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Eritrea

Africa

Prohibition

#83 of 196 worldwide
#10 of 54 in Africa

Recreational: IllegalMedical: None

Personal possession is reported to carry 6 to 12 months or a fine; little is known about practice.

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Possession · 25%1/10
adds 2.5 of 25 points

Illegal under Articles 269–274 of the 2015 Penal Code. Possession for personal use is reported to carry about 6 to 12 months in prison, or a fine of roughly 20,000 to 50,000 nakfa.

Personal cultivation · 25%1/10
adds 2.5 of 25 points

Preparing or cultivating controlled plants is prohibited.

Punishment & enforcement · 20%2/10
adds 4.0 of 20 points

A fine or under a year for users on paper. Eritrea publishes almost nothing about how its courts operate, and detention without trial is common.

Sharing & gifting · 10%1/10
adds 1.0 of 10 points

Trafficking even small amounts carries five to seven years, up to ten for larger quantities.

Consumption · 10%1/10
adds 1.0 of 10 points

Use is covered by the possession offence.

Legal access · 10%0/10
adds 0.0 of 10 points

None.

More context not part of the score

Commercial production

None.

Products

None.

Medical use

No medical cannabis.

Other consequences

Unknown in practice.

All sources

  1. CannabisRegulations.ai — Is weed legal in Eritrea?
  2. Wikipedia — Cannabis in Eritrea

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