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Cannabis is illegal. In the Federation, articleArticle 239(3) of the criminal code punishes unauthorizedmakes unauthorised possession of a narcotic drugcriminal, with up to one year in prison. That paragraph setsand no smaller tier for a personal-amount tier.[@fbihcc] Republika Srpska' and Brčko’s current criminal code, consolidated through 2023, punishes unauthorized production and trade, including holdingcodes lack a drug in order to sell it, and enabling another person to use a drug. It has no matching standalone possession offence, although holding for sale remains criminal. Brčko District's[@rsnow,brcko] The state drug law separately prohibits unauthorised possession penalty wasand provides a BAM1,000–3,000 individual fine.[@state] This is not established from a statute read for this entrysingle uniform criminal regime across the country.[@fbihcc,rsnow,brcko]
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GrowingUnauthorised drug production ordinarily carries one–ten years under both the Federation and Republika Srpska codes.[@fbihcc,rsnow] Republika Srpska expressly includes growing psychoactive cannabis iswithin production.[@rsnow] The state law allows hemp cultivation only for specified fibre and seed purposes with a criminal offenceforeign-trade ministry permit.[@state] It separately fines individuals BAM5,000–10,000 for growing that hemp without the permit.[@state]
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In theThe Federation, unauthorized prosecutes possession can bring up to one year in prison. The statute sets that maximum. Growers and dealers face the longerunder Article 239(3); production and trade sentenceshave longer prison ranges.[@fbihcc] In Republika Srpska, police issued a public-use ticket after seeing a person smoke marijuana in Vlasenica on [26 February 2026](/history/bosnia-vlasenica-public-use-ticket-2026/).[@ticket26] That example concerns public-use enforcement, rather than a cannabis arrest total.[@ticket26]
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Sale and supply are crimes with prisonother unlawful distribution ordinarily carry one–ten years in the Federation, Republika Srpska and Brčko.[@fbihcc,rsnow,brcko] Giving drugs for another person to use, or providing premises for use, has a separate offence: three months–five years in the Federation and Brčko, one–eight years in Republika Srpska.[@fbihcc,brcko,rsnow] These provisions do not require a sale.[@fbihcc,rsnow,brcko]
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Use is notThe state drug law prohibits use outside its authorised conditions.[@state] Republika Srpska separately criminalisedfines public consumption BAM700–1,700 under Article 17 of its public-order law; 'enabling' otherspolice applied it to marijuana use in February 2026.[@publicrs,ticket26] Enabling someone else’s use is a different criminal offence, described under sharing.[@fbihcc,rsnow,brcko]
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No legal source yet. On The [29 December 2025 decision](/history/bosnia-medical-use-approved-2025/) removed the Council of Ministers moved cannabis, its resin, extracts and tinctures from the table of prohibited substancesmain scheduling obstacle to the table of substances under strict control, so that cannabis-based medicines can be prescribedcontrolled medical use. Prescribing still depends on entity rulebooks. In[@mcpsep26] By the September 2026 follow-up, the prescribing framework remained unfinished: the Federation health ministry said it would not adoptplanned its new rulebook untilfor the first quarter of 2027;, while Republika Srpska's was finalising amendments were still in their final drafting stage. Without the rules, the[@mcpsep26] The medicines agency cannot sendsaid the UN control boardrules were needed before it could provide the requirements estimate it needs before imports can befor approved imports.[@mcpsep26]
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There is no legalgeneral recreational supplyauthorisation under the state law. In[@state] Possession is criminal in the Federation unauthorised possession brings up to one year with no smaller personal tier;, while the current Republika Srpska has noand Brčko codes do not reproduce that standalone possession offence but punishes production, trade and enabling use.[@fbihcc,rscc] Use itself is not separately criminalisedrsnow, while sale and supplybrcko] Public use in Republika Srpska brings a separate fine; supplying another user can bring prison even without payment.[@wikipublicrs,cannfbihcc,rsnow,brcko]
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IndustrialThe state law allows a foreign-trade ministry permit for hemp only, under tightly regulated permitsgrown for fibre and specified seed purposes.[@state] Applicants generally need a production-and-purchase contract with large finesa registered operator, or must themselves be registered for violationsthe relevant activity.[@state] These agricultural rules do not create a general recreational production licence.[@state]
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No legal THC products.
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The Council of Ministers approved medical use on 29 December 2025, after rescheduling opened a decade of campaigning that began with a state task force in 2016. Only pharmaceutical preparations prescribed by a doctor are allowed; the Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices oversees import and distribution, and growingroute to controlled cannabis for medicine remains prohibitedmedicines. No patient could be treated by[@mcpsep26] In September 2026 the Ministry of Civil Affairs reported that the implementing framework was still incomplete after almost nine months. The Federation drafted changes covering[@mcpsep26] Required work covered prescribing indications, prescribing doctorsauthorised specialties, registers, doses and pharmaceutical forms, but said it would replace the.[@mcpsep26] The Federation planned a new rulebook only in the first quarter ofearly 2027.; Republika Srpska'’s amendments were still in their final drafting stagebeing finalised.[@mcpsep26]
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In theA Federation, unauthorized possession conviction is a criminal offenceconviction under articleArticle 239(3), so a conviction is a criminal record. An indictment is not itself a conviction[@fbihcc] The state law also provides confiscation of unlawfully held drugs and plants.[@state] Different jurisdictional routes mean the Republika Srpska public-use fine cannot be treated as the national consequence for possession.[@publicrs,fbihcc,state]
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Industrial hemp may be grown onlygrowing requires a permit for the specified fibre, for seed used as animal feed, and for further reproduction, processing and marketing of seed, with purposes.[@state] The medicines agency describes an industrial ceiling of 0.2% THC in the dry plant no higher than 0matter.2%. Only people and companies authorised by the competent body may grow hemp[@alm22] This does not supply a general route to recreational cuttings or place it on the markethome growing.[@state]
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NoGiving cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying itsomeone else to another person are both prohibiteduse or making premises available for use falls within the entity and district enabling-use offences.[@fbihcc,rsnow,brcko] The state hemp permit covers specified crop purposes, rather than collective recreational supply.[@state]
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There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. InVisitors face the Federation, unauthorized possession can bring up to one year in prison under article 239(3)rules of the criminal code.jurisdiction where they are found: the Federation criminalises unauthorised possession, while Republika Srpska's and Brčko have different criminal code does not contain that standaloneprovisions.[@fbihcc,rsnow,brcko] The state law also prohibits unauthorised possession offence, so absence of a matching criminal paragraph is not permission to carry cannabis. Brčko District's penalty was[@state] Medical rescheduling has not established from a statute read for this entryby itself completed the domestic prescribing and import system.[@mcpsep26]
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Bosnia and Herzegovina — Law on prevention and suppression of drug abuse, Gazette 8/2006 Paragraf — Republika Srpska Criminal Code, consolidated through Gazette 78/2026 Brčko District Criminal Code, consolidated 19/2020 with 2024 amendments Republika Srpska — Public Order and Peace Law, 11/2015 and 58/2019 Republika Srpska Interior Ministry — Daily bulletin for 26 February 2026 Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices — Cannabis public notice, 4 August 2022 9 unchanged
BAM
label Federation — unauthorised possession · treatment criminal · term Federation Criminal Code 239(3) · prison 1 year · note No statutory smaller personal-amount tier, label State drug law — individual unlawful possession offence · treatment civil · term Articles 4(1) and 85(3) · fine min 1000 · fine 3000 · note Entity and district criminal rules differ; this is not a guarantee of a fine instead of prosecution
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label Republika Srpska — unauthorised psychoactive cannabis growing · treatment criminal · term Article 207(1), (5) · prison min 1 year · prison 10 years, label Federation — unauthorised drug production · treatment criminal · term Article 238(1) · prison min 1 year · prison 10 years · note No household plant allowance stated here, label State law — individual grows industrial hemp without required permit · treatment civil · term Articles 25 and 83(3) · fine min 5000 · fine 10000 · note Industrial hemp offence; not a safe tariff for psychoactive cannabis growing
label Federation / Republika Srpska / Brčko — ordinary unlawful sale or distribution · treatment criminal · term FBiH238(1), RS207(1), BD232(1) · prison min 1 year · prison 10 years · note Aggravated offences carry higher penalties, label Federation / Brčko — giving for use or enabling use · treatment criminal · term FBiH239(1), BD233(1) · prison min 3 months · prison 5 years, label Republika Srpska — giving for use or enabling use · treatment criminal · term RS208(1) · prison min 1 year · prison 8 years
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label Republika Srpska — public drug consumption · treatment civil · term Public Order and Peace Law, Article 17 · fine min 700 · fine 1700 · note This row is specific to Republika Srpska; other jurisdictions have their own rules
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Permitted crop purposes are fibre, seed for animal feed, further propagation and seed processing.[@state] A ministry permit is required, with reporting duties where diversion is suspected.[@state] The medicines agency’s [2022 explanation](/history/bosnia-agency-cannabis-warning-2022/) identifies a ceiling of 0.2% THC in dry plant matter.[@alm22] That agricultural exception does not authorise cannabis flowers or CBD oil as a general medicine.[@alm22,mcpsep26]
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