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Guinea

Africa

Prohibition

#127 of 196 worldwide
#31 of 54 in Africa

Recreational: IllegalMedical: None

Possession and use are offences; reported cases end in short or suspended sentences and fines.

Score breakdown ▏world average

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

Possession and consumption of 'chanvre indien' are offences under the Penal Code. Reported cases show prosecutors asking for sentences in the range of six months suspended plus a fine of 500,000 Guinean francs, up to a year in prison for users caught in the act.

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

Cultivation is a crime.

Punishment & enforcement · 20%1/10
adds 2.0 of 20 points

Short or suspended sentences and fines for users in the cases reported; the statutory range was not available in the sources consulted.

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

Sale is prosecuted as trafficking; large seizures are publicised regularly.

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

Consumption is itself charged alongside possession.

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

A conviction is a criminal record.

All sources

  1. Guinéenews — L'article 832 du code pénal pour sauver des présumés drogués (2019)
  2. Guinéenews — Conakry: présentation de 225 kg de chanvre indien saisis (2023)

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