Cannabis — Bolivia

Cannabis is illegal in Bolivia and carrying any amount can be prosecuted as drug trafficking, which carries 10 to 25 years in prison - Ley 1008 defines trafficking to include simply possessing a controlled substance. There is no legal personal-use quantity you can rely on: the minimum amount is determined by two state-appointed specialists only after an arrest, and a foreigner without permanent residence caught in possession faces expulsion under the residence law plus a fine. Every passenger on a departing international flight is searched by the police narcotics division with sniffer dogs, and pre-trial detention often runs well past the 24- and 48-hour limits set on paper.

Trafficking, which by statutory definition includes intentional possession: 10 to 25 years imprisonment plus a fine of 10,000 to 20,000 days (Ley 1008 art. 48). Transporting any quantity: 8 to 12 years plus permanent seizure of the vehicle (art. 55). Supplying, whatever the amount: 8 to 12 years (art. 51). Cultivating controlled plants: 1 to 2 years, or 2 to 4 on reoffending (art. 46). Foreigners without permanent residence caught in possession face expulsion under the residence law plus a fine of 500 to 1,000 days (art. 49).