Abkhazia’s rewritten cultivation offence prescribed six to eight years in prison and a fine of 100,000–150,000 rubles for sowing or growing prohibited drug plants, expressly including cannabis.[1] Group, organised-group or large-scale growing carried ten to twelve years.[1] The code attributes this wording to the amendment of 21 July 2009; later court guidance also treated setting up special growing conditions as cultivation.[1][2]
Score by segment 0 to 10
- Possession · 25%1 → 1
- Personal cultivation · 25%1 → 0−1
- Punishment & enforcement · 20%2 → 2
- Sharing & gifting · 10%0 → 0
- Consumption · 10%1 → 1
- Legal access · 10%0 → 0
The bar shows the score after the change; the tick marks where it stood before. Abkhazia's scores have changed again since.
References
- Abkhazia Supreme Court — Criminal CodeArticles 54, 79–80, 223–224.1, 228–229; amendments through August 2023; 2009 and 2012 drug provisions; capital-tier commencement note 1 March 2020
- Abkhazia Supreme Court — guidance on drug offencesPlenum decision 14 of 17 October 2025, Bulletin 1/2026, printed pages 83–91; paragraphs 3, 12–16, 23, 26–28
Checked. The date and the event were compared with a source that was read. The score before the change is an editorial estimate.