Cannabis is a Class B drug under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law of 1977 (Law No. 29(I)/1977, as amended), recreational use illegal; personal possession criminal (up to 8 years, though small first offences in practice draw ~€400-1,000 fines); since 2003 possession of ≥3 cannabis plants or ≥30 g presumes intent to supply; trafficking up to life imprisonment (not yet imposed in practice); only a limited medical-cannabis framework exists; the maximum penalty is life imprisonment
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law of 1977 (Law No. 29(I)/1977), as amended (classes A/B/C) · naac.org.cy · Verified June 27, 2026
Controlled under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law of 1977 (Law No. 29/1977, as amended; Classes A/B/C). HHC is a Class B drug: Part II, Class B of the First Schedule to the Law as substituted by the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Controlled Drugs) (Amending) Order of 2025, K.Δ.Π. 367/2025, published in Official Gazette No. 5985 on 5 December 2025 lists «Hexahydrocannabinol», with the other name «HHC», in Greek «Εξαϋδροκανναβινόλη». Under section 30 and the Third Schedule, possession carries up to 8 years' imprisonment, and possession with intent to supply, supply, production, import and export carry up to life imprisonment, in each case or a fine, or both; taking any controlled drug in any way is a section 10 offence carrying up to life imprisonment or a fine, or both, whatever its class.
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law of 1977 (Law 29/1977), CyLaw consolidation to Law 159(I)/2020, sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 30 and 30A and Third Schedule, read on 4 October 2026 · cylaw.org · Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Controlled Drugs) (Amending) Order of 2025, K.Δ.Π. 367/2025, Official Gazette No. 5985, 5 December 2025, First Schedule Parts I to IV · cylaw.org · CyLaw index of regulatory administrative acts for 2026, read on 4 October 2026 · cylaw.org · EMCDDA, Cyprus Country Drug Report 2019 · naac.org.cy · Verified October 4, 2026
Controlled under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law of 1977 (Law No. 29/1977, as amended; Classes A/B/C). Synthetic cannabinoids are controlled compound by compound, most as Class B drugs and some older ones as Class A: synthetic cannabinoids is a label for many compounds, answered compound by compound. Part II, Class B of the First Schedule to the Law as substituted by the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Controlled Drugs) (Amending) Order of 2025, K.Δ.Π. 367/2025, published in Official Gazette No. 5985 on 5 December 2025 names many of them, among them «HU-210», «JWH-200», the compound printed as «Naphthalen-1-yl-(1-pentylindol-3-yl) methanon)», which is JWH-018, and «ADB-FUBHQUCA», and reaches unnamed ones through structural paragraphs 4 to 7, 9, 10 and 14 to 17, which describe benzoylindole, naphthoylindole, phenylacetylindole, naphthoylpyrrole, naphthylmethylindene, cyclohexylphenol, indole and indazole carboxaldehyde, benzimidazole, carboxylic acid ester and carboxamide skeletons. Older cannabinoids, «Cannabinol derivatives» and dimethylheptylpyran, are in Part I, Class A, and a compound outside every described skeleton is not reached. Under section 30 and the Third Schedule, for a Class B compound possession carries up to 8 years' imprisonment, and for a Class A compound up to 12 years, and possession with intent to supply, supply, production, import and export carry up to life imprisonment for either, in each case or a fine, or both; taking any controlled drug in any way is a section 10 offence carrying up to life imprisonment or a fine, or both, whatever its class.
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law of 1977 (Law 29/1977), CyLaw consolidation to Law 159(I)/2020, sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 30 and 30A and Third Schedule, read on 4 October 2026 · cylaw.org · Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Controlled Drugs) (Amending) Order of 2025, K.Δ.Π. 367/2025, Official Gazette No. 5985, 5 December 2025, First Schedule Parts I to IV · cylaw.org · CyLaw index of regulatory administrative acts for 2026, read on 4 October 2026 · cylaw.org · EMCDDA, Cyprus Country Drug Report 2019 · naac.org.cy · Verified October 4, 2026
Controlled under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law of 1977 (Law No. 29/1977, as amended; Classes A/B/C). THC-P is a Class A drug: THC-P is not named in the First Schedule to the Law as substituted by the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Controlled Drugs) (Amending) Order of 2025, K.Δ.Π. 367/2025, published in Official Gazette No. 5985 on 5 December 2025, but on this site's reading it falls within a structural paragraph of Part I, Class A. THC-P, tetrahydrocannabiphorol, is the heptyl homologue at position 3 of tetrahydrocannabinol, so it is a 3-alkyl homologue of a tetrahydro derivative of cannabinol and, outside cannabis, within «Cannabinol derivatives» in Part I. Under section 30 and the Third Schedule, possession carries up to 12 years' imprisonment, and possession with intent to supply, supply, production, import and export carry up to life imprisonment, in each case or a fine, or both; taking any controlled drug in any way is a section 10 offence carrying up to life imprisonment or a fine, or both, whatever its class.
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law of 1977 (Law 29/1977), CyLaw consolidation to Law 159(I)/2020, sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 30 and 30A and Third Schedule, read on 4 October 2026 · cylaw.org · Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Controlled Drugs) (Amending) Order of 2025, K.Δ.Π. 367/2025, Official Gazette No. 5985, 5 December 2025, First Schedule Parts I to IV · cylaw.org · CyLaw index of regulatory administrative acts for 2026, read on 4 October 2026 · cylaw.org · EMCDDA, Cyprus Country Drug Report 2019 · naac.org.cy · Verified October 4, 2026
