Haiti: cultivation table, citations, hemp/arrests, 2001 law article

Article 63 of the 2001 drug law (promulgated 24 September 2001) punishes illicitly growing … nsumption with up to 6 months in prison and a fine of 5,000 to 100,000 gourdes, or either.[@loi2001] The court decides what counts as small and may order a detoxification cure or other care instead of, or besides, the penalty.[@loi2001] Offering or giving drugs to someone for personal consumption carries 5 years (Article 50); offering, selling or holding for supply carries up to 30 years (Article 49).[@loi2001] [The 2001 drug law set these terms.](/history/haiti-drug-law-2001/)

label Small quantity for personal consumption (Article 63) · treatment criminal · fine 100000 · fine min 5000 · prison 6 months · term Personal-use possession · note Fine of 5or prison,000 to 100,000 gourdes, or either penalty; court may order detoxification or care instead or besides, label Offering or giving drugs for personal consumption (Article 50) · treatment criminal · prison 5 years · term Supply to a consumer · note Five years, label Offering, selling or holding for supply (Article 49) · treatment criminal · prison 30 years · term Possession for supply · note Up to thirty years

Article 10 bans growing the cannabis plant, and landowners must destroy plantations on their land.[@loi2001] Growing a small amount for personal consumption falls under Article 63 (up to 6 months and a fine).[@loi2001] [The 2001 law banned growing cannabis.](/history/haiti-drug-law-2001/) [A narcotics decree dates to 1975.](/history/haiti-narcotics-decree-1975/)

The law lets courts replace or add to the penalty for personal use with treatment (Article 63).[@loi2001] How it is applied is not shown by the text; the state's ability to enforce has been disrupted by the security crisis.[@loi2001] [The 2001 drug law set these terms.](/history/haiti-drug-law-2001/)

Giving or offering drugs to a person for their own use carries 5 years and a fine of 100,000 to 500,000 gourdes (Article 50); supplying in other ways carries up to 30 years (Article 49).[@loi2001] [The 2001 drug law set these terms.](/history/haiti-drug-law-2001/)

Article 63 punishes growing, buying or holding for personal consumption; no separate offence for use itself was found.[@loi2001] [The 2001 drug law set these terms.](/history/haiti-drug-law-2001/)

None for personal use. Licences are for medical or scientific purposes only.[@loi2001] [The 2001 drug law set these terms.](/history/haiti-drug-law-2001/)

NoneNo licensed production operates. Growing cannabis is banned under article 10, with permits only for medical or scientific purposes under article 43.[@loi2001] [The 2001 drug law set these terms.](/history/haiti-drug-law-2001/)

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No medical cannabis programme operates.[@cann] The law provides permits only for medical or scientific purposes, with no patient supply route.[@loi2001] [The 2001 drug law set these terms.](/history/haiti-drug-law-2001/)

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The retained sources do not establish collateral consequences beyondBeyond the penalties described abovethemselves, the court's detoxification or care order is the main alternative outcome for personal-use cases.[@loi2001] [The 2001 drug law set these terms.](/history/haiti-drug-law-2001/)

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Article 10 of the 2001 drug law bans growing the cannabis plant, apart from medical or scientific permits under Article 43, and obliges landholders to destroy such plantations.[@loi2001] The law mentions seeds only for the opium poppy.[@loi2001] [The 2001 drug law set these terms.](/history/haiti-drug-law-2001/)

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.[@loi2001] [The 2001 drug law set these terms.](/history/haiti-drug-law-2001/)

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone.[@loi2001] Article 63 of the 2001 drug law punishes growing, buying or holding a quantity small enough to be for personal consumption with up to six months in prison and a fine of 5,000 to 100,000 gourdes, or either.[@loi2001] [The 2001 drug law set these terms.](/history/haiti-drug-law-2001/)

Figures reported by the government to the UN drugs office record 503 kg of herbal cannabis seized in 2024, against 131 kg in 2023.[@unodc_szr] The UN publishes them as kilogram equivalents, and countries count seizures differently, so the figures are not comparable across borders.[@unodc_szr] [A boat with 1.5 tonnes was handed over in 2026.](/history/haiti-mole-saint-nicolas-seizure-2026/)

UNODC — Report of the Secretary-General on Haiti, S/2025/420 (June 2025) Le Nouvelliste — United States Coast Guard seizes $3.8 million worth of marijuana near Haiti (5 May 2026) Wikipedia — Cannabis in Haiti 3 unchanged

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label Growing a small amount for personal consumption (Article 63) · treatment criminal · fine 100000 · fine min 5000 · prison 6 months · term Personal-use cultivation · note Fine or prison, or either; court may order detoxification or care instead or besides, label Growing the cannabis plant (Article 10) · treatment criminal · term Unlawful cultivation · note Banned outright; landowners must destroy plantations on their land

In May 2025 counter-narcotics officers arrested two people suspected of trafficking 44 kg of marijuana in Saint Michel du Sud, Miragoâne.[@unodc25] In April 2026 the US Coast Guard handed Haitian authorities a boat carrying about 1.5 tonnes of marijuana and one detained person for prosecution.[@nouvelliste] [A boat with 1.5 tonnes was handed over in 2026.](/history/haiti-mole-saint-nicolas-seizure-2026/)

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No hemp exception operates. Growing the cannabis plant is banned outright under article 10, apart from medical or scientific permits, and the sources read give no low-THC carve-out.[@loi2001] [The 2001 drug law set these terms.](/history/haiti-drug-law-2001/) [Cannabis was first restricted around 1925.](/history/ht-first-restriction-estimate/)

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