The replacement Criminal Code took effect on 1 January 2001 and repealed the 1960 code with its separate repeat-small-possession offence. Article 328 covers drug acquisition and possession without intent to supply without that prior-administrative-penalty condition. Personal possession therefore remained within the criminal system rather than a general first-case administrative allowance.[1][2]
Score by segment 0 to 10
- Possession · 25%3 → 1−2
- Personal cultivation · 25%1 → 1
- Punishment & enforcement · 20%1 → 1
- 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. Belarus's scores have changed again since.
References
Checked. The date and the event were compared with a source that was read. The score before the change is an editorial estimate.