The same rule, everywhere we track it. Open a jurisdiction for the full picture and official sources.
Plain-language summaries, not legal advice. Check the official source linked on each rule.
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| Belgium | Decriminalized | Clubs in legal grey zone, privacy essential Belgian cannabis social clubs (e.g. Trekt Uw Plant, active since 2006) operate without a legal basis through court test cases applying the shared-cultivation doctrine. They have no licences and no protection: discretion, closed membership and confidential member records are existential requirements, not preferences. |
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| South Africa | Decriminalized | Clubs: high-risk grey zone (Haze Club ruling) Grow clubs and social clubs have no legal recognition. In The Haze Club v Minister of Police, the Western Cape High Court declined to declare club cultivation-for-members lawful, treating it as potential dealing; the appeal was withdrawn, leaving that position as leading authority. Police raids on clubs and dispensaries continue. Absolute discretion, confidential member records and zero public visibility are existential for operators. |
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| Spain | Decriminalized | Cannabis social clubs: tolerated in practice, not regulated Hundreds of private cannabis associations operate, especially in Catalonia and the Basque Country, where members share cannabis grown for them. No national law regulates them: the Supreme Court ruled in 2015 that organised supply to members can be drug trafficking, and the Constitutional Court struck down regional laws that tried to regulate clubs. Clubs therefore depend on local tolerance and can be closed. |
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| Uruguay | Legal | Cannabis clubs: 15 to 45 members, up to 99 plants Membership clubs registered with the IRCCA can have 15 to 45 members and grow up to 99 plants, distributing at most 480 g per member per year. Members cannot also buy in pharmacies or grow at home. |
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