Places with the Stiffest Penalties

China Roughly 500 people are estimated to be executed for drug related offences each year.

Indonesia A possible 4 to 12 years in prison for possession of less than one kilogram. Anything more warrants life in prison.

Iran The punishment for a few grams is seventy lashes.

Japan 1 joint is punished by 5 years in jail. Foreigners are deported.

Malaysia With seventeen ounces of marijuana or more, an individual could be punished with an execution by hanging.

Philippines Those caught with 17 ounces or more of marijuana or .3 ounces of marijuana resin are sentenced to anything from 12 years to death.

Saudi Arabia Drug possession earns a public flogging and drug dealing can warrant a public beheading. Foreigners are deported

Thailand Though the punishment for possession isn’t as serious as in the other countries listed, Thai police have the power (and regularly use it) to search anyone they deem suspicious for marijuana, including a urine test. If caught, they have the right to issue thousand dollar fines.

Vietnam Being found with marijuana, an individual will be sent to “rehabilitation” which includes forced labor and starvation.