Penalties in law for consumption of cannabis in the European Union, Norway and Türkiye
Description
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.
| Country | Country code | Penalty | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | BE | No penalty | |
| Bulgaria | BG | No penalty | |
| Czechia | CZ | No penalty | |
| Denmark | DK | No penalty | |
| Germany | DE | No penalty | Penalty without incarceration if in designated locations |
| Estonia | EE | Penalty includes incarceration | |
| Ireland | IE | No penalty | |
| Greece | EL | Penalty includes incarceration | |
| Spain | ES | Penalty without incarceration | If in public |
| France | FR | Penalty includes incarceration | |
| Croatia | HR | No penalty | |
| Italy | IT | No penalty | |
| 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 | Penalty without incarceration | If in public |
| Netherlands | NL | No penalty | |
| Austria | AT | No penalty | |
| Poland | PL | No penalty | |
| Portugal | PT | Penalty without incarceration | |
| Romania | RO | No penalty | |
| Slovenia | SI | No penalty | |
| Slovakia | SK | No penalty | |
| Finland | FI | Penalty includes incarceration | |
| Sweden | SE | Penalty includes incarceration | |
| Norway | NO | Penalty includes incarceration | |
| Türkiye | TR | Penalty includes incarceration |
