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Drug Laws in New Populistania.

Drug offences come under the following categories. Anything not listed here is assumed to be legal.

Possession of Marijuana
Possession of Speed, MDMA
Possession of Cocaine, Crack, Heroine, LSD, Methamphetamine
Trafficking of Marijuana
Trafficking of Speed, MDMA
Trafficking of Cocaine, Crack, Heroine, LSD, Methamphetamine

The penalties are as follows.

Possession of Marijuana
Quantity of drugs under 25g - 1-12 months probation, and/or fine $100-$1000
Quantity of drugs 25g to 500g - 0-18 months prison term
Quantity of drugs over 500g - 2-4 years prison term
Possession of Speed, MDMA
Quantity of drugs under 25g - 4-24 months probation, fine $400-$2000, and/or 0-6 months prison term
Quantity of drugs 25g to 500g - 1-4 years prison term
Quantity of drugs over 500g - 3-6 years prison term
Possession of Cocaine, Crack, Heroine, LSD, Methamphetamine
Quantity of drugs under 25g - 2-24 months prison term
Quantity of drugs 25g to 500g - 2-6 years prison term
Quantity of drugs over 500g - 5-10 years prison term
Trafficking of Marijuana
Quantity of drugs 25g to 500g - 0-4 years prison term
Quantity of drugs 500g to 4kg - 2-8 years prison term
Quantity of drugs over 4kg - 4-10 years prison term
Trafficking of Speed, MDMA
Quantity of drugs 25g to 500g - 1-6 years prison term
Quantity of drugs 500g to 4kg - 3-10 years prison term
Quantity of drugs over 4kg - 6-12 years prison term
Trafficking of Cocaine, Crack, Heroine, LSD, Methamphetamine
Quantity of drugs 25g to 500g - 2-8 years prison term
Quantity of drugs 500g to 4kg - 6-16 years prison term
Quantity of drugs over 4kg - 10-20 years prison term

What drug laws and drug penalties do you have in your nation?

Any and all persons foreign or otherwise caught with any medicinal sunstance without proper permission from the Department of Drug Regulation shall immediatly be killed without question. That isn't to say there's anything illegal, just that it's illegal to have anything without proof of acceptance form number 201A stamped by the DDR.

By goodness it works too I'll have you know.

Any and all persons foreign or otherwise caught with any medicinal sunstance without proper permission from the Department of Drug Regulation shall immediatly be killed without question. That isn't to say there's anything illegal, just that it's illegal to have anything without proof of acceptance form number 201A stamped by the DDR.

By goodness it works too I'll have you know.

Scary. :eek:

I bet that you don't have the right to jury trial or proper democratic rules of evidence for pressing formal charges against suspects.

Scary. :eek:

I bet that you don't have the right to jury trial or proper democratic rules of evidence for pressing formal charges against suspects.

Jury? Democratic rules of Evidence? what are these things?

As a primarily Fantasy Tech nation I have other ways, and having an Evil Ruler, their many and varied. Since he's an Insane God and loves torture as a form of recreational activity, I'll leave it up to your imagination just what some of those ways involve.

Now, in the good old days when I had a kind benevolent spirit as leader, I'd use trial by Jury of Paladins. Paladins have the uncanny knack of telling truth from lies just by listening. Their also extremly fair.

Jury? Democratic rules of Evidence? what are these things?

As a primarily Fantasy Tech nation I have other ways, and having an Evil Ruler, their many and varied. Since he's an Insane God and loves torture as a form of recreational activity, I'll leave it up to your imagination just what some of those ways involve.

I bet that you have something like the system of torture, dungeons, and hangings like the Sheriff of Nottingham has in Robin Hood. I am proud that New Populistania is not a primitive pre-enlightenment society like yours is.

There are no controlled substances in Mythotic Kelkia. All drugs are legal for all.

All drugs are legal, taxed, and sold in limited quantities in government-run drugstores. Street dealers are arrested and given relatively heavy prison sentences, but these occurrences are fairly uncommon. Age limits such as those in real life for alcohol and cigarettes are imposed individually for each drug. The lowest is marijuana, at age 16, and other drugs range upwards in age from 17 to 19. These limits are very rarely enforced, though, and underage drug use is essentially an ignored violation of the law. All it would get you is a small fine even if you were caught.

I bet that you have something like the system of torture, dungeons, and hangings like the Sheriff of Nottingham has in Robin Hood. I am proud that New Populistania is not a primitive pre-enlightenment society like yours is.

Ha! The sheriff's tortures are as childs play. Think darker, more eviler. Imagine how much worse things are, when you cannot die, even when being completly dismembered. But the worst torture of them all, is the Agony Matrix. Imagine the worst pain you've ever felt, physical emotional, inteluctual, Spiritual, or otherwise. Now multiply that pain by a factor of 100^10. Now imagine that pain continuing forever, never ceasing, without end, and each passing second is as though the pain just started. There is no dulling it out, no ignoring the pain, ever.

Drugs, along with pretty much everything else, are legal. However, there's minor regulations prohibiting sale for profit of them. Or at least, sale of many forms of drugs with highly addictive effects. And putting them into foods un-declared is illegal.

Of course, it's quite simple for anyone to make even very complex ones, in many cases, inside their own bodies.

All Drugs are illegal, including Tobbaco and Alchol.

Penalties:

Possesion:

1st Time Offenders-Non Violent: Probation and 1-2 months jail time and/or house arrest

1st Time Violent Offenders-Probation and 5-10 months in jail if assault, if death results they will be chararged with homicide

2nd Time-NV Second Probation up to a year in jail

2nd Time-V Probation 2 1/2 years in jail (unless homicide results)

3rd Time-NV 5 years in prision, no probation

3rd Time-V 5-10 years prision, no probation

4th and Beyond 10-Life No probation


Distribution

1st Time-Up to Five Years in Prision with possibel parole

2nd Time-Up to Ten Years in Prision possible parole

3rd Time-Up to Fifteen years No parole

4th and Beyond-25-Life No Parole Potental Execution

As its Gallagan colony is one of the foremost producers of raw opium in the world and the mother country is among the best refiners of opiates, both quantitatively and qualitatively, narcotics laws in the Gull Flag Republic are noticeably slack. A tincture of laudanum is seen as no more a vice than a shot of whiskey; just as there are no alcohol temperance laws (including an age limit), there are no laws regulating the use of narcotics. While cocaine is used on a limited basis (mostly by the former landed gentry, making it an unpopular drug in the post-revolutionary world), marijuana use is virtually unknown.

A curious feature of the anachronistic Iansislean medical establishment is the continued widespread use of opiates as a painkiller for both adults and children. Morphine is the most common, of course, but the use of laudanum and heroin is not unknown, especially in more remote outposts of the colonies and in military field hospitals.

There is a small temperance movement in modern Iansisle, interestingly, which is backed mostly by the army’s top brass. Beset by the threat of royalist terrorism and incitement to counterrevolution at home, menaced by reactionary monarchial states abroad, and finding the Republic’s interests threatened by growing home-rule activism (some would say the term ‘revolt’ is more appropriate in areas of Gallaga) in the colonies, many army officials consider the wastage of troops to addiction-related problems unacceptable. However, the National Assembly -- considering the army’s loyalty to the central government tenuous at best -- is afraid to pursue steps that might cause mutiny in the ranks.

Allanea has practically no drug laws.

If you're an adult Allanean you can purchase, and consume, anything - rat poison, opiates, whatever.

The only two caveats are: 1. No cheating. If you're marketing it as 100% rat poison, it better be 100%. 2. No selling to children (below 16).

There's obviously no government regulation of medicine either, but civil lawsuits prove to be a nice bludgeon agaiinst mischievous institutions.

Iansisle: Can I claim that Allanean Pharmaceuticals has a large amount of holdings in Iansisle? Perhaps that's where they get the dope to feed Allaneans...

Drugs in our dual monarchy r divided into 3 categories:

Class A drugs consists of harmful drugs such as opium, heroine, ecstasy, speed etc. Illegal under all circumstances.

Class B drugs are controlled drugs used solely for medical purposes, they are legal as long as there are proper documentation to show this.

Class C drugs are tobacco, alcohol etc, they are legal to all but those under the age of 18.

The drug laws in the dual monarchy r as followed:

Illegal sale of class c drugs to minors (ie those under the age of 18): Prison term for not more than 3 yrs, double the penalty for repeated offenders, and (for males only) not more than 10 lashes.

Trafficking of class c and class b drugs: Prison term for not more than 5 yrs, double the penalty for repeated offenders, and (for males only) not more than 20 lashes.

Illegal sale/possession of Class B drugs: Prison term of 10 to 15 yrs,life imprisonment wif a parole date of 30 yrs for repeated offenders, and (for males only) not more than 50 lashes. Death penalty (for males) or Life w/o parole (for females) may b seek in case of sales resulting in death

Illegal Sale/Trafficking/Possession of Class A drugs: Death (for males), Life wif a parole date of 30 yrs, w/o parole in cases in which death result (for females)

As our death penalty laws onli apply to females in murder cases, females found guilty of capital drug offences will be sentence to life instead.

Rgds
Ministry of Interior Affairs, Dual Monarchy of the Two Vanadons

What are these "laws" you speak of?

Drug laws in Gruenberg are complicated by several factors. Notably, devolution of powers means they differ from province to province, depending on the particular proclivities of the Governor involved, and cultural or economic factors involved. As a general rule, the west and east have the strictest laws, while the centre, islands and coastal areas have the laxest. Further, psilocybe mushrooms are the sacrament of the Wenaist faith. The use of other entheogenic substances is also reasonably common.

So, in contrast to its authoritarianism in many other matters, Gruenberg is relatively "liberal" (though its legislators would not use that term or identify with its connotations) regarding drug laws. For a number of substances, including magic mushrooms, peyote, cannabis, tobacco, khat, tea and coffee, there are no prohibitions: regulations are mainly industrial in nature, regarding required content, labelling standards, agricultural practices and so on.

Opiates are a different story. Partly because of the influx of smuggled heroin from Gurglestan in recent years, laws on heroin are especially harsh: possession carries corporal punishment and lengthy imprisonment; involvement in illicit trafficking or conspiracy to supply large quantities can carry the death sentence. The medical use of opiates is very tightly regulated.

Manufactured drugs such as MDMA or amphetamines are illegal, as is cocaine. Though less harsh than with heroin, sentences are still tough: those caught in possession will find themselves in prison, and those making or selling them praying for the blessed relief of solitary confinement.

The biggest point of vascillation is alcohol. Gruenberg has one of the most active temperance movements in the world, and many scholars have asserted that the Wenaist texts explicitly forbid the consumption of alcohol. It has been prohibited numerous times; it is currently legal under national law, but more than one province retains prohibition laws. National laws prohibit its sale on the Holy Day, have made public drunkenness a serious offence, and tightly regulate its contents. Somewhat bizarrely, the nation pursues the free trade of alcoholic beverages, and has lobbied in support of the proposed Miervatian Beer Accords. National alcohol consumption is low and the social stigma probably drives these numbers further down than might otherwise be the case: it is notable that non-resident Gruenbergers, such as those on diplomatic missions, tend to enjoy a disproportionate drop.

cannabis- legal
heroin-legal
cocaine-legal but only for rich people
crack cocaine- 20 years in jail
Demonia (special government drug)- obligatory, every citizen must take demonia in order to ensure obediance or they will be executed...along with their families.
lsd-legal
cigarettes-death penalty

No drug laws are agreed on or actually implemented in the HURD yet. Well, none except one: a certain dose of caffeine which is equal to 10 cups of coffee is considered part of the lowest acceptable standard of living.

The very harmful stuff are outlawed, however toboacco and alchol are legal but:

Tobacco users have to pay for their own medical treatment related to it and it isn't coverd by healt insurance

All cars are equiped with a breathalizer and blood analyzer before you can even start up you have to breath and be pricked. Also if you are arrested on domestic abuse related to alchol it is a sever penalty.

In Qazox only the following drugs are legal:

Cigarettes- Free in Qazox, but limited to possession of no more than 3 cartons at one time per residence.

Marijuana- Legal, but 1 Kilo limit of possession.
LSD- Legal, but no more than 12 doses of possession.
Peyote- Legal, limit of 250g of possession.

Any possession of the legal substances above legal limit is subject to the following penalties (please note that Cigarette possession only involves the 1st 3 sentences):

1st offence- Mandatory 1 year sentence, parole eligible after 7 months.

2nd offence- Mandatory 5 year sentence, parole eligible after 4 years 6 months.

3rd offence- Mandatory 10 year sentence, parole eligible after 9 years 3 months.

4th offence- Mandatory 25 year sentence, parole eligible after 23 years 1 month.

5th offence- Life imprisonment, parole eligible after 70 years.

Alcohol- BAC limit is .05. The penaltie for DUI are as follows:

1st offence- Mandatory 6 month sentence, loss of licence for 2 years.

2nd offence- Mandatory 3 year sentence, loss of licence for 7 years.

3rd offence- Mandatory 7 year sentence, permanent loss of licence.

4th offence- Life imprisonment, eligible for parole after 25 years.


All other drugs are prohibited, except with a physician's perscription and appoval of the Qazoxian Drug Board. Any possession of illegal substances above legal limit is subject to the following penalties:

1st offence- Mandatory 25 year sentence. No parole.

2nd offence- Life imprisonment or death, as jury decides.

Drugs such as Marijuana, Cocaine, Heroine, other narcotics, etc, are all illegal in the Republic unless used in medical purposes. Possession is is punishable by up to a 90-day jail senence and a $50,000 fine or 60 days community service. Selling of said drugs can warrant up to 20 years behind bars depending on the circumstances and severity. For minors the punishments are considerably less harsh but more than enough to leave a lasting impression and dissuade them from doing it again. Tobacco is very legal but can't be smoked in public places such as bars and restaurants unless the establishment obtains a permit and posts a sign.

Iansisle: Can I claim that Allanean Pharmaceuticals has a large amount of holdings in Iansisle? Perhaps that's where they get the dope to feed Allaneans...

((Yeah, it's fine with me. I'm always trying to play up Iansisle's reputation as a house of opiates. Just remember that local processing technology will not exceed the late 1950s.))

Drugs are basically legal in Knootoss and like Allanea it is a major industry, particularly focussing on chemicals and synths.

Bonifatius (http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Bonifatius_Recreational_Drugs_Incorporated) is one of the big corporations involved in exports.

Drugs are pretty much legal in the Union. Like the Allaneans however, all forms of drug must contain what it says they contain; no "cutting the coke" or adding other forms of chemicals without listing them. Consumers under the age of 21 arent allowed to buy them however, and selling to them can lead to massive fines from the Drug and Alcohol Division of the Department of Commerce-enough to make it not worth even doing it once, since it takes only one breach to induce penalities for both Retailer and Manufacturer.

Private sales of drugs are banned also.

In Altanar, all drugs are legal for use above our age of majority, which is 17. We do hold people responsible for the things that they do while using them, however. For example, if you were drunk or high on some substance, and ran over someone and killed them, you'd be charged with intoxication manslaughter.

Marijuana is legal, as are regular cigarettes and alcohol, but heavier narcotics such as cocaine and its derivatives, methamphetamines, etc., are illegal with stiff penalties dependent on amount in possesion, regardless of intent to sell. Halucinagens are legal but heavily regulated. They must be chemically produced and not natural base, and amount possesed is limited. They also cannot be used outside of personal dwellings. Opium is easily available, but rarely used. The most prolific controlled substance is shisha with hookahs. Health problems arising from use of substances, however, is not covered by state medical assistance.

The Free Objectivist Republic of Linus and Lucy does not restrict the possession, consumption, sale, or purchase of any substance by anyone; however, it also does not consider that the accused was under the influence of a mind-altering substance as a defense against criminal allegations.

Parthia produces both marijuana and opium in large amounts, often grown in the mountain valleys of Afghanistan where the only restriction on production is a tax levied upon substances for domestic consumption (Marijuana and poppy fields take up about 35% of the used arable land in Parthian Afghanistan). Parthian marijuana and hashish is amongst the most potent in the world, and the annual Persepolis Cannabis Bowl awards individuals who grow the best marijuana strains or make the best hash. Opium is used often, and it is not unseen to find Parthian citizens smoking hookahs in city parks filled to the brim with hashish and opium. Both can be purchased in a wide variety of stores, from specialized head shops to supermarkets, with marijuana usually sold in packs of 20 joints, which look like unfiltered cigarettes or loose for use in pipes. Other drugs are availible, but harder to find and not as socially acceptable. Cocaine is often used by upper income bracket parties, while nightclubs often sell excstasy tablets, ketamine, and GHB. Drugs are mostly legal, with only the hardest drugs regulated heavily (such as heroin and morphine), or banned outright (crack, crystal meth, PCP).

Typical Substances:
Alcohol: Moderate tax of 1.50 Rials per liter, Drinking age is 16
Tobacco Taxed at 10 Dinars (.10 Rials) per pack of cigarettes, 1 rial per box of cigars, 250 grams of shisha tobacco, pipe tobacco, snuff, dip, or chewing tobacco. No age to purchase.

Drugs:
Possession of Marijuana- Legal, no limit on possession. Cannot be laced with other substances unless stated on the package (opium is often used for that purpose.) Age to purchase is 16 for pure marijuana and 18 for opium laced marijuana.
Possession of Speed- Legal, no limit on posession, age to purchase is 18
Possession of MDMA- Legal, no limit on posession. If placed in tablet form, it must have safe dosage reccomendations and other substances contained in the tablet printed on the package. Age to purchase is 18
Possession of Cocaine- Legal, no limit on posession, age to purchase is 18, must have safe dosage instructions printed on the package it comes in.
Posession of Opium- Legal, no limit on posession. Must have safe dosage level printed on package. Age to purchase is 18
Possession of LSD- Legal, no limit on posession. Must have warning label and safe dosage printed on the packet it comes in. Age to purchase is 18
Possession of Heroin- Decriminalized, 10 gram limit on posession. Unauthorized sale is punishable by two years in prison, but it can be purchased in authorized vendors by anyone who is 18, taxed at 100 Rials per kilogram. Penalty for more is either drug rehabilitation or 6 months in jail, depending on the desire of the individual in question. Can be perscribed by a doctor and can be legally produced with governmental license, for export purposes or authoized use or sale only.
Posession of Crack, Crystal Meth, and PCP-Banned, posession of any amount will result in a choice for the accused to undergo drug rehabilitation or spend 6 months in jail.

Trafficking of Marijuana: Legal to import and export to nations which consider it legal. Imported marijuana must conform to Parthian Purity Laws, including an honest declaration of what it is laced with. Also taxed at 10 Rials per kilogram.
Trafficking of Speed, Opium, MDMA, Cocaine, LSD: Legal to import and export to nations where they are legal. Substances are required to be either completely pure or have their overall purity declared. Taxed at 25 Rials per kilogram
Trafficking of Heroin: Legal to export to nations where it is legal, and to import for medical use, with proper licenses and pharmecutical company buyers already lined up. Importing recreational heroin can only be done by setting up a licensed buyer to take posession of the heroin and pay the tax required.
Trafficking of Crystal Meth, Crack, or PCP Illegal to have in Parthia, trafficking in any direction will result in a ten year prison sentence in the case of Parthian citizens and residents, or a 1.5 million Rial fine and deportation for foreigners.

In Skgorria, extensive propaganda and public information teaches the citizenry that intoxication is dangerous and unfitting of the New Man. To quote from one poster - "remember kids, only Jews smoke!"

Alcohol: Not taxed, legal drinking age is 18. Supplying alcohol to a minor is punishable by death, underage drinking and excessive drinking (more than 6 units in a 24 hour period) are punishable by penal servitude.
Tobacco: Possession,use and sale are punishable by death

Drugs:
Possession of Marijuana- Possession,use and sale are punishable by death
Possession of Speed- Possession,use and sale are punishable by death
Possession of MDMA- Possession,use and sale are punishable by death
Possession of Cocaine- Possession,use and sale are punishable by death
Posession of Opium- Possession,use and sale are punishable by death
Possession of LSD- Possession,use and sale are punishable by death
Possession of Heroin- Possession,use and sale are punishable by death.
Posession of Crack, Crystal Meth, and PCP-Possession,use and sale are punishable by death

Sentences are to be carried on the spot by State Police officials in the manner that they see the most fit.

Kahanistanian drug laws are similar to Allanea's, but with a few major points:

1. The minimum age is 15 for hard drugs. (Cocaine, crack, amphetamines.)
2. Heroin is still used in Kahanistan as a pain-killer.
3. There is no minimum drinking age.
4. Smoking marijuana, crack, etc. are covered by the same laws governing smoking cigarettes in public - most public facilities have designated smoking areas, usually in the higher floors of the building.
5. Driving or operating machinery (trucks, aircraft, weapons, etc.) are illegal while intoxicated on pretty much anything.
6. It's common to go into a nightclub in a Kahanistanian city and be able to buy MDMA, ketamine, powder cocaine, etc. over the counter.
7. Employers have the right to restrict drug use on their time, but cannot interfere with drug use off duty. In the military, drug use is common, but commanders can set their own policies, usually at the battalion level, and drug use in a combat zone is prohibited, as is getting high during a training exercise.

Everything's legal in Ice Hockey Players as long as it's registered with the government. Synthetic drugs are illegal unless they are registered with the Department of Substances. Anyone who produces drugs is required to give samples for identification; anything that cannot be identified is punishable.

Also, selling any substance without a government license, including caffeine, is illegal and punishable.

For individuals, the penalties are:
Possession of unapproved substance
1st offense: Fine of 500 pucks (considering 1 puck is about $4, it's a little steep)
2nd offense: Fine of 1,000 pucks, 200 hours of community service
3rd offense: Fine of 2,500 pucks, 1 year of community service and house arrest
Any subsequent offense: Fine of 10,000 pucks, 2 years of community service and house arrest
Distribution of unapproved substance without sale
1st offense: Fine of 5,000 pucks, 1 year of community service and house arrest
Any subsequent offense: Fine of 25,000 pucks, 5 years in jail
Sale of unapproved substance
1st offense: Fine of 25,000 pucks, 5 years in jail
Any subsequent offense: Fine of 100,000 pucks, 20 years in jail

For businesses, the penalties are:
Sale or distribution of unapproved substance (individual shop)
1st offense: Fine of 250,000 pucks, confiscation of all unapproved substance
2nd offense: Fine of 1,000,000 pucks, confiscation of all unapproved substance, loss of job for all those involved
3rd offense: Fine of 5,000,000 pucks, confiscation of all unapproved substance, closing of shop
Sale or distribution of unapproved substance (corporate chain of shops)
One shop's 2nd offense: Additional fine of 1,000,000 pucks, which can be reduced or waived by the corporation paying for approved substance workshop
Two shops' 2nd offenses: Additional fine of 5,000,000 pucks plus government-approved substance training program for all employees at the corporation's expense
Three shops' 2nd offenses: Additional fine of 25,000,000 pucks and one final warning - if it happens again, the entire chain closes
Four shops' 2nd offenses: All assets are liquidated, all employees not responsible receive one year's salary as a payout, all other assets go to the government pension fund, all executives are fined one year's earnings, those who cannot pay go to jail for 10 years, those who can pay but choose not to go to prison for life

This applies to selling substances that cannot be identified or to selling without a license. However, in all honesty, it's not a problem because drugs have a bad reputation in Ice Hockey Players; it's not that people don't like what they do to one's mind (believe me, they love that) but to most, they're prohibitively expensive. A case of Eskimo Beer costs, on average, 75 pucks, and the expense of producing bootlegged drugs usually drives black market prices even higher than what the government charges. Weed costs about 150 pucks a gram, coke goes for about 750 pucks a gram, and meth goes for about 2,250 pucks a gram. It's legal, but it's cheaper to buy a new car than an ounce of meth. As we say, "Meth and coke leave you broke."

We have semi-liberal drug laws in Nationalian allowing marijuana but not heavier drugs.

Anything which you grow yourself or create yourself and make only for personal consumption is legal (this is called the Sanxani law). Karelizing and takilizing drugs are legal as well, but must be declared on the wrapping of the product. most soft drugs are legal, hard drugs are illegal, but the Sanxani-law and 'efficiency' tend to help the convicts here. Rejistanis say the drug laws don't work against drugs but against greed (you don't only make it for yourself but want to earn something), studipity (you get yourself caught) and integrity/poverty (you don't bribe enough for the charges to be dropped). The usual sentence for dealing is a prison term and for possession/consumption social work.