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Kazakhstan

Asia

Prohibition

#61 of 196 worldwide
#6 of 48 in Asia

Recreational: IllegalMedical: None

Small amounts for personal use are an administrative offence; wild cannabis covers the Chuy Valley.

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Possession · 25%2/10

adds 5.0 of 25 points

Holding a small amount without intent to sell is dealt with at the lowest level of Article 296 of the Criminal Code: a fine, corrective or community work, or arrest of up to 40 days. Sources differ on whether amounts under about 5 g are handled purely administratively. Larger amounts bring three to ten years.

Personal cultivation · 25%1/10

adds 2.5 of 25 points

Cultivation is a crime. The Chuy Valley in the south holds what may be the world's largest stand of wild cannabis, the target of annual eradication.

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Punishment & enforcement · 20%2/10

adds 4.0 of 20 points

Fines or short arrest for the smallest amounts, years in prison above them. The Interior Ministry has itself proposed not jailing people for simple possession.

Sharing & gifting · 10%1/10

adds 1.0 of 10 points

Supply is punished with long prison terms.