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Cannabis in Switzerland that contains more than 1,0 % of THC is classified as an illegal drug in Switzerland.〔(See the Interior Department Edict on Drugs of the 05.30.2011 )〕 Thus, according to the Federal Law on Drugs, production, culture, use and possession of cannabis are prohibited, and considered as criminal infringements.〔http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/812_121/a19.html〕 These infringements are punishable by three years of imprisonment, or by a fine. Since 28 September 2012, the possession of less than 10 grams of cannabis is no longer a criminal infringement, but is still punished by a 100 Swiss francs flat fine.〔http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/ff/2012/7539.pdf〕 Professional cannabis trade, as well as the possession of a quantity of cannabis that can affect the health of a large number of people (4 kg of hashish, according to the Federal Court〔Cf. the Federal Court judgement ATF 109 IV 143〕), are punished by one to three years of imprisonment, that can be cumulated with a fine.〔 The enforcement of the prohibition on cannabis is spotty, because around 500,000 Swiss people are believed to use cannabis regularly or occasionally. In a health poll conducted in 1997, 7% of people aged 15 to 39 stated that they were currently consuming cannabis.〔See the message to Parliament accompanying the government's decriminalization proposal; Federal Official Journal (BBl/FO) (2001 3715 ), p. 3719/21〕 Overall, enforcement varies substantially depending on the canton.〔Message to Parliament, op.cit., at 3733.〕 On 5 October 2012, the Federal Court invalidated the (Latin Concordat on hemp culture and trading ), that came into force on 1 January 2012, which allowed private citizens in the cantons of Geneva, Freiburg, Valais, Vaud, Neuchâtel, Bâle-Town and Ticino to grow up to 4 hemp plants (containing less than 1% of THC),〔http://www.lematin.ch/suisse/tf-annule-concordat-latin-culture-chanvre/story/25171348〕 for violating the Federal Law on drugs. ==Penalties== The penalties imposed in practice also vary among cantons to a certain degree. The 2007 penalty guidelines adopted by the Bernese Judges' Association provide as follows: An attempt to decriminalize possession and consumption of cannabis failed narrowly in Parliament in 2004.〔See documentation available under docket no. (01.024 ) on the Parliament website.〕 As a reaction, a popular initiative ("Eidgenössische Volksinitiative für eine vernünftige Hanf-Politik mit wirksamem Jugendschutz") to amend the constitution to decriminalize cannabis was introduced 2004.〔(Eidgenössische Volksinitiative 'für eine vernünftige Hanf-Politik mit wirksamem Jugendschutz' ), admin.ch – Swiss government, for results see: "Abstimmung Nr. 538". Retrieved 2013-09-05.〕 Results from the national referendum in November 2008 showed only 36.7% of those voting supported decriminalising cannabis.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cannabis in Switzerland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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