Estonia Marijuana Laws - Cannabis Legal Status in Estonia

Offences and penalties related to personal use

As with all drugs, it is a misdemeanour to use or handle a small quantity, punishable by police fine or 30 days’ administrative arrest. It is a criminal offence to possess more than a small quantity (a large amount), punishable by up to 10 yrs.

Legislation

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1997, Art. 31, Art.151; Penal Code, Art.184

Level of prosecution

Since 1 July 2005, "large amount" is defined by the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (Art. 31) as a quantity of substance which is needed to intoxicate at least ten persons. The Prosecutor's Office guidelines of 22 July 2005 define it as more than 20g of marihuana or 10g of hashish.

Distinguished from other substances? How?

No distinction

Notes

The new article in the Act defining a quantity (of any drug) does not take into account the amount of pure substance in mixtures (e.g, tobacco+marihuana), but only the estimated number of doses (e.g, cigarettes) which could have been prepared from the given amount of confiscated substance.

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