Under attorney general's directives issued in 1985 and renewed in 2003, people caught with a small amount of cannabis were not supposed to be arrested for a first offence, and police had discretion over later ones. The law itself still allowed up to three years in prison for possessing up to 15 g.[1]
Score by segment 0 to 10
- Possession · 25%1 → 2+1
- Personal cultivation · 25%1 → 1
- Punishment & enforcement · 20%2 → 3+1
- Sharing & gifting · 10%1 → 1
- Consumption · 10%1 → 2+1
- Legal access · 10%0 → 0
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