Is Cannabis / THC legal in State of Palestine?

Also known as: weed, marijuana

Legal status

Cannabis is a controlled drug in the State of Palestine, no legal recreational or medical regime; the precise instrument is left to confirmation against the current law; the maximum penalty is imprisonment (and, for the gravest trafficking offences in the Gaza Strip, death).

Consequences if caught

Capital exposure: not established for this substance. State of Palestine retains the death penalty for drug offences, under military orders applied in the Gaza Strip, for serious drug trafficking, and that much is established here. What is not established is this substance's own position under it: the source read here gives neither the article that would carry it nor any quantity at which it would apply. No threshold is stated in this cell because none was established. Do not read the absence of a figure as a safe amount. The country level position is the one to act on, and the substance specific position has to be settled against the current instrument. The position differs by territory, and the framework applied in the West Bank is a separate one that maintains a longstanding execution moratorium. This cell does not establish which of the two would govern a given case.

If prescribed or medical

Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.

Documentation

In the State of Palestine, drug law differs by territory. The precise governing instrument and article are left to confirmation against the current law in each territory. [jurisdiction-split] Capital drug provisions are associated with the Hamas-administered Gaza Strip; Verify against the current governing law in each territory. A primary statute portal was not located; this cell is sourced via the Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor (loc.gov) and the UNODC legal database, with Harm Reduction International as a corroborating record. Cannabis is a controlled drug, 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 State of Palestine’s embassy or official drug authority before traveling; penalties can be severe, including imprisonment.