Chad countries/td.yaml
Reliable national information about lawful cannabisNo licensed production was not established by the retained sources. Illicit cultivation carries two to twelve years and a doubled fine.
pharmacy2000
Reliable national information about legally available cannabis products was not established by the retained sources.
No patient programme is documented. The retained sources do not establish whether a medical2000 law regulates controlled medicines and the 1966 decree let the health minister grant exceptions for scientific research, but no route for patients to obtain cannabis programme operatesis provided for.[@pharmacy2000,decree1966]
pharmacy2000, decree1966
UN Human Rights — civil society paved the road to ending capital punishment in Chad (April 2020 unanimous abolition) 5 unchanged
XAF
label Possessing narcotics without legitimate reason (Articles 134–135) · treatment criminal · prison min 1 year · prison 6 years · fine 3000000 · note Fine of 300,000–3,000,000 CFA francs; consolidation with the 1995 drug law unverified
XAF
label Illicit cultivation (Article 136, doubled penalties) · treatment criminal · prison min 2 years · prison 12 years · fine 6000000 · note Doubled fine of 600,000–6,000,000 CFA francs; consolidation unverified
XAF
label Helping someone else use narcotics, free or paid · treatment criminal · prison min 1 year · prison 6 years · note Fine and/or prison; five-to-twenty-year residence restriction; consolidation unverified
Chad fully abolished the death penalty in April 2020, when parliament unanimously removed it for terrorism offences after the 2017 code had ended it for ordinary crimes; no cannabis offence carries a capital sentence.[@ohchr]
ohchr
There is no legal way to get cannabis. Possessing narcotics without a legitimate reason brings one to six years in prison, a fine of 300,000 to three million CFA francs, or both under the 2000 pharmacy law, whose consolidation with the 1995 drug law remains unverified.[@pharmacy2000] British travel advice calls the penalties severe and usually custodial.[@fcdo]
pharmacy2000, fcdo