather than prosecuted, on the Portuguese model, but also that no formal decriminalisation law has passed. Scored cautiously as a minor offence that seldom leads to prison; this entry needs checking against the statute.
Personal cultivation · 25%1/10adds 2.5 of 25 points
Cultivation is prohibited by the 1993 law.
Punishment & enforcement · 20%2/10adds 4.0 of 20 points
Lenient towards small-scale users by regional standards, severe on trafficking — the islands are a transit point for Atlantic cocaine routes, which drives enforcement.
Sharing & gifting · 10%1/10adds 1.0 of 10 points
Trafficking is punished with roughly 4 to 12 years, up to 15 in serious cases.
Consumption · 10%1/10adds 1.0 of 10 points
Use is prohibited under the same law.
Legal access · 10%0/10adds 0.0 of 10 points
No legal source.
More context not part of the score
Unclear; depends on whether a case is handled administratively or prosecuted.
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