An amendment promulgated on 28 March 2023 created a minimum two-year prison term for giving cannabis to a minor or having a minor smoke or ingest cannabis or cannabis seed husks; habitual offenders face at least three years. It also made the seed-husk offence explicit. The change applied to a specific aggravated offence, while simple possession and use kept their five-year ceiling.[1][2]
Listed for context. No score change is recorded for South Korea here.
References
- 마약류 관리에 관한 법률 제58조의2 (현행, 2023. 3. 28. 신설)제1항 2년 이상, 제2항 상습 3년 이상, 본조신설 2023.3.28.
- 국가법령정보센터 — 마약류 관리에 관한 법률 (시행 2026. 10. 2.)제58조의2
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