Norway
Europe
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Possession is fined. After 2022 Supreme Court rulings, people with dependency are generally not punished for small amounts.
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Possession · 25%2/10adds 5.0 of 25 points
Possession is a criminal offence. For up to 15 g for personal use the normal outcome is a fine — but the kind that is entered on the criminal record. After Supreme Court rulings, the Attorney General instructed in May 2022 that people with drug dependency should no longer be punished for small amounts, with doubt resolved in their favour. Recreational users are still fined.
Personal cultivation · 25%1/10adds 2.5 of 25 points
Growing cannabis is a crime, prosecuted as drug production.
Punishment & enforcement · 20%3/10adds 6.0 of 20 points
Fines for most users, none for dependent users with small amounts. A 2021 government bill to decriminalise all personal possession was voted down in parliament.
Sharing & gifting · 10%1/10adds 1.0 of 10 points
Supply is a crime.
Consumption · 10%1/10adds 1.0 of 10 points
Use is itself an offence, fined in the same way as possession.
Legal access · 10%1/10adds 1.0 of 10 points
No legal source.
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Narrow: two approved prescription medicines, plus case-by-case specialist applications for other products since 2018.
The fine appears on the criminal record, which can block jobs, visas and a driving licence — the main real-world penalty for Norwegian users.
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