Norway Marijuana Laws - Cannabis Legal Status in Norway
Offences and penalties related to personal use
Cultivation, possession and use of cannabis are regarded as criminal offences
Legislation
Act on Medicinal Products, ss.24 and 31 (2), Regulation Relating to Narcotics etc. s.4 and Civil Penal Code s. 162.
Level of prosecution
Based on a directive from the Director of Public Prosecutions, fines are usual for use and for possession of max. 5 g cannabis. Larger quantities or repetition of similar offence within short time (3 months) are normally prosecuted.
Distinguished from other substances? How?
No distinction
Notes
A committee proposed in 2003 that use and possession of small quantities of narcotics should be settled with a simplified writ prescribing an optional (fixed) fine. The proposal is still under consideration in Department of Justice.
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