Legality
Cannabis / THC legal status by country
Also known as: weed, marijuana
Countries where the legal status of Cannabis / THC has been confirmed against a primary source. Legal information, not legal advice; drug laws change, so confirm with the destination’s embassy or drug authority before you travel.
Confirmed legal status
Each row links to the full detail for Cannabis / THC in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- Aceh (Indonesia)Cannabis is a Category I narcotic under Indonesia's national Narcotics Law No. 35 of 2009, which applies in...
- AfghanistanCannabis controlled under the Law on Campaign Against Intoxicants, Drugs and their Control (with the 2005...
- AlbaniaCannabis is a controlled substance in Albania. The operative list is the set of narcotic, psychotropic and...
- AlgeriaCannabis controlled under Law No. 04-18 of 25 December 2004 (as amended by Law No. 23-05 of 7 May 2023),...
- American Samoa (US)Cannabis is controlled federally and locally. Split federal status under the Controlled Substances Act, 21...
- AndorraCannabis is a controlled drug under Andorra's Penal Code (Codi Penal) drug-trafficking provisions,...
- AngolaControlled. Cannabis, its resin and its oil are in table I-C of Lei n.º 3/99. Trafficking carries 8 to 12...
- Anguilla (UK)Cannabis is controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act (Anguilla), but personal possession of up to 10 grams...
- Antigua and BarbudaControlled. It is a Class B drug, and the Act defines it far more widely than the statute it copies. It is...
- ArgentinaControlled. Named individually in Anexo I, Fila 304 of Decreto 560/2019 as substituted by Decreto 122/2026,...
- ArmeniaControlled in Armenia, and the printed lines are not the line the applied cell quoted. The հավելված to...
- Aruba (Netherlands)Cannabis is fully illegal in Aruba under its own narcotics ordinance, unlike the European Netherlands, Aruba...
- AustraliaProhibited for non-medical use under Commonwealth law; medicinal cannabis is a Schedule 8 controlled drug....
- AustriaControlled as a Suchtgift, placed there by regulation rather than by the statute itself. In the...
- AzerbaijanCannabis controlled under the Criminal Code (in force 1 September 2000), acquisition/possession without...
- BahamasControlled under the Dangerous Drugs Act, Chapter 228, which reaches it by the words «Indian hemp» rather...
- BahrainControlled. Cannabis is placed in Group I Schedule 1 of the annex, in Bahrain's Law 15 of 2007 on narcotic...
- BangladeshCannabis is in two classes at once and the difference is the difference between ten years and the death...
- BarbadosPlaced in Part I of the First Schedule, the «list OF narcotic drugs under control». Under the Drug Abuse...
- BelarusCannabis is controlled in Belarus, and the annex reaches it through four separate printed rows rather than...
- BelgiumCannabis is a controlled substance in Belgium because it is listed. The Royal Decree of 6 September 2017...
- BelizeCannabis and cannabis resin is printed in Belize's Misuse of Drugs Regulations at Schedule I paragraph 1(a),...
- BeninCannabis is a drogue à haut risque under the Code des Drogues, any export regardless of quantity is treated...
- Bermuda (UK)Cannabis is controlled under Bermuda's Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 (as amended), possession of 7 grams or less...
- BhutanCannabis is a controlled drug under the Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and Substance Abuse Act of...
- BoliviaControlled. The Anexo to Ley 913 of 16 March 2017 carries the entry CANNABIS y su resina in Lista I under the...
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaControlled. The list attached to the 2006 Law, as consolidated through Official Gazette 56/26 with the...
- BotswanaCannabis is a controlled drug under the Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act,...
- BrazilControlled in Brazil. The entry read is item 1 of lista E, the list of proscribed plants and fungi that can...
- British Virgin Islands (UK)Cannabis is controlled under the British Virgin Islands' Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, the Cannabis...
- BruneiClass A controlled drug. It sits in the First Schedule to the Misuse of Drugs Act, Chapter 27 of the Laws of...
- BulgariaControlled. Cannabis is a named entry of Списък I of the Наредба за реда за класифициране на растенията и...
- Burkina FasoCannabis is a controlled drug under Burkina Faso's national drug code, use is punishable by 1 to 6 months'...
- BurundiCannabis is a controlled drug under Burundi's Penal Code 2009 drug provisions (loi sur les stupéfiants),...
- Cabo VerdeCannabis is a controlled drug under Lei n.º 78/IV/93, trafficking carries imprisonment; no legal recreational...
- CambodiaGroup I narcotic (no soft/hard split, alongside heroin/meth); illegal; possession ~2-5 years (small <1 g up...
- CameroonCannabis is a high-risk drug under Loi n° 97/19 du 7 août 1997, trafficking offences (Sections 91-95) carry...
- CanadaLegal for adults within Canada (Cannabis Act 2018), but illegal to take across the Canadian border in either...
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)Cannabis is prohibited in the Caribbean Netherlands (BES) under the old-Antillean narcotics law applied...
- Cayman Islands (UK)Controlled under the Cayman Islands' own Misuse of Drugs Act (2026 Revision). Cannabis is named in Part 2 of...
- Central African RepublicCannabis is a controlled drug under the Central African Republic's Penal Code drug provisions (national drug...
- ChadCannabis is a controlled drug under Chad's drug law (Loi n° 31/PR/2018 / Penal Code drug provisions),...
- ChileControlled. Decreto 867 artículos 1 and 2, because members of this class sit in both listas.
- ColombiaControlled. Anexo Técnico 1 of Resolución 116 de 2026, the Ministry of Health resolution of 27 January 2026...
- ComorosCannabis is a controlled drug under Comoros' national drug law (Penal Code drug provisions), trafficking...
- CongoCannabis is a controlled drug under the Republic of the Congo's Penal Code drug provisions (national drug...
- Cook IslandsCannabis is a controlled drug under the Cook Islands' Narcotics and Misuse of Drugs Act 2004, trafficking...
- Costa RicaControlled. Article 1 of Ley 7786, as integrally reformed by Ley 8204, fixes the scope by reference to the...
- Côte d'IvoireCannabis is a Table I high-risk drug under Loi n° 2022-407 du 13 juin 2022, trafficking-type offences...
- CroatiaCannabis is a droga, a narcotic drug, in Croatia. The Popis droga, psihotropnih tvari i biljaka iz kojih se...
- CubaControlled in Cuba, and it is the second and last substance the Código Penal names. Article 236(b) gives it...
- Curaçao (Netherlands)Cannabis is fully illegal under Curaçao's Opium Ordinance, contrary to the European Netherlands' tolerance...
- CyprusCannabis is a Class B drug under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law of 1977 (Law No....
- CzechiaCannabis is an omamná látka, a narcotic substance, in Czechia. Nařízení vlády č. 463/2013 Sb. o seznamech...
- DenmarkControlled under the Danish euphoriants legislation. Named on liste B of bekendtgoerelse nr. 405 af 26. marts...
- DjiboutiCannabis is a controlled drug under Djibouti's national drug law (Penal Code drug provisions), trafficking...
- DominicaCannabis is a Class B controlled drug under the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, Chapter 40:07. Part II of...
- Dominican RepublicControlled. Cannabis is the entry «Marihuana» at number 13 of acápite III of Categoría I of article 8 of Ley...
- DR CongoCannabis (chanvre) is prohibited under the Ordonnance of 1903 (approved by the Décret of 10 March 1917),...
- EcuadorCannabis, personal-use possession non-punishable, but the former CONSEP threshold ([repealed] ~10 g) was...
- EgyptControlled twice in Egypt: as a narcotic substance in the second section of Table 1 and as a plant whose...
- El SalvadorControlled under the Ley Reguladora de las Actividades Relativas a las Drogas, Decreto Legislativo 153 of 2...
- Equatorial GuineaCannabis is a controlled drug under Equatorial Guinea's Penal Code 2022 drug provisions (national drug law),...
- EritreaCannabis is a controlled drug under the Penal Code of Eritrea 2015, trafficking carries imprisonment graded...
- EstoniaCannabis is a controlled substance in Estonia. The national schedule is Annex 1 to Minister of Social Affairs...
- EswatiniCannabis is a controlled drug under the Opium and Habit-Forming Drugs Act, trafficking carries imprisonment...
- EthiopiaCannabis controlled under the Criminal Code of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (Proclamation No....
- Falkland Islands (UK)Cannabis is a controlled drug under the Falkland Islands' misuse-of-drugs ordinance framework, fully...
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)Cannabis is a controlled drug under the Faroe Islands' own narcotics-control framework, no legal recreational...
- FijiCannabis is an illicit drug under the Illicit Drugs Control Act 2004, unlawful...
- FinlandControlled. Cannabis is a narcotic in Finland by name. Section 1 of valtioneuvoston asetus huumausaineina...
- FranceCannabis is classified as a narcotic in France. The consolidated order of 22 February 1990 fixing the list of...
- French Polynesia (France)Cannabis is a controlled stupéfiant under the French Code de la santé publique as applied in French...
- GabonCannabis is a controlled drug under Gabon's Penal Code drug provisions (loi sur les stupéfiants), trafficking...
- GambiaCannabis is a controlled drug under the Drug Control Act 2014, trafficking carries imprisonment plus a fine;...
- GeorgiaCannabis is a controlled substance in Georgia. The dossier places it on the annexes to Law No. 624, matched...
- GermanyControlled, and not as a narcotic. Since 1 April 2024 cannabis is governed by the Konsumcannabisgesetz...
- GhanaControlled under the Narcotics Control Commission Act 2020 (Act 1019). The entry relied on for cannabis is...
- Gibraltar (UK)Class B controlled drug under Gibraltar's Crimes Act 2011. Cannabis is named in Schedule 5, the list of...
- GreeceControlled narcotic under Law 4139/2013. Cannabis is entry 3 of ΠΙΝΑΚΑΣ Β, the second table, an entry that...
- GrenadaControlled. It is listed at Part I of the First Schedule, the List of Narcotic Drugs Under Control. The entry...
- Guam (US)Cannabis is controlled federally and locally. Split federal status under the Controlled Substances Act, 21...
- GuatemalaIllegal under the Ley contra la Narcoactividad (Decreto 48-92), articles 38 and 39.
- Guernsey (UK Crown Dependency)Cannabis is a Class B controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law 1974, possession,...
- GuineaCannabis is a controlled drug under Guinea's drug-control law (Loi L/2016/035/AN), trafficking carries...
- Guinea-BissauCannabis is a controlled drug under Guinea-Bissau's drug-control law (Lei n.º 7/2008), trafficking carries...
- GuyanaControlled. The term the dossier records for this row against the First and Second Schedules to the Narcotic...
- HaitiCannabis is a controlled drug under Haiti's drug-control law / Penal Code drug provisions, trafficking...
- Holy SeeCannabis is a controlled drug under Vatican City State criminal law (Law No. CCXCVII and related),...
- HondurasControlled. Cannabis is named in Lista I de la Convención Única de 1961, and Article 321 of the Código Penal...
- Hong KongA dangerous drug in Hong Kong. Part I of the First Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Cap. 134), in...
- HungaryControlled. Cannabis is a named entry of the K1 jegyzék carried in the 1. melléklet to 78/2022. (XII. 28.) BM...
- IcelandControlled in Iceland. It is printed in Fylgiskjal I as "Cannabis", with "Kannabis, Hass, Marijuana,...
- IndiaControlled in India. The matched entry reads «"cannabis (hemp)" means charas, that is, the separated resin,...
- IndonesiaNarkotika Golongan I under Indonesia's Undang-Undang Nomor 35 Tahun 2009 tentang Narkotika: Narkotika...
- IranCannabis is placed by name. Named in the opening of Article 4 of the Anti-Narcotics Law, which reads «هر کس...
- IraqProhibited. Cannabis is carried twice: Schedule One serial 22 as «CANNABIS and CANNABIS RESIN and EXTRACTS...
- IrelandCannabis is a controlled drug in Ireland. The placement recorded for this row is: Schedule 1, with specified...
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)Cannabis is a Class B controlled drug under the Isle of Man's Misuse of Drugs Act (Schedule 2), possession,...
- IsraelControlled. Named in the First Schedule of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance [New Version], 5733-1973 at חלק א'...
- ItalyControlled. The Ministry of Health compilation of the DPR 309/1990 tables carries «cannabis» as an operative...
- JamaicaCannabis is governed in Jamaica as ganja, under Part IIIA of the Dangerous Drugs Act rather than under the...
- JapanCannabis is a 麻薬, a narcotic, in Japan, and it reaches that status through the Act's definition rather than...
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)Cannabis is a Class B controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs (Jersey) Law 1978, possession, supply and...
- JordanCannabis is a narcotic drug under Law No. 23 of 2016, the Jordanian narcotic drugs and psychotropic...
- KazakhstanCannabis is named in Kazakhstan's controlled list. The first of the three documents Government Resolution No....
- KenyaControlled under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Act, Cap. 245, by name in the First...
- KiribatiControlled. Cannabis is within the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, Cap. 23, Laws of the Gilbert Islands, Revised...
- KosovoCannabis is a controlled drug under the Criminal Code of Kosovo together with the Law on Narcotic Drugs,...
- KuwaitControlled substance under Decree Law 159 of 2025. Cannabis is listed at Group 1, table 5, serial N5-1 as the...
- KyrgyzstanControlled in Kyrgyzstan. Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 152 of 26 March 2025 names cannabis in its...
- LaosCannabis controlled under the Lao Penal Code (Art 146), using a marijuana-smoking service 3 months, 5 years;...
- LatviaCannabis is controlled in Latvia. The controlling instrument is Annex 2 to the law on the entry into force...
- LebanonControlled. Cannabis is placed in Table 1 of the annex to Law 673 of 16 March 1998, in the 1961 Convention...
- LesothoCannabis is a controlled drug under the Drugs of Abuse Act No. 6 of 2008, trafficking carries imprisonment...
- LiberiaCannabis is a controlled drug under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act 2014 (as amended in 2022),...
- LibyaCannabis prohibited under Law No. 7 of 1990 (as amended), death-eligible for aggravated trafficking; the...
- LiechtensteinCannabis containing more than 1% THC is prohibited under the Betäubungsmittelgesetz of 20 April 1983,...
- LithuaniaCannabis is controlled in Lithuania. Order No. 5 names cannabis. The entry relied on reads «Kanapės...
- LuxembourgCannabis, under the Law of 10 July 2023, home cultivation of up to 4 plants per household and private...
- MacauControlled in Macau. Law 17/2009 Table I-C, item 1, prints «大麻 - Cannabis sativa...
- MadagascarCannabis is a controlled drug under Loi n° 97-039, trafficking carries imprisonment; no legal recreational or...
- MalawiCannabis is a controlled drug under the Dangerous Drugs Act (Cap. 35:02), trafficking carries imprisonment;...
- MalaysiaCannabis is named three times over in the First Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952: in Part I as...
- MaldivesCannabis is a Schedule 1 drug under the Drugs Act (Act No. 17/2011, Third Amendment ratified 6 December...
- MaliCannabis is a controlled drug under Mali's national drug law, trafficking carries imprisonment; no legal...
- MaltaCannabis is governed by the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, Chapter 101, and it remains a Chapter 101 drug. Malta...
- Marshall IslandsCannabis is a controlled drug under the Marshall Islands Revised Code (Title 25 / controlled-substances...
- MauritaniaCannabis is a controlled drug under Mauritania's national drug control statute, trafficking carries...
- MauritiusCannabis is a controlled drug under the Dangerous Drugs Act 2000 (Act No. 41 of 2000, as amended),...
- MexicoCannabis is named in Mexican law as an estupefaciente. Article 234 of the Ley General de Salud opens «Para...
- MicronesiaCannabis is a controlled drug under the FSM Code Title 11 (Crimes) / controlled-substances provisions,...
- MoldovaControlled in Moldova. Cannabis is in Table II, «Tabelul național II. Substanțe, plante și medicamente care...
- MonacoCannabis is a controlled drug under Monaco's drug law (Penal Code / Loi sur les stupéfiants), trafficking...
- MongoliaCannabis controlled under the Criminal Code of Mongolia (revised, in force 1 July 2017), trafficking (illegal...
- MontenegroControlled in Montenegro. The operative list is the Pravilnik o utvrđivanju spiska droga, psihotropnih...
- Montserrat (UK)Cannabis is a controlled drug under Montserrat's Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, fully prohibited with no...
- MoroccoControlled as a narcotic. The dahir of 2 December 1922 on substances vénéneuses prints « Haschich et ses...
- MozambiqueCannabis is a controlled drug under Lei n.º 3/97, trafficking, manufacture, import, export and distribution...
- MyanmarIllegal in Myanmar. Cannabis is listed at Notification 24/2025, List 1, and the notification carries two...
- NamibiaCannabis is a prohibited dependence-producing drug under the Abuse of Dependence-Producing Substances and...
- NauruCannabis is a controlled drug under Nauru's drug law (Illicit Drugs Control Act 2004 / Crimes Act 2016 drug...
- NepalCannabis controlled under the Narcotic Drugs (Control) Act, 2033, consumption up to 1 month/NPR 2,000;...
- NetherlandsControlled as a soft drug. Cannabis is named in lijst II of the Opiumwet and not in lijst I, and the row...
- New Caledonia (France)Cannabis is a controlled stupéfiant under the French Code de la santé publique as applied in New Caledonia,...
- New ZealandControlled, and split across two classes, which is the fact most English accounts of New Zealand get wrong....
- NicaraguaControlled in Nicaragua. The entry relied on is «Cannabis y su resina», printed among the lists and tables...
- NigerCannabis is a controlled drug under Loi n° 99-42 du 23 septembre 1999 (Niger), trafficking carries...
- NigeriaIllegal, and two Acts apply concurrently, which is why accounts of Nigerian cannabis law disagree. The Indian...
- North KoreaCannabis is a controlled drug under the DPRK Criminal Code (2013 revision and later amendments), no legal...
- North MacedoniaControlled in North Macedonia. The classification list made under the control Act prints a row for cannabis...
- Northern Mariana Islands (US)Cannabis is controlled federally and locally. Split federal status under the Controlled Substances Act, 21...
- NorwayControlled in Norway. Cannabis is named in the narkotikaliste, the list made under section 4 of the Forskrift...
- OmanControlled, and inside the death penalty article. Cannabis is named in Group I, Table 1, serial 28 of the...
- PakistanCannabis is a narcotic drug under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997 and has its own row in the...
- PalauCannabis is a controlled drug under Palau's National Code Title 34 (Crimes) controlled-substances provisions,...
- PanamaControlled. Cannabis is reached by the Panamanian criminal definition of a drug, not by a national chemical...
- Papua New GuineaCannabis controlled under the Controlled Substances Act 2021 (which replaced the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952),...
- ParaguayControlled. Named in Lista I of the estupefacientes sheet of the schedule made under article 1 of Ley...
- PeruThis substance is carried by Peru's controlling schedule. Anexo N. 2 of the Reglamento approved by Decreto...
- PhilippinesA dangerous drug under RA 9165. Cannabis is printed as "28. CANNABIS" and, at entry 29, cannabis resin,...
- PolandControlled. Poland names cannabis material in its own national list in two entries. «KONOPI ZIELE innych niż...
- PortugalDecriminalised for own consumption. Since 1 October 2023 acquisition and possession for own consumption are...
- Puerto Rico (US)Cannabis is controlled federally and locally. Split federal status under the Controlled Substances Act, 21...
- QatarControlled in Qatar at Table 1-A item 2 and Table 4 item 1 of Law No. 9 of 1987. The annex prints the entry...
- RomaniaCannabis is controlled in Romania. The entry relied on reads «Cannabis, rezină de Cannabis şi ulei de...
- RussiaControlled in Russia. Decree 681 lists cannabis at the entry «Каннабис (марихуана)» (in English, cannabis...
- RwandaCannabis controlled under Law n° 03/2012 and the Penal Code (Law n° 68/2018), unlawful...
- Saint Helena (UK)Cannabis is a controlled drug under Saint Helena's misuse-of-drugs ordinance, fully prohibited with no legal...
- Saint Kitts and NevisCannabis is a controlled drug under Saint Kitts and Nevis's Drugs (Prevention and Abatement of the Misuse and...
- Saint LuciaControlled, and partly decriminalised by Act 13 of 2021. Cannabis is printed in two different Parts of...
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesCannabis is a controlled drug under Saint Vincent and the Grenadines' Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act,...
- SamoaCannabis is controlled under the Narcotics Act 1967, the official version as at 31 December 2023, through...
- San MarinoCannabis is controlled under San Marino's Penal Code drug provisions with a medical-cannabis exception,...
- Sao Tome and PrincipeCannabis is a controlled drug under Sao Tome and Principe's Lusophone Penal Code / drug-control law,...
- Saudi ArabiaCannabis is a controlled narcotic drug in Saudi Arabia and it is reached three ways over. The plant and its...
- SenegalCannabis (chanvre indien) is a Tableau I drug under the Code des Drogues (Loi No. 97-18 of 1997, amended by...
- SerbiaCannabis is a controlled substance in Serbia. The dossier behind this cell places it on the Spisak...
- SeychellesCannabis is a controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 2016, trafficking carries imprisonment plus a...
- Sierra LeoneCannabis is a controlled drug under the National Drugs Control Act 2008, trafficking carries imprisonment; no...
- SingaporeClass A controlled drug. Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 (Singapore), First Schedule, Part 1 (Class A Drugs), entry...
- Sint Maarten (Netherlands)Recreational cannabis is illegal under Sint Maarten's Opium National Ordinance of 1960, a 2019...
- SlovakiaCannabis is controlled in Slovakia. Annex 1 to Act No. 139/1998 names cannabis. The entry relied on reads...
- SloveniaControlled in Slovenia. The annex to the Uredba o razvrstitvi prepovedanih drog names konoplja, Cannabis...
- Solomon IslandsControlled. Cannabis is controlled by the text of Part I of the Dangerous Drugs Act (Cap. 98), reprint as in...
- SomaliaCannabis is a controlled drug under the Somali Penal Code of 1964 (unrevised), the specific penalty is left...
- South AfricaControlled as an undesirable dependence-producing substance under Schedule 2 Part III of the Drugs and Drug...
- South KoreaControlled, cannabis under the Narcotics Control Act
- South SudanControlled. The cannabis plant, prepared cannabis and cannabis resin are dangerous drugs under Chapter XXVI...
- SpainControlled in Spain as an estupefaciente, by incorporation of the 1961 Convention lists rather than by a...
- Sri LankaDangerous drug under Sri Lanka's Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Chapter 218): Third Schedule,...
- State of PalestineCannabis is a controlled drug in the State of Palestine, no legal recreational or medical regime; the precise...
- SudanCannabis prohibited under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act of 1994, death penalty...
- SurinameIllegal, and it is on both lists at once, which the act does deliberately. Lijst II onderdeel B prints the...
- SwedenControlled. Cannabis is named in Förteckning I of the Swedish narkotikaförteckningar, which are...
- SwitzerlandControlled, and split by purpose. BetmVV-EDI carries medical cannabis in list a, while cannabis and cannabis...
- SyriaCannabis prohibited under the Narcotic Drugs Law No. 2 of 1993, cultivation/trafficking/manufacture...
- TaiwanCategory 2 narcotic (第二級毒品) under Taiwan's Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例), named at...
- TajikistanControlled in Tajikistan. The National List approved by Government Resolution No. 121 of 27 February 2020...
- TanzaniaControlled by name. The First Schedule of the Drug Control and Enforcement Act Cap 95 R.E. 2023 carries the...
- ThailandCannabis in Thailand is a controlled herb, and that is neither the 2022 position nor a return to the...
- Timor-LesteNamed. Tabela I-C of Anexo II to Lei n.º 2/2017, de 25 de Janeiro, lists four cannabis entries: item 1,...
- TogoCannabis is a controlled drug under the Code des Drogues (loi sur les stupéfiants), trafficking carries...
- TongaNamed. Schedule 1 (section 2) of the Illicit Drugs Control Act, Act 7 of 2003, Cap. 4.06, 2020 Revised...
- Trinidad and TobagoCannabis is a dangerous drug under Chap. 11:25 as a First Schedule narcotic. Item 3 of the «LIST OF NARCOTIC...
- TunisiaCannabis controlled under Law No. 92-52 of 18 May 1992 ('Law 52' / 'Law 92-52'), as amended April 2017,...
- TurkeyCannabis is a controlled substance in Turkey and the dossier carries it under the schedule name «esrar»....
- TurkmenistanCannabis controlled under the Criminal Code (No. 222-1 of 1997, as amended), manufacture/storage/transport...
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)Cannabis and cannabis resin are Class B controlled drugs (Part II) under the Turks and Caicos Islands'...
- TuvaluControlled and prohibited in Tuvalu, in two forms under the Dangerous Drugs Act (Cap. 10.10, 2022 Revised...
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)Cannabis is controlled federally and locally. Split federal status under the Controlled Substances Act, 21...
- UgandaCannabis controlled under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Act, 2016 (Act No. 3 of...
- UkraineControlled in Ukraine as a plant, under a heading that says so. Постанова № 770, таблиці I to IV,...
- United Arab EmiratesCannabis is carried in two places in Decision No. 158 of 2025, Schedule 1 and Schedule 4, and the printed...
- United KingdomControlled as a Class B drug. Part II of Schedule 2 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 names it at paragraph...
- United StatesControlled, and in two schedules at once. Marihuana is Schedule I at 21 CFR 1308.11(d)(23), and since 28...
- UruguayLegal and regulated, not merely decriminalised, and the regime is closed to visitors. Ley 19.172 of 20...
- UzbekistanControlled in Uzbekistan. Cannabis is named in its own row of the quantity annexes to Cabinet of Ministers...
- VanuatuCannabis is a controlled drug under the Dangerous Drugs Act (Cap. 12), trafficking carries imprisonment plus...
- VenezuelaControlled. Ley Orgánica de Drogas article 3 identifies estupefacientes as the substances figuring in lista I...
- VietnamControlled. Cannabis is printed in List IA of the danh mục annexed to Nghị định 28/2026/NĐ-CP, in force 19...
- YemenCannabis prohibited under Law No. 3 of 1993, trafficking/cultivation with intent punishable by DEATH or 25...
- ZambiaCannabis is a controlled drug under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act No. 35 of 2021,...
- ZimbabweCannabis controlled under the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] and the Dangerous...
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