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Easing 🇲🇩 Moldova

Soviet law gives small personal possession an administrative tier in Moldova

Index score

1116

+5 points

First unlawful acquisition or possession of small drug quantities without intent to sell became an administrative offence under the Soviet amendment. The penalties were a fine up to 100 roubles, one to two months of corrective labour or, exceptionally, up to fifteen days of administrative arrest. Repetition within a year could bring up to two years in prison, corrective labour or a fine up to 300 roubles.[1]

Score by segment 0 to 10

  1. Possession · 25%1 3+2
  2. Personal cultivation · 25%1 1
  3. Punishment & enforcement · 20%2 2
  4. Sharing & gifting · 10%1 1
  5. Consumption · 10%1 1
  6. Legal access · 10%0 0

The bar shows the score after the change; the tick marks where it stood before. Moldova's scores have changed again since.

References

  1. Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR — Edict 7226-XI, 22 June 1987, section I(3)archived

Checked. The date and the event were compared with a source that was read. The score before the change is an editorial estimate.

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