South Korea countries/kr.yaml
No consumer products, CBD included, unless approved as a medicine.
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In November 2018 South Korea became the first East Asian country to allow cannabis-based m … such as severe epilepsy, imported patient by patient through a state orphan-drug centre. No consumer products, CBD included, unless approved as a medicine.
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KRW
label Possession, acquisition, transport or storage · treatment criminal · prison 5 years · fine 50000000 · note Up to five years or up to 50 million won, including edibles and vapes from abroad
KRW
label Cultivation · treatment criminal · prison 5 years · fine 50000000 · note Same ceiling; heavier when for sale
label Supply or sale · treatment criminal · prison min 1 year · note Minimum one year; punished more severely than possession
All recreational use is prohibited, including edibles and vapes from abroad. Possession brings up to five years, supply at least one year, and smoking or ingesting up to five years; citizens are prosecuted for use abroad, detected by hair tests months later.[@kt2,slg,kt1,filter]
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Hemp is grown under permit for fibre and seed in designated areas. Since July 2020 two districts of Andong form a regulation-free zone where hemp with less than 0.3% THC may be grown and CBD extracted as a pharmaceutical raw material.[@slg,asiae20]
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