Penalties in law: possibility of incarceration for possession of cannabis for personal use (minor offence) in the European Union, Norway and Türkiye

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Penalties in law: possibility of incarceration for possession of cannabis for personal use (minor offence) in the European Union, Norway and Türkiye

The source data for this graphic is available in the source table on this page. Data was last updated in June 2022. This map was originally published in Cannabis legislation in Europe: an overview (2017) but has been updated regularly since. 

  Penalties in law: possibility of incarceration for possession of cannabis for personal use (minor offence) in the European Union, Norway and Türkiye
Country Country code Penalty Comments
Belgium BE Penalty without incarceration  
Bulgaria BG Penalty without incarceration  
Czechia CZ Penalty without incarceration  
Denmark DK Penalty includes incarceration  
Germany DE No penalty From April 2024, possession of up to 25g of cannabis is not an offence
Estonia EE Penalty includes incarceration  
Ireland IE Penalty without incarceration  
Greece EL Penalty includes incarceration  
Spain ES Penalty without incarceration If in public
France FR Penalty includes incarceration  
Croatia HR Penalty includes incarceration  
Italy IT Penalty without incarceration  
Cyprus CY Penalty includes incarceration  
Latvia LV Penalty without incarceration  
Lithuania LT Penalty without incarceration  
Luxembourg LU Penalty without incarceration  
Hungary HU Penalty includes incarceration  
Malta MT No penalty From December 2021, possession of up to 7g of cannabis is not an offence
Netherlands NL Penalty includes incarceration  
Austria AT Penalty includes incarceration  
Poland PL Penalty includes incarceration  
Portugal PT Penalty without incarceration  
Romania RO Penalty includes incarceration  
Slovenia SI Penalty without incarceration  
Slovakia SK Penalty includes incarceration  
Finland FI Penalty includes incarceration  
Sweden SE Penalty includes incarceration  
Norway NO Penalty includes incarceration  
Türkiye TR Penalty includes incarceration  
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