Cannabis in Iceland

Cannabis in Iceland is illegal. Offenses such as sale and cultivation are heavily punished and can result in jail time.[1][2] Possession of small amounts will not result in jail time, but offenders will still be subject to arrest and payment of a fine.[3]

History

Cannabis was first banned on 14 October 1969, when a regulation was set to ban cannabis.[4] The regulation added cannabis to an existing anti-opium regulation, due to concerns about rising popularity among youth.[5] In 1974 the ban was added to the Icelandic legislation.[1]

Statistics

6.6% of the population consumes cannabis regularly. That number is commonly believed to be 18.3% due to data confusion; 18.3% is the number of Icelanders who consume cannabis regularly out of the subset of the population who has ever consumed cannabis.[3]

References
  1. Lög um ávana- og fíkniefni 1974 nr. 65 21. maí, www.althingi.is, archived from the original on 6 October 2013, retrieved 2009-02-09
  2. Mapes, Terri (20 April 2018). "Marijuana in Iceland". TripSavvy. Archived from the original on 21 August 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  3. Sveinn Helgason, Magnús (26 August 2015). "Do Icelanders really smoke more cannabis than anyone else?". Iceland Magazine. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  4. "Marihuana og LSD loks bannað hér!" (in Icelandic). No. 235. Tíminn. 25 October 1969. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  5. Helgi Gunnlaugsson; John F. Galliher (January 2000). Wayward Icelanders: Punishment, Boundary Maintenance, and the Creation of Crime. Univ of Wisconsin Press. pp. 92–. ISBN 978-0-299-16534-5.


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