Tunis does not rock the casbah

Drug laws are one of the Things About Tunisia You Should Know. Drug regulations are strict, and even a tiny amount of marijuana is punishable by up to five years in prison (and you do not want to go to Tunisian prison). Alcohol is available at certain taverns, hotel lobbies, and restaurants (especially in the suburbs), but many venues cease selling beverages before midnight. Beer and wine may be purchased from big supermarket chains such as Carrefour and Monoprix by anybody (though on Fridays, alcohol is only sold from these stores in the suburbs, and you must show ID to prove you are not Muslim). It should be noted that being drunk in public is neither socially acceptable nor necessarily safe.

The coercive nature of drug legislation is exacerbated by the abuses that typically follow criminal arrests in general. Tunisia's criminal process statute allows police considerable authority to arrest anyone without reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing. Suspects who are arrested have no recourse to a lawyer for the first six days they are detained before being brought before a judge. Detainees are particularly vulnerable to maltreatment by law enforcement officials during this first period since they cannot receive visits from family members or a lawyer, even during police interrogation.