Greece
Europe
#57 of 196 worldwide
#21 of 45 in Europe
Personal use is a misdemeanour that is rarely jailed. Medical cannabis was legalised in 2017 and production licences are issued.
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Possession · 25%1/10adds 2.5 of 25 points
Under Law 4139/2013, obtaining or possessing cannabis in a quantity that indicates personal use is a misdemeanour punishable by up to five months in prison. In practice sentences are usually suspended or replaced by treatment, and the conviction is not entered on the ordinary criminal record.
Personal cultivation · 25%1/10adds 2.5 of 25 points
Growing a number of plants consistent with personal use falls under the same misdemeanour, up to five months. Anything more is treated as production for trafficking.
Punishment & enforcement · 20%3/10adds 6.0 of 20 points
Prison is legally possible for users but rare in practice. Trafficking carries at least eight years.
Sharing & gifting · 10%1/10adds 1.0 of 10 points
Supply is a felony, with a reduced sentence where the supplier is a dependent user.
Consumption · 10%1/10adds 1.0 of 10 points
Use is covered by the same personal-use misdemeanour.
Legal access · 10%1/10adds 1.0 of 10 points
No adult-use source. Medical cannabis became legal in 2017, but finished products reached patients only years later.
More context not part of the score
Greece issues licences for cultivation and processing of pharmaceutical cannabis, simplified by a 2021 law, aimed largely at export.
Prescription pharmaceutical cannabis products; hemp and CBD under 0.2% THC.
Legal on prescription since 2017 after cannabis was moved to a less restrictive schedule. Availability has been slow to follow.
Personal-use convictions are kept off the standard criminal record.
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