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For a small amount bought, held or grown for personal use, Article 53 of the [2025 drug law](/history/congo-drug-law-2025/) sets two months to one year, a 100,000–500,000 CFA franc fine, or both for high-risk drugs including cannabis oil.[@loi2025] Cannabis derivatives other than oil carry one to six months, a 50,000–250,000 franc fine, … ion franc fine, or either alone for high-risk drugs held or used for personal consumption.[@loi2025]
Article 7 bans growing plants classified as narcotics by the international conventions and requires landowners, operators and occupiers to destroy such plants.[@l30] Ordinary high-risk cultivation carries five to ten years, a 5–20 million CFA franc fine, or both under Article 37. Small personal growing is covered by Article 53 and can result in a fine alone.[@loi2025]
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In November 2024, the official news agency reported cannabis arrests and a house search in Owando, with suspects presented to the prosecutor.[@owando2024] The report still cited the colonial 1916 poisonous-substances law. Outcomes of ordinary personal-use cases under the 2025 law remain unknown.[@owando2024,loi2025] The arrests are traced in the [November 2024 Owando account](/history/congo-owando-cannabis-arrests-2024/).
Giving or offering a high-risk drug directly for another person’s consumption carries one … risk supply under Article 39 carries two to ten years, a 5–20 million franc fine, or both.[@loi2025]
Article 52 prohibits drug use outside medical prescriptions and permits confiscation even without prosecution.[@loi2025] Article 40 provides one to twelve months, a 1–2 million CFA franc fine, or either penalty alone for high-risk drugs held or used for personal consumption.[@loi2025]
No lawful source for personal use. Authorisations under the law are for medical use only (Article 8).[@loi2025]
No licensed production was found. Article 7 bans growing plants classed as narcotic by the international conventions anywhere in the country, and obliges landowners, operators and occupiers to destroy them.[@l30]
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Reliable national information about legally available cannabis products was not established by the retained sources.
No medical cannabis programme was found. Authorisations under the law are for medical use only under Article 8, with no programme or product pathway located.[@loi2025]
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For offences under Articles 40–54, courts can order a foreigner’s expulsion, residence restrictions, driving restrictions and professional bans under Article 61.[@loi2025] For prison sentences of at least one year under Articles 40–54, Article 74 restricts specified release and sentence-adjustment measures before two-thirds of the term has been served.[@loi2025]
Article 7 of Law 30-2025 bans growing plants classed as narcotic by the international conventions anywhere in the country, and obliges whoever owns or occupies land to destroy them. The law does not mention seeds.[@l30]
The drug law prohibits cultivation and supply and provides no recreational club exception. Facilitating high-risk use, including through premises, carries five to ten years, a fine, or both under Article 41.[@loi2025]
Recreational supply is prohibited for visitors. A small personal quantity can attract a fi … gners convicted of offences under Articles 40–54, including the personal-quantity offence.[@loi2025]
Wikipedia — Cannabis in the Republic of the Congo
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label Small personal amount, cannabis oil · treatment criminal · term Possession · prison min 2 months · prison 1 year · fine min 100000 · fine 500000 · note Prison, fine, or both; no quantity threshold defined, label Small personal amount, other derivatives · treatment criminal · term Possession · prison min 1 month · prison 6 months · fine min 50000 · fine 250000 · note One to six months, fine 50,000–250,000 francs, or both, label Holding or use for personal consumption · treatment criminal · term Use · prison min 1 month · prison 1 year · fine min 1000000 · fine 2000000 · note Article 40; one to twelve months, fine 1–2 million francs, or either alone
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label Ordinary high-risk cultivation · treatment criminal · term Cultivation · prison min 5 years · prison 10 years · fine min 5000000 · fine 20000000 · note Five to ten years, fine 5–20 million francs, or both, label Small personal growing · treatment criminal · term Cultivation · fine min 50000 · fine 500000 · note Article 53; can result in a fine alone (50,000–500,000 francs depending on oil or other derivatives)
There is no legal recreational supply. A small personal amount of cannabis oil can bring two months to one year, a 100,000–500,000 franc fine, or both; other derivatives one to six months or a 50,000–250,000 franc fine — and the 2025 law allows a fine alone.[@loi2025] No numerical small-quantity threshold is defined, and the ban reaches back to the [1926 colonial decree](/history/congo-french-equatorial-africa-1926/).[@loi2025]
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No hemp regime was found: no THC threshold, licence, or fibre exemption was located in the 2025 law. The colonial starting point was a hemp ban — the 1926 decree prohibited hemp cultivation across French Equatorial Africa — and no later instrument was found to undo it for fibre.[@loi2025]
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In November 2024 the official news agency reported cannabis arrests and a house search in Owando, with suspects presented to the prosecutor, in the last enforcement account before the 2025 law.[@owando2024] Outcomes of ordinary personal-use cases under the new law remain unknown.[@loi2025]
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