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Slovakia

Europe

Prohibition

#100 of 196 worldwide
#39 of 45 in Europe

Recreational: IllegalMedical: Limited

Historically among the EU's harshest laws; penal-code reform has reduced sentences for small amounts. CBD is legal.

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Possession · 25%1/10

adds 2.5 of 25 points

Possession is a crime, measured in 'usual single doses'. After a reform softening what had been central Europe's toughest drug law, up to three doses carries a maximum of one year in prison and up to ten doses a maximum of two years. Above ten doses the range is three to seven years.

Personal cultivation · 25%1/10

adds 2.5 of 25 points

Growing cannabis is treated as drug production, with multi-year sentences even for a few plants.

Punishment & enforcement · 20%2/10

adds 4.0 of 20 points

Sentences were reduced, but prison remains a realistic outcome, and cases of people facing a decade over home-grown cannabis still make headlines.

Sharing & gifting · 10%1/10

adds 1.0 of 10 points

Supply is a serious crime.