Cannabis Freedom Index
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Zimbabwe first restricts cannabis

No first law is recorded here for Zimbabwe. Its first restrictions on cannabis are assumed to date from between the 1925 Geneva convention, which put Indian hemp under international control, and the 1961 Single Convention, which required a ban on non-medical use.

Source: Wikipedia β€” International Opium Convention

Index score

989βˆ’89 points

Score by segment

SegmentBeforeAfterChange
Possession25% of the index101βˆ’9
Personal cultivation25% of the index101βˆ’9
Punishment & enforcement20% of the index101βˆ’9
Sharing & gifting10% of the index101βˆ’9
Consumption10% of the index101βˆ’9
Legal access10% of the index80βˆ’8

Segments are scored from 0 to 10. The scores after the change are Zimbabwe's current scores.

This entry is an estimate. No first law is recorded for Zimbabwe, so its first restrictions are assumed to have come at some point between the 1925 Geneva convention and the 1961 Single Convention. On the charts the change is spread evenly across those years.