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The ordinance controls cannabis plants and resin separately from the scheduled extracts and tinctures.[@ddo_gov] The prescription regulations expressly cover pharmacist preparation of those extracts and tinctures.[@reg1980]
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Lawful prescription supply authorises possession of controlled preparations, and registere … ained a prohibited import; the court considered his health when choosing a fine.[@afonso] No cannabis medicine is registered and no public dispensing route was found.[@reg1980]
The Traffic Act prohibits drug-influenced driving of any vehicle, including a bicycle, and deems influence established when a saliva test shows drugs in the driver’s system.[@traffic2017] A first drug-driving conviction carries ten to twenty penalty units and six to twelve months’ licence disqualification.[@traffic2017] A further offence within five years carries twenty to fifty units, one to two years in prison or both, plus one to two years’ disqualification.[@traffic2017] Behavioural evidence and assessments may be used when testing is unavailable.[@traffic2017]
Kiribati Police Service — Abatao cannabis raid (28 April 2025) Kiribati Police Service — Takoronga cannabis raid (29 May 2025) Forgotten Prisoner — Kiribati: man gets 18 months, suspended, and a $600 fine for two cannabis plants (15 October 2026) Island Times — Kiribati police find cocaine and marijuana packages in the Line Islands (31 December 2019) Solomon Star — Two charged for attempted marijuana export to Kiribati (26 July 2019) 10 unchanged
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label Possession, High Court · treatment criminal · term Possession · prison 10 years · fine 2000 · note No quantity threshold; fine and/or prison, label Possession, Magistrates' Court · treatment criminal · term Possession · prison 5 years · fine 1000
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label Cultivation, High Court · treatment criminal · term Cultivation · prison 10 years · fine 2000 · note No plant-count or quantity threshold, label Cultivation, Magistrates' Court · treatment criminal · term Cultivation · prison 5 years · fine 1000
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label Sale or gift, High Court · treatment criminal · term Supply · prison 10 years · fine 2000 · note Same maximum as possession; no separate trafficking tier, label Sale or gift, Magistrates' Court · treatment criminal · term Supply · prison 5 years · fine 1000
Recreational cannabis is illegal. Possession, cultivation, sale and gifts carry the same maximum — A$2,000 and ten years in the High Court, or A$1,000 and five years before a magistrate — with no personal-use exemption or quantity threshold.[@ddo_gov] Reported sentences are usually fines or suspended terms, even for cultivation.[@folik,utimawa25]
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No industrial-hemp framework. "Indian hemp" covers Cannabis sativa and C. indica and any part of the plant; importing or exporting seeds is banned and cultivation is prohibited.[@ddo_gov] No licence exists for hemp fibre, seed or CBD production.[@ddo_gov]
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The local market is small-scale and domestic: police report raids on one- to two-metre plants in household gardens, not large farms.[@kps25a,kps25b] In 2019 police found 1.5 kg of cocaine and more than 3 kg of cannabis in the Line Islands, and Solomon Islands police intercepted a cannabis parcel bound for Kiribati.[@islandtimes19,solomonstar19] No price or seizure series is published.[@ddo_gov]
kps25a, kps25b, islandtimes19, solomonstar19, ddo_gov
No annual arrest statistics are published. Police posts record a cannabis raid at Abatao on 28 April 2025 and a second at Takoronga on 19 May 2025.[@kps25a,kps25b] The High Court sentenced a two-plant grower on 23 December 2025 to 18 months suspended for two years and a A$600 fine.[@utimawa25] No 2024 cannabis arrest report was found.[@ddo_gov]
kps25a, kps25b, utimawa25, ddo_gov