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Adult-use supply is prohibited.[@law] The licensed medical-cannabis industry is for export; officials reaffirmed in January 2026 that licensed products could not be sold locally.[@hemp,clarification](/history/vanuatu-marijuana-remains-illegal-2026/) The drug law separately permits controlled medical imports and properly prescribed and dispensed medicines.[@law]
Medical-cannabis cultivation under the industry law is for export. Its — first proposed as an export industry by the cabinet in 2018,(/history/vanuatu-medical-industry-2018/) with original licensing requirements includedincluding relevant experience, a local bank deposit, an agricultural lease and an export market or … t licensing and secure management remained required, with no local sales.[@clarification] Parliament backed 2025 changes to unblock banking for licensees.(/history/vanuatu-cannabis-banking-vote-2025/)
Adult-use possession and supply remain criminal.[@law] The Act exempts a personal-use prep … ctly labelled and accompanied by a doctor’s letter from the traveller’s country of origin — an exemption revised in 2005.[@law](/history/vanuatu-travellers-medicine-exemption-2005/)