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Holding drugs for personal use contrary to the drug law carries a €100–€2,000 misdemeanour … n for selling, offering for sale, or buying, holding or transporting drugs for sale.[@cc] [Yugoslavia's code covered Montenegro from 1930.](/history/montenegro-yugoslav-code-1930/) [The current drug law dates to 2011.](/history/montenegro-drug-abuse-law-2011/)
Food and industrial hemp requires a cultivation permit and a contract for the whole crop; … –€2,000 fine, while unlawful drug production carries two to ten years in prison.[@law,cc] [Hemp permits were introduced in 2014.](/history/montenegro-hemp-permits-2014/)
Personal possession carries a misdemeanour fine under the drug law.[@law] Police reported … tober and complaints against two further suspects in March 2026.[@raid,follow25,follow26] [Police found 13,100 plants at Trnovo in 2025.](/history/montenegro-operation-trnovo-2025/)
Giving drugs to another person for consumption, encouraging use or providing premises for … s; organising a network of dealers or intermediaries carries three to fifteen years.[@cc] [Yugoslavia's code covered Montenegro from 1930.](/history/montenegro-yugoslav-code-1930/)
The drug law prohibits unauthorised drug use and holding drugs for personal use. Its indiv … rson or providing premises for consumption can bring prison under the Criminal Code.[@cc] [The current drug law dates to 2011.](/history/montenegro-drug-abuse-law-2011/)
Personal possession remains punishable, and selling cannabis carries a prison sentence.[@l … route; controlled medical and pharmaceutical production and trade require licences.[@law] [The current drug law dates to 2011.](/history/montenegro-drug-abuse-law-2011/)
The drug law allows controlled medical and pharmaceutical production and trade by licensed … od and industrial hemp and a registered-land exception for scientific institutions.[@law] [The current drug law dates to 2011.](/history/montenegro-drug-abuse-law-2011/) Unlawful drug production carries two to ten years in prison.[@cc]
The cultivation-permit rules cover food and industrial hemp containing at most 0.2% THC in dry plant material.[@hemp] The drug law separately regulates hemp preparations for medical or pharmaceutical purposes through licensed legal entities and purchase contracts with growers.[@law]
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The drug law provides licences for controlled medical and pharmaceutical activities and permits possession of a drug-containing medicine within the quantity prescribed by a doctor.[@law] Hemp preparations for medical or pharmaceutical purposes run through licensed legal entities and purchase contracts with growers.[@law] Liberal Party MP Andrija Popović proposed medical cannabis for serious illness in 2014.[@medical14] In 2022, Legalizuj.me and patients renewed the campaign for medical access and broader reform.[@patient] [Medical cannabis was proposed in 2014.](/history/montenegro-medical-proposal-2014/) [Patients renewed the campaign in 2022.](/history/montenegro-cannabis-petition-2022/)
Food and industrial hemp needs a cultivation permit plus a contract for the whole crop, co … p] A scientific legal entity may grow under a separate land-registration exception.[@law] [Hemp permits were introduced in 2014.](/history/montenegro-hemp-permits-2014/)
Road Safety Law article 182 prohibits driving under narcotic or other psychoactive influence and deems that influence established by a test detecting the substance in the body.[@traffic2026] It does not require a separate impaired-control finding or give a numerical THC allowance.[@traffic2026] The consolidation includes Gazette 111/2026, effective 7 August 2026.[@trafficcommencement] Article 317a now sets 15–60 days' imprisonment for drug driving and specified testing refusals, plus three penalty points and an ordinary four-to-six-month driving ban.[@traffic2026] Immediate danger or an accident adds two points and fixes the ban at six months.[@traffic2026] Article 296 provides for arrest for drug influence or refusal. Articles 291–292 authorise drug testing and medical examination; disputed positive results lead to blood and urine analysis, subject to health safeguards.[@traffic2026] A medically harmful examination or sample has a statutory exception in the refusal provisi … efence. Current drug penalties must not be replaced with the separate alcohol fine ranges.[@traffic2026]
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label Personal possession (misdemeanour) · treatment civil · term Holding drugs for personal use · fine 100 · note €100–€2,000 misdemeanour fine
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label Breach of hemp permit-and-contract rules · treatment civil · term Unlicensed hemp cultivation · fine 100 · note €100–€2,000 misdemeanour fine, label Unlawful drug production · treatment criminal · term Unlawful production of drugs · prison min 2 years · prison 10 years · note Two to ten years in prison
The Trnovo plantation