Venezuela
South America
#63 of 196 worldwide
#10 of 12 in South America
Possession of up to 20 g is treated as personal use and leads to mandated treatment rather than prison.
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Possession · 25%2/10adds 5.0 of 25 points
The 2010 drug law defines a personal dose of up to 20 g of cannabis. Possession within it is not punished with prison but with 'security measures': referral to rehabilitation or detoxification, which a judge can make compulsory, including internment. Foreign non-residents can be deported. Above 20 g, trafficking penalties of eight to twelve years apply.
Personal cultivation · 25%1/10adds 2.5 of 25 points
Cultivation is a crime.
Punishment & enforcement · 20%2/10adds 4.0 of 20 points
No prison for the personal dose in law, but forced treatment is possible and police practice is arbitrary. The jump to eight years just above 20 g is steep.
Sharing & gifting · 10%1/10adds 1.0 of 10 points
Supply is trafficking.
Consumption · 10%1/10adds 1.0 of 10 points
Use leads to the same treatment-based security measures as possession.
Legal access · 10%0/10adds 0.0 of 10 points
No legal source.
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Security measures are recorded, and can include supervised release.
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