Is Cannabis / THC legal in Somalia?

Legal status

Cannabis is a controlled drug under the Somali Penal Code of 1964 (unrevised) — the specific penalty is left to confirmation against the current statute; no legal recreational or medical regime; the maximum penalty asserted under the named Penal Code is imprisonment

Consequences if caught

Cannabis is a controlled drug in Somalia under the Somali Penal Code of 1964 (unrevised), with no legal recreational regime. In Somalia, drug offences fall under the Somali Penal Code of 1964 (unrevised); Somalia has ratified the UN narcotic conventions but has no modern codified drug-control statute with quantified penalties, so the precise penalty is not cleanly pinned. The maximum penalty asserted under the named (dated) Penal Code is imprisonment; the specific penalty is left to confirmation against the current statute. Not confirmed — Somalia carries out executions for the gravest non-drug crimes, but no codified drug-death-penalty statute article is confirmed here; the 1964 Penal Code governs drug offences and its specific penalties are not confirmed. Verify against the current statute.

If prescribed or medical

Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.

Documentation

In Somalia, drug offences fall under the Somali Penal Code of 1964 (unrevised); Somalia has ratified the UN narcotic conventions but has no modern codified drug-control statute with quantified penalties, so the precise penalty is not cleanly pinned. The maximum penalty asserted under the named (dated) Penal Code is imprisonment; the specific penalty is left to confirmation against the current statute. Not confirmed — Somalia carries out executions for the gravest non-drug crimes, but no codified drug-death-penalty statute article is confirmed here; the 1964 Penal Code governs drug offences and its specific penalties are not confirmed. Verify against the current statute. Cannabis is a controlled drug under the same dated Penal Code, with no legal recreational or medical regime. Carry any controlled medicine with its prescription and confirm requirements with your embassy before travel.

Drug laws and enforcement change and vary within a country. This is not legal advice. Always confirm with Somalia’s embassy or official drug authority before traveling; penalties can be severe, including imprisonment.