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Guatemala

North America

Prohibition

#126 of 196 worldwide
#19 of 23 in North America

Recreational: IllegalMedical: None

Possession for consumption carries four months to two years; no threshold separates users from traffickers.

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Possession · 25%1/10

adds 2.5 of 25 points

Possession for personal consumption is a crime under Article 39 of the 1992 drug law: four months to two years in prison and a fine of 200 to 10,000 quetzales. There is no gram threshold — the law speaks of a 'reasonable quantity for immediate consumption' and leaves the judge to decide whether it is use or trafficking.

Personal cultivation · 25%1/10

adds 2.5 of 25 points

Cultivation is a serious crime with long sentences.

Punishment & enforcement · 20%1/10

adds 2.0 of 20 points

Prison for users is on the books and used; the absence of a threshold lets small-scale users be charged as traffickers.