Cannabis in Portugal

Cannabis in Portugal is illegal but decriminalized, having been decriminalized in 2001 when all drugs were decriminalized for possession in the nation, with criminal penalties replaced with civil penalties and drug diversion programs.^[1][2]

History

Portuguese overseas colonies

The 1919 work Glossário luso-asiatico noted the use of cannabis in Portugal's Indian colony of Goa:

O bangue é formado por folhas secas e hastes tentras de cânhamo (Canabis sativa, Lin.) que se fumam o mascam e que embriaga como o ópio.

(Bangue is made of dry leaves and tender stemps of hemp, which they smoke or chew, and it intoxicates like opium.)^[3]

References

1. Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee (10 December 2012). Drugs: Breaking the Cycle, Ninth Report of Session 2012-13, Vol. 2: Oral and Written Evidence. The Stationery Office. pp. 135–. ISBN 978-0-215-05095-3.
2. Robin Room (2010). Cannabis Policy: Moving Beyond Stalemate. Oxford University Press. pp. 89–. ISBN 978-0-19-958148-1.
3. Ana María (ed.) Carabias Torres; Comissão Nacional para as Comemorações dos Descobrimentos Portugueses (1994). Las relaciones entre Portugal y Castilla en la época de los descubrimientos y la expansión colonial. Universidad de Salamanca. pp. 284–. ISBN 978-84-7481-792-8.