Expand Faroe Islands: hemp, offence tables, four events and regulations article

Possessing cannabis outside the authorised medical or scientific routes is prohibited.[@current] Faroese police say even small quantities for personal use are prosecuted when discovered.[@police] The basic drug-law penalty is a fine or up to two years in prison.[@law]

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Growing cannabis needs permission from the medicines authority; recreational home growing … commercial crops with no more than 0.2% THC on plots of at least 0.3 hectares.[@current] The basic drug-law penalty is a fine or up to two years in prison.[@law]

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label Basic offence · treatment criminal · prison 2 years · note Fine or up to two years in prison

Unauthorised sale, supply and receipt of controlled drugs are prohibited, with no recreational gift exception.[@current] The underlying law separately permits receipt and possession through a lawful prescription.[@law] The basic drug-law penalty is a fine or up to two years in prison.[@law] Serious cannabis smuggling can be prosecuted under Penal Code § 191, which police describe as carrying up to ten years.[@smuggle24]

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Controlled drugs may be used only for medical or scientific purposes under the regulations.[@current] Police prosecute small personal-possession cases when discovered.[@police] The basic drug-law penalty is a fine or up to two years in prison.[@law]

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The Faroe Islands sit under the Danish abolition: Denmark abolished the death penalty in 1933euphoriant-substances law sets fines or imprisonment for its offences, with full abolition for war crimes completed by 1994an ordinary maximum of two years. No[@law] Police describe serious cannabis offence carries a capital sentencesmuggling under Penal Code § 191 as carrying up to ten years.[@wikipdpsmuggle24]

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Recreational possession and growing remain offences, including small personal quantities, which police prosecute when discovered.[@current,police] The basic drug-law offence carries a fine or up to two years in prison.[@current,police,law] The [June 2026 regulations](/history/faroes-controlled-drug-regulations-2026/) preserve medical and scientific routes and a separate permitted commercial hemp crop.[@current]

The regulations permit licensed cannabis cultivation for medical manufacturing, raw pharma … rate annual permit, with a 0.2% THC ceiling and plots of at least 0.3 hectares.[@current] The [2026 regulations](/history/faroes-controlled-drug-regulations-2026/) require specified premises, an approved security manager and controlled access for medical growers.[@current]

The Chief Medical Officer confirms a medical-cannabis trial has operated since [April 2019](/history/faroes-medical-cannabis-trial-2019/).[@chief] Joint prescribing guidance identifies pain, multiple sclerosis, spinal-cord inju … also ordered cannabis flower from the Netherlands at a doctor's request.[@guidance,flower]

The Pharmacy Service tells patients they may not drive while receiving medical cannabisDrug judgments recorded in the decisions section of the criminal register can appear on a private criminal-record certificate under the [2021 rules](/history/faroes-drug-record-certificates-2021/).[@pharmacyrecords] It also stresses reporting adverse reactions because trial products are subject to different evidence requirementsFor fines included there, the ordinary private-certificate limit is two years from approved medicinesthe final decision; other decisions usually have three- or five-year limits depending on imprisonment and release.[@pharmacyrecords] Those certificate limits concern disclosure and differ from deletion of the underlying police data.[@records]

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The reviewed regulations authorise medical and scientific handling of controlled drugs; they provide no recreational growing-and-supply route for clubs.[@current] Distribution is reserved for authorised medical or scientific recipients, with licensed growing routes for medical production.[@current]

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The cannabis definition excludes hemp seeds and isolated hemp fibre.[@current] Growing plants is separately regulated and requires a permitpermission, including the specified commercial low-THC commercial route.[@current] Possessing an excluded seed therefore does not provide permission to germinate a recreational crop.[@current]

PoliceThe [2025 police statistics](/history/faroes-police-cannabis-statistics-2025/) recorded 62 drug-law reports in 2025, down from 107 in 2024 and 142 in 2021.[@police] These are reports covering controlled drugs generally, rather than a count of cannabis users arrested.[@police]

Police seized 29.58 kg of hashish in 2025, compared with 69.69 kg in 2024 and 16.25 kg in 2021.[@police] Their strategic drug-enforcement focus is on organisers and larger middlemen.[@police] In [January 2024](/history/faroes-norrona-hash-seizure-2024/), customs found 24 kg of hashish in a car arriving on Norrøna; two suspects were charged under the serious drug-offence provision.[@smuggle24]

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Faroese criminal-register rules, Order 442/2021, current consolidation Føroya Politi — Two arrested over 24 kg hashish, 16 January 2024 Wikipedia — Capital punishment in Denmark 8 unchanged

label Unauthorised possession · treatment criminal · term Overtrædelse — Euphoriant Substances Order § 3 · prison 2 years · note Prison or a fine; the statute does not set a fixed monetary ceiling here

label Unauthorised cannabis cultivation · treatment criminal · term Overtrædelse — Euphoriant Substances Order § 3 · prison 2 years · note Prison or a fine; the statute does not set a fixed monetary ceiling here

label Ordinary unauthorised supply · treatment criminal · term Overtrædelse — Euphoriant Substances Order § 3 · prison 2 years · note Prison or a fine; the statute does not set a fixed monetary ceiling here, label Serious cannabis smuggling under Penal Code § 191 · treatment criminal · term Straffeloven § 191 · prison 10 years

label Use outside permitted medical or scientific purposes · treatment criminal · term Overtrædelse — Euphoriant Substances Order § 3 · prison 2 years · note Prison or a fine; the statute does not set a fixed monetary ceiling here

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A commercial hemp crop needs an annual medicines-authority permit, with no more than 0.2% THC and each continuous plot at least 0.3 hectares.[@current] Applications go through [Búnaðarstovan](https://www.bst.fo/), with a police opinion and consultation with the Chief Pharmacist.[@current] Buying, holding and processing an authorised crop is allowed, but processing must not create preparations exceeding 0.2% THC.[@current]

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word kannabis · lang Faroese · meaning cannabis; medical and ordinary usage · sources chief, word hash · lang Faroese · meaning cannabis resin; police usage · sources smuggle24, word cannabis · lang Danish · meaning statutory plant name · sources current, word marihuana · lang Danish · meaning herbal cannabis; listed common name · sources current

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