Iraq

The Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Law No. 50 of 2017 punishes anyone who uses drugs or possesses them for personal use with imprisonment and a fine. Courts may order treatment instead for users who come forward.

• University of Mosul law journal — The criminal penal policy in Iraq's drug law No. 50 of 2017
• The New Region — reporting on Iraq's drug law and enforcement

Cultivating narcotic plants for trade carries death or life imprisonment.

• University of Mosul law journal — The criminal penal policy in Iraq's drug law No. 50 of 2017

Prison for users and the death penalty for dealers, in the context of a fast-growing drug trade and overcrowded prisons.

• The New Region — reporting on Iraq's drug law and enforcement
• Hands Off Cain — Iraq: three drug dealers sentenced to death

Importing, exporting or producing with intent to trade carries death or life. In one case three men were sentenced to death over 18 kg of hashish.

• Hands Off Cain — Iraq: three drug dealers sentenced to death
• University of Mosul law journal — The criminal penal policy in Iraq's drug law No. 50 of 2017

Use is a crime on the same footing as personal possession.

• University of Mosul law journal — The criminal penal policy in Iraq's drug law No. 50 of 2017

None.

• University of Mosul law journal — The criminal penal policy in Iraq's drug law No. 50 of 2017