Macau: day-rate ladders, recreational, death-penalty exception

Cannabis leaves and flowering or fruiting tops, resin and oil are listed in Table I-C. The quantity table distinguishes herbal cannabis from resin and oil, with potency adjustments for the latter products.[@law] HHC was added to Table II-B in August 2026.[@hhc]

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Wikipedia — Capital punishment in Macau (abolished 1976) Law 12/2026 — HHC and other additions to controlled-drug schedules 5 unchanged

label Personal acquisition or possession · treatment criminal · prison min 3 months · prison 1 year · note Or a fine of 60–240 day-rates (income-based), over 5 g · treatment criminal · note Above five daily reference quantities (1 g per day for herbal cannabis), production or trafficking rules apply including a lesser one-to-five-year tier

label Growing for personal use · treatment criminal · prison min 3 months · prison 1 year · note Or a fine; larger quantities fall under production rules, label Growing, lesser production tier (2022 case: one plant) · treatment criminal · prison min 1 year · prison 5 years

label Giving, selling or handing to another person (trafficking) · treatment criminal · prison min 5 years · prison 15 years, label Trafficking, lesser cases · treatment criminal · prison min 1 year · prison 5 years · note Cost-sharing supply counts as trafficking

Macau abolished the death penalty in 1976 and retains no capital punishment; no cannabis offence carries a capital sentence.[@wikipdp]

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There is no legal way to get cannabis. Personal acquisition or possession brings three months to one year or a fine of 60–240 day-rates; above five daily reference quantities (1 g per day for herbal cannabis) production or trafficking rules apply.[@law]

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