The Worst That Can Happen To You For Committing A Nonviolent Marijuana Crime, Around The Worldby Ash NavabiMises Canada Jan. 15, 2015 |
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Everyone knows different countries treat drugs differently. For example, if you get caught buying or selling a large amount of marijuana in Canada, you’re probably not going to get your head chopped off by the government–but in Saudi Arabia, that is the law. I wanted to see just how different the laws were in world when it came to nonviolent marijuana crimes: that is, if one or more people are breaking a marijuana-related crime (like buying, selling, smoking, or producing) and they didn’t hurt anyone in the process, what is the worst that can legally happen to them? So I made the above map. I primarily relied on two sources: 1. http://www.legislationline.org/documents/section/criminal-codes Which has the English translation of many countries’ criminal codes 2. http://www.ihra.net/files/2010/06/16/IHRA_DeathPenaltyReport_Web1.pdf Which gaves detailed breakdowns of countries that have the death penalty for drug offences And for countries not the in the above two sources, I manually searched the internet for their penal codes, occasionally using Google Translate to help me out. So here are the results. Rmemember, this is a map of the maximum punishment you can receive for nonviolent marijuana offences. So if you are a nonviolent producer, seller, user, distributor, importer or exporter: Red countries will (potentially) kill you if you commit certain marijuana crimes (usually heavy trafficking, but sometimes repeat minor offenders are also executed); Green countries will (potentially) throw you in prison for at least 20 years for committing certain nonviolent marijuana crimes; Orange countries will (potentially) imprison you for some period of time less than 20 years for committing certain nonviolent marijuana crimes. (White countries I either couldn’t find the law for, or I found their legalese unclear.) Hopefully one day we’ll live in a world where no one is thrown in jail for nonviolent marijuana offences. _ Ash Navabi is a student at Ryerson University. Send him mail. |