Cannabis — Norway

El cannabis es ilegal en Noruega: poseerlo o consumirlo es un delito, y adquirirlo o guardarlo puede conllevar una pena aún mayor. Noruega no ha despenalizado las drogas — el Fiscal General publicó una rectificación en la que afirma que, para quien no sea una persona drogodependiente, la situación jurídica no ha cambiado, de modo que la indulgencia de la que informa la prensa no alcanza a los visitantes. El CBD también está incluido: la agencia noruega del medicamento considera estupefaciente todo extracto de la planta de cannabis, contenga o no THC, así que el aceite de CBD comprado legalmente en un país vecino se convierte en estupefaciente al cruzar la frontera.

Original (EN): Cannabis is illegal in Norway: possessing or using it is a criminal offence, and acquiring or keeping it can carry a heavier penalty still. Norway has not decriminalised drugs — the Director of Public Prosecutions has published a correction stating that for anyone other than a drug-dependent person the legal position is unchanged, so the leniency widely reported in the press does not reach visitors. CBD is caught too: Norway's medicines agency treats every extract of the cannabis plant as a narcotic whether or not it contains THC, so CBD oil bought legally in a neighbouring country becomes a narcotic once you cross the border.

Possession and use of narcotics: fines or imprisonment up to 6 months, or both (Medicines Act section 31, second paragraph). Unlawfully producing, importing, exporting, acquiring, keeping, sending or transferring narcotics: a fine or imprisonment up to 2 years, or up to 1 year if committed negligently (Penal Code section 231). Aggravated narcotics offences: imprisonment up to 10 years, rising to between 3 and 15 years where a very substantial quantity is involved, and up to 21 years in especially aggravating circumstances (Penal Code section 232).