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Comoros
Africa
Prohibition
#119 of 196 worldwide
#24 of 54 in Africa
Recreational: IllegalMedical: None
Illegal, with long sentences reported. Cannabis was briefly legal here from 1975 to 1978.
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Possession · 25%1/10adds 2.5 of 25 points
Illegal under a 1995 drug-control law. Travel-advice sources report a mandatory minimum of five years for drug convictions, plus heavy fines and deportation for foreigners. A historical curiosity: cannabis was legal here from 1975 to 1978 under President Ali Soilih.
Personal cultivation · 25%1/10adds 2.5 of 25 points
Cultivation is a crime.
Punishment & enforcement · 20%1/10adds 2.0 of 20 points
Long sentences are reported; how consistently they are applied to small amounts is not well documented.
Sharing & gifting · 10%1/10adds 1.0 of 10 points
Trafficking carries five to fifteen years.
Consumption · 10%1/10adds 1.0 of 10 points
Use is a criminal offence.
Legal access · 10%0/10adds 0.0 of 10 points
No legal source.
History
More context not part of the score
Other consequences
A conviction is a criminal record; foreigners are deported.
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