Cannabis in Norway

[1] In December 2017, the Norwegian Parliament's sub-committee on health announced their intention to decriminalize personal drug use, providing medical treatment to users rather than fines and imprisonment.

In the group's given mandate, the police were handed the responsibility to "impose health related measures on drug addicts."

[8][9] As of 2016, Norwegian law left the door open for a small group of patients with serious illnesses – such as those with cancer and/or those in severe pain – who do not find relief from other medicines to use medical cannabis.

[10] Young Liberals of Norway, the youth league of the Norwegian political party Venstre, supports the legalization and regulation of drugs such as cannabis.

Young first-time offenders are routinely compelled to consent to regular supervised drug testing to avoid prosecution.