Bosnia and Herzegovina countries/ba.yaml
Sale and other unlawful distribution ordinarily carry one–ten years in the Federation, Rep … Srpska.[@fbihcc,brcko,rsnow] These provisions do not require a sale.[@fbihcc,rsnow,brcko] The Federation punishes organising or joining a supply group with at least three years; giving to a child or several people, or causing particularly grave consequences, carries one to ten years.[@fbihcc] Republika Srpska’s protected-person/place, professional-abuse, dealer-network and group supply cases carry five to fifteen years, rising to at least eight where the specified serious-health or death result occurs.[@rsnow] Its aggravated enabling-use offence carries two to twelve years, or three to fifteen where the recipient dies.[@rsnow]
label Federation / Republika Srpska / Brčko — ordinary unlawful sale or distribution · tre … or enabling use · treatment criminal · term RS208(1) · prison min 1 year · prison 8 years, label Federation — organising or joining a supply group · treatment criminal · term Aggravated supply / enabling use · prison min 3 years · note Article 238(2); statutory minimum, label Federation — aggravated giving/enabling use · treatment criminal · term Aggravated supply / enabling use · prison min 1 year · prison 10 years · note Article 239(2): child, several people or particularly grave consequences, label Republika Srpska — protected persons/places, professional abuse, network or group · treatment criminal · term Aggravated supply / enabling use · prison min 5 years · prison 15 years · note Article 207(2)–(3), label Republika Srpska — supply causing specified serious injury or death · treatment criminal · term Aggravated supply / enabling use · prison min 8 years · note Article 207(4); statutory minimum, label Republika Srpska — aggravated enabling use · treatment criminal · term Aggravated supply / enabling use · prison min 2 years · prison 12 years · note Article 208(2): protected persons/places or professional abuse, label Republika Srpska — recipient dies after enabling use · treatment criminal · term Aggravated supply / enabling use · prison min 3 years · prison 15 years · note Article 208(3)
Bosnia and Herzegovina — Road Safety Amendment, Gazette 35/2026 Bosnia and Herzegovina — Road Safety Act, consolidated through 35/2026 SIPA — Report on work in 2023, 25 January 2024 Republika Srpska Interior Ministry — 3.8 kg of suspected marijuana found in Šamac 15 unchanged
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Driving under the influence of narcotic drugs is prohibited by Article 173.[@road] The [May 2026 amendment](/history/bosnia-reckless-drug-driving-2026/) includes driving under narcotics or other psychoactive substances within reckless driving, punishable by BAM2,000–3,000, a six-month driving ban and two penalty points; causing an accident raises these to BAM3,000–5,000, nine months and four points.[@road26] A repeat reckless-driving violation within two years can lead to seizure of the vehicle, with permanent confiscation available to the court under the statutory conditions.[@road26] Drug-test refusal carries the maximum BAM1,000 under its separate provision, alongside the associated ban and points.[@road26,road]
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SIPA’s [2023 report](/history/bosnia-sipa-drug-results-2023/) records 68 drug-trafficking cases worked on and sixteen reports to prosecutors concerning 32 people, plus one supplementary report concerning three people.[@sipa23] These are one state agency’s proceedings across all drugs.[@sipa23] In a separate local example, Republika Srpska police arrested one person in Šamac in December 2025 after finding 3.8 kg of suspected marijuana.[@samac25]
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SIPA’s 2023 operational seizures included 78.904 kg of marijuana/skank and 126 cannabis plants.[@sipa23] These are the state agency’s own seizures, alongside cocaine and amphetamine in its annual report.[@sipa23] The report describes joint work with the Border Police against drug trafficking and international cooperation in five drug-trafficking matters.[@sipa23]
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word Marihuana · lang Bosnian · meaning marijuana; police usage · sources sipa23, samac25, word Kanabis · lang Bosnian · meaning cannabis; official usage · sources mcpsep26, sipa23, word Skank · lang Bosnian · meaning herbal cannabis; police reporting term · sources sipa23, word Konoplja · lang Bosnian / Serbian · meaning hemp; psychoactive plant term in the code · sources rsnow
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Fine or criminal case
The Federation criminalises possession; state-law fines and entity or district offences also apply