Guyana
South America
#49 of 196 worldwide
#9 of 12 in South America
Since 2022 possession of up to 30 g no longer carries prison, but counselling or community service.
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Possession · 25%2/10adds 5.0 of 25 points
Possession remains an offence, but since November 2022 there is no prison for 30 g or less: up to 15 g leads to mandatory counselling, and 15–30 g to community service of up to six months. Before the change, 15 g could bring a trafficking charge and three to five years. More than 30 g is now presumed to be trafficking.
Personal cultivation · 25%1/10adds 2.5 of 25 points
Cultivation is a criminal offence with prison.
Punishment & enforcement · 20%3/10adds 6.0 of 20 points
Counselling or community service for 30 g or less; prison for anything above. Rastafari groups criticised the reform for stopping short of decriminalisation.
Sharing & gifting · 10%1/10adds 1.0 of 10 points
Supply is trafficking.
Consumption · 10%2/10adds 2.0 of 10 points
The 2022 amendment removed the fine and prison term for smoking or otherwise using cannabis.
Legal access · 10%0/10adds 0.0 of 10 points
More context not part of the score
Industrial hemp was legalised separately in 2022; no cannabis licensing.
No legal THC products.
No medical cannabis programme.
The small-quantity orders are still recorded as an offence.
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