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Cannabis possession remains an offence. Adults with up to 3 g for personal use, without ag … lowest prosecution priority. Prosecutors may still bring charges with reasons.[@justice] Since [Belgium limited police reporting for adult personal possession in 2003.September 2026](/history/belgium-lawdrug-2003penalty-levels-2026/) [Belgium restored uniform low, the level-priority handling in 20051 personal-use fine is €250 for a first offence, up to €500 for a qualifying repeat and up to €1,000 for a further repeat, including the 1.25 multiplier.[@druglaw26,justice](/history/belgium Specified public-place offences fall under level 2, which can include six months–three years in prison; classification depends on the place and circumstances, beyond the prosecution-grams-2005/)priority policy.[@ar2017,penal26]
justice, druglaw26, ar2017, penal26
upto 3 glabel Personal-use offence eligible for level 1 — first offence · treatment criminal · term PossessionDrug Act, Article 2ter(1) · fine min 120250 · fine 200250 · note Simplified police report and lowest prosecution priorityIncludes 1.25 multiplier; no immunityspecified public places and aggravation have different rules, label ExceedingLevel-1 repeat within one year after the user amountfirst conviction · treatment criminal · term Article 2ter(1) · repeat 2 · fine 500 · note Includes 1.25 multiplier, nuisancelabel Further level-1 repeat within one year after the second conviction · treatment criminal · term Article 2ter(1) · repeat 3 · fine 1000 · note Includes 1.25 multiplier, label Personal-use offence in specified public or aggravating circumstancesinstitutional places · treatment criminal · term PossessionLevel 2 — Article 2ter(2) and decree Article 61(2)(2) · prison min 36 months · prison 1 year3 years · fine min 8000 · fine 800000 · note Full prosecution under the 2005 directiveOther principal penalties or mitigation may apply; public road and public-access places included
One plant for adult personal use receives the same low prosecution priority as 3 g, subject to the other conditions. Growing remains unlawful; the policy gives no immunity from prosecution.[@justice] Personal cultivation without statutory aggravation can fall under the level-1 regime; specified public or institutional places engage level 2.[@ar2017,druglaw26] [Belgium limited police reporting for adult personal possession in 2003.](/history/belgium-law-2003/)
justice, ar2017, druglaw26
label One plant for adult personal use · treatment criminal · term Cultivation · note Same low priority as 3 g; no immunity from prosecution, label Growing beyond one plant · treatment criminal · term Cultivation · note Prosecuted as production;Outside the one-plant tolerance does not cover itprosecution policy; purpose, place and aggravation determine the sentencing provision
SupplyUnauthorised supply is an offence under the drug law.[@cmsdruglaw26] Cannabis social clubs that tried to pool members' one-plant allowances have been prosecuted and convictedSince September 2026 the ordinary offence carries level 3, with prison of more than three–five years before mitigation; specified aggravated cases carry levels 4–6.[@wikidruglaw26,cmspenal26] [Belgium limited police reporting for adult personal possession in 2003.](/history/belgiumFacilitating another person’s use, including without payment, also falls under the drug-law-2003/) penalties.[@druglaw26]
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Medical access is lawful but narrow: a specialist may prescribesupply includes marketed Sativex for multiple-sclerosis spasticity and a pharmacy may dispense itcompounds prepared from pharmaceutical CBD under the applicable rules.[@faggproducts26] There are no legal adult-use shops or tolerated clubsThe regulator lists Epidyolex as authorised but not currently sold in Belgium.[@faggproducts26] [Belgium permitted prescription Sativex in 2015Recreational supply remains unlawful under the drug law.[@druglaw26](/history/belgium-sativex-2015/)
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Very limited: a 2015 royal decree allowsSativex, containing THC and CBD, is the cannabis-based speciality the medicines, regulator lists as authorised and available in practice one mouth spray for multiple-sclerosis spasticityBelgium.[@faggproducts26] Pharmacies mayEpidyolex received an EU marketing authorisation in 2019, but the regulator says it is not dispense herbal cannabiscurrently sold on the Belgian market.[@faggproducts26] [Belgium permitted prescription Sativex in 2015Pharmacists may also dispense compounds made from pharmaceutical CBD when they comply with the applicable rules.[@products26](/history/belgium-sativex-2015/)
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The roadside THC saliva screen uses 25 ng/mL; evidentiary saliva analysis uses 10 ng/mL.[@ … e specimen-specific values are distinct from proof of actual impairment.[@trafficlaw] The current law allows an ordinary discretionary driving ban runs from one month to of eight days–five years and the.[@trafficlaw] The level-1 fine from is €1,000 to 10600–16,000 eurosbefore additional decimes under the [2026 framework](/history/belgium-drug-driving-penalties-2026/).[@euda_ddtrafficlaw]
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Belgium — Drug-law amendment of 16 March 2026, in force 1 September Belgium — Criminal Code 2024, in force 1 September 2026 Belgian medicines regulator — Medicines and other cannabis or cannabidiol products De Druglijn / VAD — Cannabis and its names in Belgian Dutch 15 unchanged
label Ordinary unlawful drug supply · treatment criminal · term Level 3 — Article 2bis · prison min 3 years · prison 5 years · note Lower bound is strictly more than three years; mitigation can reduce the level, label Specified aggravated supply — level 4 · treatment criminal · term Article 2bis(3) · prison min 5 years · prison 10 years · note Lower bound is strictly more than five years; statutory conditions and mitigation apply, label Participation in a criminal organisation — level 5 · treatment criminal · term Article 2bis(4) · prison min 10 years · prison 15 years · note Lower bound is strictly more than ten years; mitigation can reduce the level, label Leading role in a criminal organisation — level 6 · treatment criminal · term Article 2bis(5) · prison min 15 years · prison 20 years · note Lower bound is strictly more than fifteen years; mitigation can reduce the level
word cannabis · lang French and Dutch · meaning general term for the plant and drug · sources druglijn, justice, word wiet · lang Dutch · meaning herbal cannabis · sources druglijn, word marihuana · lang Dutch · meaning herbal cannabis · sources druglijn, word hasj · lang Dutch · meaning cannabis resin · sources druglijn