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Grenada decriminalises cannabislegalises possession and home growing

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possession 4 · cultivation 4 · enforcement 6 · sharing 2 · consumption 3 · access 1

Saint Lucia decriminaliseslegalises 30 g and home growing

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Dominica decriminalises small amountslegalises possession and home growing

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Antigua and Barbuda decriminaliseslegalises 15 g

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A new federal Narcotics Act prohibited producing, growing, possessing and usingextended the drug ban to cannabis. Using it oneself stayed legal until the 1975 revision.

SRF — Chronologie der Schweizer Drogenpolitik 1 unchanged

UpAdults may hold up to 15 g and a household may grow four plants per household are decriminalised; Rastafari sacramental use is recognised. Dispensaries serve patients only.

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Antigua and Barbuda, safety and security 4 unchanged

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There are no cannabis clubs as such. Giving or selling cannabis remains an offence, with one collective exception: sacramental dispensing within a registered religious body.

wiki, idpc2

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There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says it is illegal to possess drugs and that there are severe penalties for all drug offences; smoking in public places is also illegal and can lead to arrest.

idpc2, wiki, fcdo

Since 2020 adults may hold up to 28 g and a fewhousehold may grow three plants at home are decriminalised.

Dominica News Online — Police destroy over 52 million dollars worth of cocaine and cannabis (20 November 2025) 5 unchanged

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There is no lawful place to buy cannabis for anyone. The 2020 amendment removed penalties for adults aged 18 and over holding 28 g or less, and the minister presented it as applying to Dominicans and as recognising personal religious use; holding more than 28 g remains unlawful. No licensing regime for sales exists.

caricom20, wiki

All sales are illegal. Police figures suggest cannabis is a small part of the drugs moving through the island next to cocaine: of drugs worth about 53 million East Caribbean dollars burned by police in November 2025, cannabis accounted for about 1.2 million and cocaine for about 52 million.

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No cannabis clubs are known, and no law provides for them: the 2020 amendment covers possession and home growing only, and supplying cannabis to another person remains an offence.

act1988

NOW Grenada — Approximately 1,000 pounds of marijuana confiscated (19 April 2024) 6 unchanged

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The 2026 Act draws no line between residents and visitors: it speaks of any person aged 21 or over. But it creates no legal source, since sale remains an offence and the only lawful supply is four plants at a household, so a visitor has nowhere to buy. Smoking or using cannabis in a public place brings a fixed penalty of 300 dollars, and public transport operating for hire is treated as a public place.

act

With no legal sales, the market is supplied illegally, much of it with compressed cannabis brought in from outside. In April 2024 the police commissioner said the drug squad had seized about 1,000 pounds of compressed marijuana in two weeks in three operations: 510 pounds in one vehicle, valued at more than 1.1 million East Caribbean dollars, more than 400 pounds in another, and 10 pounds intercepted at a courier service.

ng24

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The 2026 Act has no place for clubs: it allows an adult's own possession and four plants per household, and supplying others stays an offence. The one collective setting it recognises is religious. A place registered as a place of Rastafarian worship is taken out of the definition of a public place, and adherents may not be arrested or prosecuted over cannabis there; the minister is to set the criteria for registration by regulation.

act

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: St Lucia, safety and security 7 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and no law provides for them: the 2021 amendment is limited to personal private use, and supplying cannabis to others remains an offence.

mh, law

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says there are severe penalties for all drug offences and tells travellers to pack their own luggage and carry nothing through customs for anyone else.

rsa_act, bill_review, fcdo

No legal source for adult use: no shops, no clubs, no home growing. Bills to regulate have been debated without passing. The only lawful route is medical: since 2018 a doctor may prescribe approved cannabis preparations, dispensed in pharmacies, but few products are authorised and take-up is low.

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Portugal, safety and security GrowerIQ — Portugal cannabis café and social club guide (25 September 2024) Pardal, Decorte, Bone, Parés & Johansson — Mapping Cannabis Social Clubs in Europe, European Journal of Criminology (2020, PDF) EUDA — Statistical Bulletin 2026, drug law offences: cannabis (totals and use-related) EUDA — Legal approaches to drugs and driving, country table (last updated May 2025) 6 unchanged

zero

No THC limit is set: under the road law the offence is committed if a narcotic or psychotropic substance is detected. Police may stop at random and test on suspicion, with a roadside oral-fluid test and blood taken at a hospital. The road-law penalty is a fine of 500 to 2,500 euros and a ban of two months to two years; where danger is caused the criminal code allows up to three years in prison.

euda_dd

The EU drugs agency's statistical bulletin records 12,109 cannabis-related drug law offences in Portugal in 2024, against 16,304 in 2023. Of the 2024 total, 6,637 were for use or possession for use. Use is an administrative matter handled by dissuasion commissions, and the agency warns that the 2017 to 2021 figures are incomplete. Countries count these differently (offences or offenders, criminal or administrative), so the figure is not comparable across borders.

euda_dlo

underground

The sources disagree. A Europe-wide survey of cannabis social clubs carried out in 2018 and 2019 found, after online searches and contact with people in the field, that there did not seem to be any active club in Portugal. A 2024 trade-press guide describes private member associations that grow collectively for their members and operate discreetly in a legal grey area, mainly in Lisbon and Porto and reportedly in the Algarve; joining takes a referral from a member, often proof of Portuguese residency and an annual fee of 50 to 150 euros, and clubs vet newcomers carefully to avoid police attention. The authorities have not endorsed the clubs' reading of the law, and the model is prohibited throughout the European Union.

pardal20, giq24

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There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says illegal drugs, including cannabis, carry severe penalties and tells travellers to expect a long jail sentence and heavy fines for smuggling them, also in transit. Airport scanners are also used on the baggage of passengers in transit.

grow, qmhc, fcdo

The 2019 amendment removed penalties for possession and growing, not for supply. Giving cannabis to another person is not expressly protectedstays under the supply offences, and selling remains a crime.

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and no law provides for them: the 2019 amendment removed penalties for possession and home growing but not for supply, and selling remains a crime.

wiki, tni

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone, so a visitor has no lawful way to buy cannabis. The sources behind this profile describe no separate rule for visitors.

econ, wiki

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Andorra, safety and security 3 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

cann, alto

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice describes a zero-tolerance policy on possession and use: even the smallest amount can bring refusal of entry, expulsion from the country, a fine or a prison sentence.

cann, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: United Arab Emirates, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

mondaq

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. For a visitor the risk starts at the airport: British travel advice describes zero tolerance, with scanners that also check the bags of transit passengers and arrests over residual amounts. The presence of drugs in the bloodstream counts as possession, which carries a minimum of three months in prison or a fine of 20,000 to 100,000 dirhams, and trafficking can bring the death penalty. Products with CBD, including some skincare and vape refills, are illegal and can lead to charges.

l500, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Afghanistan, safety and security 3 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited, and the law provides for the death penalty for the most serious drug offences.

am, aan, cann

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says travellers are not allowed to use narcotics or bring them into the country and could be arrested if they do.

cann, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Albania, safety and security A2 CNN — Cannabis in the country: action by Albanian and Italian police (26 May 2025) 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

kp, shteg

Policing of the illegal market is aimed at the crop in the field. Each summer the State Police search all twelve regions together with Italy's Guardia di Finanza, flying more than 50 high-resolution drones and using helicopters where the terrain is too rough, with most attention on the highlands of Shkodra, Dukagjini, Kruja and Dibra and on areas around Tepelena, Skrapar and Vlora. The joint monitoring destroyed 191,000 plants in 2024. Growers have been moving indoors, into so- called weed houses, and in 2025 a laboratory was set up in Tirana to process the survey data.

a2n25

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says possessing illegal drugs could bring a prison sentence of 5 to 10 years and supplying them up to 15 years, also for passengers in transit; it adds that airport scanners detect cannabis and are used on transit baggage too.

kp, mjb, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Armenia, safety and security 3 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

hca, tb, iwpr

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says possessing, using or smuggling illegal drugs, including cannabis, can bring heavy fines and a long jail sentence, also in transit, and that smuggling carries 4 to 10 years in prison. It adds that marijuana, CBD and THC products are all illegal to use, possess or trade, and that a person can be prosecuted for having them even when they were prescribed for medical purposes.

tb, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Angola, safety and security 3 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

lei3

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says drug taking and smuggling are offences, that punishments can be severe and that prison conditions are very poor.

lei3, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Argentina, safety and security 5 unchanged

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice tells travellers not to become involved with illegal drugs of any kind and says possession of even very small quantities can lead to a lengthy prison sentence.

res, sechat, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Austria, safety and security Pardal, Decorte, Bone, Parés & Johansson — Mapping Cannabis Social Clubs in Europe, European Journal of Criminology (2020, PDF) EUDA — Statistical Bulletin 2026, drug law offences: cannabis (totals and use-related) EUDA — Legal approaches to drugs and driving, country table (last updated May 2025) 3 unchanged

impairment

Austria's road law punishes driving while impaired by drugs and sets no blood limit for THC, so impairment has to be established. Police may stop drivers at random but need suspicion to test; an oral-fluid test can be used at the roadside and the evidential test is blood taken at a hospital. The licence is withdrawn for at least four weeks and the fine runs from 800 to 3,700 euros; there is no prison sentence for the offence.

euda_dd

The EU drugs agency's statistical bulletin records 27,355 cannabis-related drug law offences in Austria in 2024, against 25,322 in 2023. Of the 2023 total, 19,672 were for use or possession for use. The number has come down from a peak of 37,751 in 2017. Countries count these differently (offences or offenders, criminal or administrative), so the figure is not comparable across borders.

euda_dlo

underground

Clubs exist without any legal basis. A Europe-wide survey of cannabis social clubs carried out in 2018 and 2019 received answers from four clubs in Austria, and its authors could not say how many more were active. The study notes that the model is prohibited throughout the European Union, that clubs sit in a legally sensitive position, and that many have been dissolved after court decisions or police raids. Nothing more recent was found.

pardal20

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says illegal drugs, including cannabis, carry severe penalties and tells travellers to expect a long jail sentence and heavy fines for possessing, using or smuggling them, also when only changing planes. Airport scanners are also used on the baggage of passengers in transit.

cr, tb, fcdo

NCETA, Flinders University — How many cannabis-related arrests are there each year in Australia? (citing the Illicit Drug Data Report 2020-21) The Canberra Times — Should Canberra allow dope growing clubs to be set up? (26 March 2019) AAP via The Canberra Times — State sets agenda on medicinal cannabis drivers (18 September 2026) 5 unchanged

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Road law belongs to the states, and the general model is a presence offence: THC detected in a roadside test is enough, with no need to show impairment, and a prescription has been no defence. That is starting to change for patients. Since March 2025 Victorian drivers with medicinal cannabis in their system who are not impaired no longer face an automatic ban. New South Wales passed a reform in 2026, not yet in force that September, under which registered patients may keep driving below 50 ng/ml of THC in saliva, with two warnings before a 704 dollar fine and a three-month suspension. Queensland has gone the other way, with tougher penalties for any drug present in blood or saliva.

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No cannabis clubs operate legally anywhere in Australia. When the Australian Capital Territory was debating its home-grow law in 2019, the head of the National Drug Research Institute proposed allowing not-for-profit clubs that would grow for adult members, for the large majority of users who would not grow their own; the bill's wording, which made it a crime to cultivate more than a few plants, made the model unworkable, and the law as passed lets a person grow only for themselves. Giving cannabis to another person remains an offence even there.

ct19, conv, ct

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone, so a visitor has no lawful way to buy cannabis. Whatever legal supply exists is medical, for patients with a prescription or registration. The sources behind this profile describe no separate rule for visitors.

tga, wiki

The national Illicit Drug Data Report counted 66,285 cannabis arrests in Australia in 2020-21, 14% fewer than the year before. Nine in ten were consumer arrests, for possession or use, and one in ten were provider arrests, for supply.

nceta

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Azerbaijan, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

cr

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says possession or use of illegal drugs, including cannabis, carries severe penalties, and tells travellers to expect a long jail sentence and heavy fines for possessing, using or smuggling them, also in transit. Airport scanners are also used on the baggage of passengers in transit.

cr, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Bosnia and Herzegovina, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

cann

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says illegal drugs, including cannabis, carry severe penalties and tells travellers to expect a long jail sentence and heavy fines for possessing, using or smuggling them, also when only changing planes. Airport scanners are also used on the baggage of passengers in transit.

gi, wiki, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Barbados, safety and security 8 unchanged

none

There are no cannabis clubs as such. Supply remains an offence; the Sacramental Cannabis Act allows use only within registered Rastafari places of worship.

cijn, bt

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says it is illegal to possess drugs and that there are severe penalties for all drug offences, and tells travellers to pack their own luggage and carry nothing through customs for anyone else.

mci_act, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Bangladesh, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited, and the law provides for the death penalty for the most serious drug offences.

nca18, wiki, dt, netra

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice warns of severe penalties for possessing and trafficking drugs, with the death penalty or life imprisonment for some offences, prisons far below British standards and long detention before a hearing because of court delays.

wiki, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Belgium, safety and security EUDA — Statistical Bulletin 2026, drug law offences: cannabis (totals and use-related) EUDA — Legal approaches to drugs and driving, country table (last updated May 2025) 5 unchanged

limit

Belgium has a fixed limit of 1 nanogram of THC per millilitre of blood: at or above it a driver is treated as impaired without further proof, and a separate provision covers impairment by any substance. Police may stop and test at random, using a saliva test at the roadside and a blood test at a hospital as evidence. The driving ban runs from one month to five years and the fine from 1,000 to 10,000 euros.

euda_dd

The EU drugs agency's statistical bulletin records 45,123 cannabis-related drug law offences in Belgium in 2024, against 37,940 in 2023. Of the 2024 total, 34,294 were for use or possession for use. That is the highest figure in the series, which starts in 2007. Countries count these differently (offences or offenders, criminal or administrative), so the figure is not comparable across borders.

euda_dlo

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says possession, use or trafficking of illegal drugs, including cannabis, are serious offences that can lead to a minimum 3-month prison sentence, long jail terms or heavy fines, also for passengers in transit. Airport scanners are also used on the baggage of passengers in transit.

wiki, cms, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Burkina Faso, safety and security 3 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

code99

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice tells travellers not to get involved in drugs of any kind: a conviction for possessing or distributing any illegal drug brings heavy fines and long jail sentences, and prison conditions are harsh.

code99, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Bulgaria, safety and security Pardal, Decorte, Bone, Parés & Johansson — Mapping Cannabis Social Clubs in Europe, European Journal of Criminology (2020, PDF) 4 unchanged

none

No clubs are known. A Europe-wide survey of cannabis social clubs carried out in 2018 and 2019 found, after online searches and contact with people in the field, that there did not seem to be any active club in Bulgaria. The model is prohibited throughout the European Union. Nothing more recent was found.

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There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says the authorities treat all drug offences very seriously and that any foreign national convicted can expect a prison sentence; illegal drugs, including cannabis, carry severe penalties, also for passengers in transit. Airport scanners are also used on the baggage of passengers in transit.

wiki, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Bahrain, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited, and the law provides for the death penalty for the most serious drug offences.

wiki, dt, cr

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says illegal drugs are strictly forbidden, even in residual amounts, also for passengers travelling through the airport: using or carrying them can lead to prison and deportation, and buying or selling can lead to a life sentence. Skincare products and vape refills containing CBD oil are also banned.

wiki, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Burundi, safety and security 3 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

wiki, cr

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says illegal drugs, including cannabis, carry severe penalties and tells travellers to expect a long jail sentence and heavy fines for possessing, using or smuggling them, also when only changing planes. Airport scanners are also used on the baggage of passengers in transit.

wiki, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Benin, safety and security 3 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

tb, wiki

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says possession, use or trafficking of illegal drugs is a serious offence that can bring a lengthy prison sentence and heavy fines.

wiki, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Brunei, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited, and the law provides for the death penalty for the most serious drug offences.

wiki, hoc

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice warns of severe penalties for drug offences including, in some cases, the death penalty, with caning and long prison sentences for other crimes.

wiki, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Bolivia, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

wiki, tni

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says there are harsh penalties for possession and trafficking, with a minimum sentence of 8 years, and that under Bolivian law carrying any amount of illegal drugs is treated as trafficking. Narcotics police search the bags and person of every passenger leaving on an international flight, with a sniffer dog.

wiki, fcdo

Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime — Will Brazil's latest ruling on cannabis use ease the country's mass incarceration crisis? (17 September 2024) Agência Estadual de Notícias do Paraná — Com 326 toneladas, Paraná lidera apreensão de drogas no Brasil em 2024 (26 September 2024), with federal Sinesp data 6 unchanged

Recreational cannabis is supplied entirely by the illegal trade, and marijuana is by far the largest drug by weight that police seize. The federal public-security data system recorded 816 tonnes of marijuana seized nationwide between January and August 2024, out of 893 tonnes of all drugs, an average of 3.3 tonnes a day and about the same as a year earlier. Three states account for most of it: Paraná with 320 tonnes, Mato Grosso do Sul with 300 and São Paulo with 75.

aen24

No count of cannabis arrests was found, but the drug law is a main driver of the world's third-largest prison population, which has grown sharply over twenty years as people caught with small amounts were treated as traffickers. The Supreme Court's 2024 ruling that under 40 g of cannabis is presumed personal use could change that: since 2014, 70 to 80% of cannabis seizures have been below that threshold. Judges may still classify someone as a trafficker on other circumstances, and studies cited by analysts find that people from racially discriminated groups are more likely to be treated as traffickers by police.

gi24

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone, so a visitor has no lawful way to buy cannabis. Whatever legal supply exists is medical, for patients with a prescription or registration. The sources behind this profile describe no separate rule for visitors.

anvisa, gv

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Bahamas, safety and security 5 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

dda

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says penalties for possessing or trafficking drugs are severe. It notes that tourists may come across drugs in pubs and bars, that police are vigilant, and that a visitor could face a substantial fine, deportation or imprisonment.

cannabis_act, appointed_day, trib26, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Bhutan, safety and security 3 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

trip, tb2

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says there are strict penalties for possession, use and trafficking: a prison sentence and a heavy fine, with sentences from a minimum of 3 years up to life depending on the type and quantity of drug.

trip, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Botswana, safety and security 5 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

dn, law

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says drug taking and trafficking are illegal and that a drug conviction can bring a fine of up to 500,000 pula, a prison sentence of up to 25 years, or both; prison conditions are generally poor.

trip, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Belarus, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

lb, kp

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says possession of illegal drugs, including small amounts of cannabis, can bring a prison sentence of up to 5 years, and smuggling or trafficking up to 25 years; the rules also apply to passengers only transiting through the airport, and it tells travellers to expect strict enforcement.

lb, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Belize, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and no law provides for them: the 2017 amendment covers possession and use only, and supply of any kind remains a crime.

wiki, act

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says only that possession of illegal drugs can lead to a fine and a prison sentence.

wiki, fcdo

Statistics Canada — Insights on Canadian Society: police-reported drug crime (29 October 2025) Health Canada — Cannabis in the provinces and territories Canada Border Services Agency — Cannabis and the border Department of Justice Canada — Impaired driving laws 7 unchanged

limit

Federal criminal law sets fixed blood limits. Between 2 and 5 nanograms of THC per millilitre of blood is a summary offence with a fine of up to 1,000 dollars. At 5 nanograms or more, a first offence carries a mandatory minimum fine of 1,000 dollars and up to ten years in prison. A third offence covers THC with alcohol: 2.5 nanograms or more together with 50 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood, with mandatory minimums of a 1,000 dollar fine, then 30 days and 120 days in prison for repeat offences.

jus

open

There is no residency rule: any adult of the provincial minimum age (18 in Alberta, 21 in Quebec, 19 elsewhere) may buy from authorised retailers and carry up to 30 g in public, and the federal government tells people to know the law of the province they live in or visit. The border is the hard limit. Taking cannabis into or out of Canada in any form, including CBD oil and cannabis authorised for medical use, is a serious criminal offence whatever the amount, and failing to declare it on entry can also lead to arrest and prosecution.

hcprov, cbsa

Police recorded 8,879 cannabis offences in 2024, or 22 per 100,000 people, down 89% from 194 per 100,000 in 2014, when nearly 70,000 cannabis offences made up two-thirds of all drug crime; in 2024 they were 17%. What is left is mostly border crime: of the offences under the Cannabis Act, 66% were importation or exportation, 13% possession, 7% distribution, 7% sale and 3% production. The cannabis rate rose 30% between 2023 and 2024, by 2,272 incidents.

statcan25

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

cr, wiki

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone, so a visitor has no lawful way to buy cannabis. The sources behind this profile describe no separate rule for visitors.

wiki

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Central African Republic, safety and security 3 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

pc2010

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says there are severe penalties for drug use and possession, with heavy fines and a long jail sentence on conviction.

pc2010, fcdo

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

loi2025

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone, so a visitor has no lawful way to buy cannabis. The sources behind this profile describe no separate rule for visitors.

loi2025

SWI swissinfo.ch — Swiss cannabis market worth up to half a billion francs annually (23 January 2020) SRF — Cannabis im Strassenverkehr: Bundesgericht stützt «diskussionswürdige» THC-Null-Toleranz (21 July 2021) 5 unchanged

zero

The limit of 1.5 microgrammes of THC per litre of blood is not an impairment threshold but the level at which the substance can be reliably measured: once it is reached the driver is deemed unfit to drive. The Federal Supreme Court upheld this zero-tolerance rule in 2021, in the case of a driver with 4.4 µg/l who had been given a suspended fine of 30 daily units and a 300 franc fine, while calling the limit open to debate because science cannot reliably link a blood level to actual effect.

srf21

Outside the pilot trials all cannabis is bought illegally. A study led by Addiction Switzerland, based on the canton of Vaud and scaled up to the country, estimated in 2020 that 40 to 60 tonnes are consumed a year, more by volume than any other drug, in a market worth up to 500 million francs. In Vaud that was only about half the value of the cocaine market, which surprised the researchers. Imported hashish, almost all from Morocco, has returned after decades in which locally grown marijuana dominated, and cheap legal CBD cannabis is increasingly mixed with the illegal product.

swi20

residents

Legal THC cannabis exists only inside the scientific pilot trials, and those are for registered local residents of the city or canton running them, so a visitor cannot take part. Low-THC cannabis sold as CBD is on open sale to anyone. Otherwise a visitor is in the same position as a resident outside the trials: no legal source.

pp, chch

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Côte d'Ivoire, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

l407, cr, koaci

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says drug trafficking and possession are illegal and can bring a long prison sentence or a heavy fine.

leaf, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Chile, safety and security TalkingDrugs — Chile opens first medical cannabis club (25 October 2016) 5 unchanged

tolerated

No law licenses clubs, but small medical ones have formed on the strength of a 2015 Supreme Court ruling that growing for private use, alone or in a group, is not a crime. The first reported, Botánica Orgánica Cannabis Internacional in the northern city of Arica, opened in September 2016 with about 20 members, supplying people with a prescription who could not grow for themselves; no action by the authorities against it was reported. The footing is narrow: under the drug law any transfer of cannabis can be treated as dealing. How many such clubs exist today was not found.

td16, ley, tni

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says only that using or possessing drugs is illegal and can lead to prison sentences.

dc, tni, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Cameroon, safety and security 3 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

loi97

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says penalties for using and possessing drugs are severe and usually include a prison sentence.

loi97, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: China, safety and security 3 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited, and the law provides for the death penalty for the most serious drug offences.

wiki, cms, lc

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice warns that the authorities can test foreign nationals for drugs at random, including on arrival, and take hair and urine samples in raids on bars and homes. A person can be prosecuted regardless of where or when the drug was taken, so use before travelling is no protection. A positive test can bring heavy fines, detention and deportation; other offences carry long prison sentences or the death penalty.

cms, fcdo

Radio Nacional de Colombia — Inpec reveló los delitos que más cometen los colombianos (21 May 2021) El Tiempo — ¿Por qué Bogotá es el epicentro de la marihuana en Colombia? (12 May 2025) Ley 1696 de 2013 (Función Pública, Gestor Normativo) 7 unchanged

impairment

The 2013 law punishes driving under the influence of alcohol or under the effects of psychoactive substances. It sets graded blood-alcohol levels but no threshold for THC or any other drug: the driver's state is established by a non-invasive test defined by the national forensic institute. The fines and licence suspensions are those of the alcohol scale, doubled for drivers of public-service vehicles, school transport and driving instructors. Causing a death while driving under the effect of a drug, where that was decisive, raises the penalty for negligent homicide by two-thirds to double.

ley1696

none

There is no legal adult-use market for anyone, since bills to create one have repeatedly failed in Congress. The personal-dose rules apply to whoever is in the country, but the only lawful supply is what a person grows; clubs that hand cannabis to members do so without legal cover.

cato, planteo

All adult-use cannabis is bought illegally. Bogotá is described as the main consumer market: the metropolitan police seized 3.7 tonnes of marijuana there in 2023, 3.6 tonnes in 2024 and about as much again by May 2025, and say nearly all of it is for local use, sold in the districts of Suba, Bosa, Kennedy and Ciudad Bolívar. One two-tonne load seized in May 2025 had come from the department of Cauca hidden in freight lorries, and police report marijuana flavoured with vanilla, chocolate and strawberry. No national seizure total was found.

et25

No count for cannabis alone was found, and the newest national figure located is from 2021: the prison service then listed 18,553 people held for trafficking, manufacturing or carrying drugs of all kinds, one of the commonest offences among prisoners.

rn21

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Costa Rica, safety and security La República — Club social de cannabis busca reabrir puertas en primer trimestre del 2023 (14 December 2022) 6 unchanged

underground

Clubs have no legal basis, and the one documented attempt was pushed out. High Club, a private members' space in San José where people could consume products with THC and CBD, opened in December 2020 and ran for about a year; its founder said municipal police parked a patrol nearby and came every night, a complaint was filed alleging a minor had smoked there, and the landlord took the premises back. Home growing and private use are not punished, but selling is. A bill discussed in Congress in 2022 would have allowed private cannabis clubs. No national picture of other clubs was found.

lr22

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice tells travellers not to get involved with drugs of any kind: it says the authorities treat possession and trafficking severely and that the minimum sentence is 8 years in prison.

lex, obs, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Cuba, safety and security 5 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited, and the law provides for the death penalty for the most serious drug offences.

cr, cn1, cn2

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice describes a zero-tolerance policy on the use, possession and trafficking of illegal drugs and says Cuban courts can give severe penalties.

cr, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Cape Verde, safety and security 3 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

tc2023, obs2020

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says there are severe penalties for possessing, using or trafficking drugs, including fines and long prison sentences.

tc2023, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Cyprus, safety and security Pardal, Decorte, Bone, Parés & Johansson — Mapping Cannabis Social Clubs in Europe, European Journal of Criminology (2020, PDF) EUDA — Statistical Bulletin 2026, drug law offences: cannabis (totals and use-related) EUDA — Legal approaches to drugs and driving, country table (last updated May 2025) 5 unchanged

impairment

The traffic law requires impairment and sets no THC limit, but in practice drivers are usually prosecuted under the narcotics law, since using and possessing drugs is a crime in itself and no effect on driving has to be shown. Police may stop and test at random with an oral-fluid test, and a second roadside sample is sent as evidence. Suspension and fine are left to the court, and prison of up to one year is possible.

euda_dd

The EU drugs agency's statistical bulletin records 770 cannabis-related drug law offences in Cyprus in 2024, against 846 in 2023. Of the 2024 total, 602 were for use or possession for use. Countries count these differently (offences or offenders, criminal or administrative), so the figure is not comparable across borders.

euda_dlo

none

No clubs are known. A Europe-wide survey of cannabis social clubs carried out in 2018 and 2019 found, after online searches and contact with people in the field, that there did not seem to be any active club in Cyprus. The model is prohibited throughout the European Union. Nothing more recent was found.

pardal20

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice describes a strictly enforced zero-tolerance policy that covers cannabis and laughing gas: possessing, using or smuggling drugs can bring a long prison sentence and heavy fines, also for passengers in transit, whose baggage is scanned.

lc, wiki, fcdo

noneunderground

The law has no place for cannabis clubs, but some exist. A Europe-wide survey carried out in 2018 and 2019 received answers from two clubs in Czechia and found that clubs had been present there since the late 1990s. An impact study for a regulated market in 2022 proposed licensed non-profit associations o … joint commission of the supply offence, and growing for someone else as an attempt at it. An earlier attempt by the former drug coordinator to open a medically oriented club in Brno failed for lack of a permit from the medicines agency. The sources read report no clubs operating openly.

pardal20, mk22, ex24, advd, expats

Pardal, Decorte, Bone, Parés & Johansson — Mapping Cannabis Social Clubs in Europe, European Journal of Criminology (2020, PDF) Národní monitorovací středisko — Souhrn Zprávy o nelegálních drogách v České republice 2025 (January 2026, PDF) epravo.cz — Přestupek, nebo trestný čin? Limitní hodnota THC vylučující schopnost řídit motorové vozidlo (22 March 2016) 8 unchanged

limit

A government regulation sets a lower limit of 2 nanograms of THC per millilitre of blood serum; above it a driver is treated as affected and commits at least an administrative offence. The Supreme Court fixed a second line in 2015: at 10 ng/ml or more the driver is in a state excluding the ability to drive, which is the crime of endangerment under the influence of an addictive substance. The 2026 cannabis reform did not change these limits.

epravo16

With no legal shops, cannabis is supplied by home growing and a domestic illegal market. The national monitoring centre describes cultivation as mostly for the grower's own supply, alongside small grow rooms: police uncovered 109 indoor sites in 2024, down from 138, most with fewer than 50 plants, while large operations keep declining. Production usually covers local or community demand; smaller surpluses are bought up by organised groups and exported, mainly to Slovakia and Austria. Seizures in criminal cases in 2024 came to 609 kg of dried cannabis and 7,100 plants, with an average potency of 11% THC. Sales are moving online, through social networks, darknet markets and couriers.

nms25

These figures predate the 2026 reform and cover all illegal drugs unless stated. In 2024 police recorded about 4,200 primary drug crimes, 2% of all crime; about 35% of the people detained for them were held in connection with cannabis, second to methamphetamine at about 47%. Possession for personal use made up 21% of those detained, a share that keeps rising. Courts convicted 2,545 people, most often giving a suspended sentence (53%); 26% went to prison. There were also 10,369 administrative offences, almost all for holding a small amount for personal use.

nms25

none

There are no shops and no clubs, so nobody, resident or visitor, can buy recreational cannabis legally; the 2026 reform covers only an adult's own possession and home growing. Products under 1% THC are sold freely to anyone.

expats

DIW Wochenbericht 13/2026 — Teillegalisierung hat Cannabiskonsum kurzfristig nicht strukturell verändert (interview) Konsumcannabisgesetz § 16, Mitgliedschaft (gesetze-im-internet.de) Straßenverkehrsgesetz § 24a (gesetze-im-internet.de) 8 unchanged

limit

The road traffic act sets a fixed limit: driving with 3.5 nanograms or more of THC per millilitre of blood serum is an administrative offence, with a fine of up to 3,000 euros. Combining that level with alcohol is a separate offence with a fine of up to 5,000 euros. The limit does not apply when the THC comes from a medicine taken as prescribed for a specific illness.

stvg24a

residents

Germany has no shops, and its growing associations are closed to visitors: a member must be at least 18 and prove a home or habitual residence in Germany with an official photo document, may belong to only one association, and associations must set a minimum membership of three months. A tourist therefore has no legal way to buy cannabis.

kcang16

Police crime statistics show how much of drug policing had been cannabis. Recorded cannabis offences fell from about 174,000 in 2023 to about 62,000 in 2024, the year possession and home growing became legal on 1 April, close to a third of the earlier figure. Researchers at the economic institute DIW put most of the fall down to conduct that is simply no longer a crime.

diw26

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

wiki, cr

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone, so a visitor has no lawful way to buy cannabis. The sources behind this profile describe no separate rule for visitors.

wiki

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Denmark, safety and security Pardal, Decorte, Bone, Parés & Johansson — Mapping Cannabis Social Clubs in Europe, European Journal of Criminology (2020, PDF) EUDA — Legal approaches to drugs and driving, country table (last updated May 2025) 10 unchanged

limit

Denmark has a fixed limit of 1 nanogram of THC per millilitre of blood, alongside an offence of impaired driving; the rule does not apply to a substance taken in accordance with a medical prescription. Police may stop and test at random, using an oral-fluid test after a physical test and blood taken at a hospital. The driving ban runs from six months to ten years or for life, and prison of up to a year and a half is possible.

euda_dd

none

No club is confirmed. A Europe-wide survey of cannabis social clubs carried out in 2018 and 2019 received no answer from Denmark but, because of contradictory sources, could not rule out that clubs were active there. The model is prohibited throughout the European Union. Nothing more recent was found.

pardal20

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says illegal drugs, including cannabis, are strictly prohibited even in small quantities and warns of jail sentences of up to 10 years and heavy fines for possessing, using or smuggling them, also in transit. Airport scanners are also used on the baggage of passengers in transit.

pusher, medical, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Dominican Republic, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

fc, wiki

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says possession of even small quantities of any drug can lead to a fine and a prison sentence. A case can take several years, during which the person is likely to be held in detention, and a prison sentence is served in full in the Dominican Republic.

wiki, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Algeria, safety and security 5 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

tsa23, wiki, mb

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice describes zero tolerance for drug offences: the penalties for trafficking, smuggling, using and possessing illegal drugs are severe and can include the death penalty, depending on how serious the offence is.

wiki, fcdo

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and no law provides for them: any supply counts as trafficking, graded by quantity.

lc

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone, so a visitor has no lawful way to buy cannabis. Whatever legal supply exists is medical, for patients with a prescription or registration. The sources behind this profile describe no separate rule for visitors.

wiki, giq

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Estonia, safety and security Narko.ee (National Institute for Health Development) — Narkootikumidega seotud seadusandlusest Eestis Pardal, Decorte, Bone, Parés & Johansson — Mapping Cannabis Social Clubs in Europe, European Journal of Criminology (2020, PDF) EUDA — Legal approaches to drugs and driving, country table (last updated May 2025) 3 unchanged

zero

There is no THC limit: a driver in whom a drug is detected is removed from the road and dealt with for the drug-use offence, with a fine of up to 1,200 euros or administrative arrest of up to 30 days. The criminal code separately punishes impaired driving with up to three years in prison, four for a repeat offence, and a ban of up to three years. Police need suspicion to stop a driver but may test at random; the evidential test is blood taken at a hospital.

euda_dd

none

No club is confirmed. A Europe-wide survey of cannabis social clubs carried out in 2018 and 2019 received no answer from Estonia but, because of contradictory sources, could not rule out that clubs were active there. The model is prohibited throughout the European Union. Nothing more recent was found.

pardal20

grey

unclear

illegal

banned

Section 188 of the Penal Code makes the illegal growing of cannabis a crime, punished with a fine or up to five years in prison, and one to ten years for a group or a repeat offender, so a cutting or seedling is covered as a growing plant. The national drug information centre's summary of Estonian drug law says nothing about seeds, and no provision banning them was found.

narko

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says illegal drugs, including cannabis, are strictly prohibited even in very small quantities and warns of jail sentences of up to 10 years and heavy fines for possessing, using, buying or smuggling them, also in transit. Airport scanners are also used on the baggage of passengers in transit.

wiki, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Egypt, safety and security 3 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited, and the law provides for the death penalty for the most serious drug offences.

cr, law, es

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice warns that possession, use or trafficking can, even for small amounts, lead to life imprisonment or the death penalty, and that people given a life sentence on drugs charges normally spend the rest of their lives in prison, with no parole or pardon.

cr, fcdo

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

pc2015

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone, so a visitor has no lawful way to buy cannabis. The sources behind this profile describe no separate rule for visitors.

pc2015

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Spain, safety and security Europa Press via Alicante Plaza — La reforma de la 'ley mordaza' reducirá la recaudación de multas por tenencia de drogas (6 October 2024), from the interior ministry's statistical yearbook Ministerio del Interior — La DGT incrementa los controles preventivos de drogas y alcohol entre los conductores (10 August 2015) Ministerio del Interior — Las Fuerzas de Seguridad del Estado decomisaron 370 toneladas de cocaína, hachís, heroína y marihuana en 2025 (19 August 2026) 8 unchanged

Spain is Europe's main entry point for Moroccan hashish and also a grower of herbal cannabis. State security forces seized 257 tonnes of hashish in 2025, up 29% on 2024 but at the low end of the series: 357 tonnes in 2023, 318 in 2022 and 672 in 2021. They also seized 875,000 cannabis plants. The interior ministry says police pressure on the coast has pushed traffickers to alternate beach landings with lorries and other vehicles; speedboats used for smuggling were banned in 2018, and supplying them with fuel at sea became a crime in 2026. The figures leave out seizures by the regional police forces.

int26

zero

Since the road safety law was changed in May 2014, driving with the presence of drugs in the body is an administrative offence in its own right, punished with a fine of 1,000 euros and the loss of six licence points; no impairment has to be shown and no threshold applies. Any driver can be asked to take a drug test at any hour on any road, and in the first year or so after the change more than 20,000 drivers were sanctioned for it.

int15

The typical outcome for a user is a fine, not an arrest. In 2023 the state security forces imposed 198,570 sanctions under the article of the public-security law that punishes using or holding drugs in public places, which carries fines from 601 euros; they brought in about 130 million euros, 74% of everything collected under that law and 21% more than in 2022. The figure covers all drugs, though cannabis is the commonest. Another 109 sanctions were for growing plants in public view. A reform agreed by the governing parties in 2024 would cut the possession fine to between 100 and 500 euros.

ep24

none

There are no legal shops for anyone. What exists is the tolerated network of private members' clubs, which are closed associations rather than a lawful point of sale; nothing in the law gives a visitor a right to join or buy. Carrying or using cannabis in public brings the same fine for a visitor as for a resident. British travel advice goes further in its warning: possession of even a small quantity can lead to arrest and detention, and smuggling carries a long prison sentence, also in airport transit.

tni, wiki, boe, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Ethiopia, safety and security 2 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

cr

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says drug offences are treated seriously and that possession can lead to a prison sentence of 5 to 10 years and potentially large fines.

leaf, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Finland, safety and security Pardal, Decorte, Bone, Parés & Johansson — Mapping Cannabis Social Clubs in Europe, European Journal of Criminology (2020, PDF) EUDA — Legal approaches to drugs and driving, country table (last updated May 2025) 4 unchanged

zero

Under the criminal code a driver commits an offence if a narcotic is found in the blood at all, unless it comes from a medicinal product the person has a right to use; a second provision covers impaired driving. Police may stop at random and test on suspicion, with an oral-fluid test after a physical test and blood taken at a hospital or police station. The detection offence carries up to 120 day-fines or six months in prison, impaired driving at least 60 day-fines or up to two years, and the ban can last up to five years.

euda_dd

none

No clubs are known. A Europe-wide survey of cannabis social clubs carried out in 2018 and 2019 found, after online searches and contact with people in the field, that there did not seem to be any active club in Finland. The model is prohibited throughout the European Union. Nothing more recent was found.

pardal20

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says illegal drugs, including cannabis, are prohibited even in small quantities and warns of jail sentences of up to 10 years and heavy fines for possessing, using, buying or smuggling them, also in transit. Airport scanners are also used on the baggage of passengers in transit.

td, wiki, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Fiji, safety and security 3 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

sulua, wiki

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says possession of even small quantities of illegal drugs can lead to imprisonment and a large fine, and that possession of any amount of marijuana carries a 3-month prison sentence.

wiki, fcdo

none

No cannabis clubs are known. Delivering marijuana is trafficking, with one carve-out: handing over no more than an ounce for no payment is treated as simple possession. Nothing in the code provides for collective growing.

code

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone, so a visitor has no lawful way to buy cannabis. The sources behind this profile describe no separate rule for visitors.

code

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: France, safety and security Observatoire national interministériel de la sécurité routière — Les infractions (2024 figures) 9 unchanged

zero

Driving after using a narcotic is an offence whatever the amount; there is no threshold. Police screen heavily: the road-safety observatory counted about 1.2 million drug screenings in 2024, of which 11.1% were positive. Nine in ten were preventive checks or followed another traffic offence, and those were positive 11.7% of the time; of the 55,886 screenings carried out after an injury or fatal crash, 6.2% were positive.

onisr

Use itself is a criminal offence and is policed on a large scale. The road-safety observatory's compilation of police data records 148,556 offences of drug use in 2024, almost three times as many as in 2017; the figure covers all narcotics, of which cannabis is by far the commonest.

onisr

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says illegal drugs, including cannabis, carry severe penalties, including imprisonment and heavy fines, for possessing, using or smuggling them, also when transiting through airports, ports and Eurostar stations, whose scanners are used on transit baggage too.

cx, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Gabon, safety and security 3 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

penal

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says possession of drugs is a serious offence and that punishment can be severe, including a prison sentence.

gmt1, fcdo

No law provides for clubs and cannabis remains a class B drug. A federation, but clubs have operated openly since aboutUK Cannabis Social Clubs, was founded in 2011. By and by 2016 there werecounted more than 80 across the countryclubs, most with 100 to 150 members, each and registered as a non-profitprofits. Most have since gone: there were still dozens in 2019, but the pandemic, unpaid rents, infighting and loosely overseen by a national committeearrests broke the movement, UK Cannabis Social Clubs. They are mainly places to meet and campaign rather than growing collectivesone organiser was jailed for running a cannabis café. The best known, Teesside Cannabis Social Club in Stockton-on-Tees, has had its own premises since 2017 is one of the few survivors and about 850 membersthe only one that worked with the consent of the authorities, backed from the start by the Durham police commissioner; in 2024; it sells no cannabis, more than 850 members bring their ownpaid £120 a year, and it has workedcannabis grown mostly by about a dozen members was sold on the premises. Newer venues are opening as lounges for holders of private medical prescriptions, some with the supportapparent blessing of local police, whose commissioner in Durham had decided not to pursue users and small growers. That toleranceTolerance is a matter of local police discretion, not national policy.

td24, volteface16, wikitcc

GOV.UK — Drugs and driving: the law GOV.UK — Drug driving (collection, with the specified limits) TalkingDrugs — The rise and fall of UK cannabis social clubs (24 April 2024) Institute of Economic Affairs — UK's illicit cannabis market worth £2.5bn a year, finds new report (29 June 2018) 7 unchanged

All recreational cannabis is supplied illegally. The most detailed estimate found is old: a 2018 report by the Institute of Economic Affairs, a think tank arguing for legalisation, put consumption in 2016/17 at 255 tonnes by just over three million users, worth about 2.55 billion pounds at ten pounds a gram, and described a market dominated by high-strength cannabis. No recent official estimate was found.

iea18

limit

It is an offence to drive with more than 2 micrograms of THC per litre of blood, whether or not driving is affected; the government describes the limits for illegal drugs as a zero-tolerance approach. The limits apply in England and Wales. Police can use a roadside kit that screens for cannabis and require a blood or urine sample at a station. A conviction brings a driving ban of at least a year, an unlimited fine, up to six months in prison and a criminal record, and stays on the licence for 11 years.

govdd, govlim

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone, so a visitor has no lawful way to buy cannabis. Whatever legal supply exists is medical, for patients with a prescription or registration. The sources behind this profile describe no separate rule for visitors.

pp, bmj

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Georgia, safety and security 7 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and no law provides for them: the Constitutional Court's rulings protect only a person's own use, and sale or any other supply remains a crime.

idpc, court

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. The Constitutional Court's rulings protect a person's own use, not buying or carrying across a border. British travel advice tells visitors to expect a prison sentence of 5 to 25 years and heavy fines for possessing, using or smuggling drugs, cannabis included, also in airport transit, where baggage is scanned.

idpc, wiki, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Ghana, safety and security 5 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

act, graphic

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says possession of illegal drugs, including cannabis, carries severe penalties, that bail is not normally granted, and that even small amounts of cannabis can lead to a prison sentence of more than 5 years, usually after a long and expensive legal process. The same applies to passengers in transit.

graphic, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: The Gambia, safety and security 3 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

point, hoc

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice describes zero tolerance towards illegal drugs, including importing, exporting or possessing them. Sentences for possession can be severe, with fines or prison, and it says cases of entrapment by the Gambian authorities are not uncommon.

point, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Guinea, safety and security 3 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

gn2

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice tells travellers not to become involved with illegal drugs of any kind: a person who commits a drug crime is likely to be prosecuted, and there are heavy penalties on conviction.

gn2, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Equatorial Guinea, safety and security 3 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

wiki, iol, cr

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says possession of drugs is a serious offence and that punishments can be severe, including prison sentences.

iol, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Greece, safety and security Νόμος 4139/2013 περί εξαρτησιογόνων ουσιών, κωδικοποιημένος — άρθρα 1, 2Α (PDF) Pardal, Decorte, Bone, Parés & Johansson — Mapping Cannabis Social Clubs in Europe, European Journal of Criminology (2020, PDF) EUDA — Statistical Bulletin 2026, drug law offences: cannabis (totals and use-related) 6 unchanged

The EU drugs agency's statistical bulletin records 12,399 cannabis-related drug law offences in Greece in 2024, against 10,124 in 2023. Of the 2024 total, 8,359 were for use or possession for use. Since 2018 the figure is the sum of offences for all cannabis products. Countries count these differently (offences or offenders, criminal or administrative), so the figure is not comparable across borders.

euda_dlo

none

No club is confirmed. A Europe-wide survey of cannabis social clubs carried out in 2018 and 2019 received no answer from Greece but, because of contradictory sources, could not rule out that clubs were active there. The model is prohibited throughout the European Union. Nothing more recent was found.

pardal20

licensed

banned

licensed

banned

The drug law deals with seeds only inside its licensing regime for medical cannabis. Under Article 2A a producer holding a state approval may import seed for sowing and propagating material of varieties with more than 0.2% THC, while making such seed or propagating material available to others, or exporting it, is prohibited. For everyone else, growing plants in a number that fits personal use is the same misdemeanour as possession. No provision or court ruling on unsown seeds kept by an individual was found. Hemp varieties under the THC limit follow separate rules with certified seed.

n4139, nk

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone; legal supply is medical, for patients. British travel advice tells visitors to expect a long prison sentence and heavy fines for possessing, using or smuggling drugs, cannabis included, also in airport transit.

boc, mondaq, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Guatemala, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

law, tni

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says there are severe penalties for drug trafficking and for the use of drugs, and that prisons are overcrowded, violent and dirty.

lig, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Guinea-Bissau, safety and security 3 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

cr, un

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says there are severe penalties for all drug offences and that local prison conditions are harsh.

cr, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Guyana, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

act

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says possession or trafficking can bring lengthy prison sentences and heavy fines, that the minimum jail sentence for drug offences is 3 years, and that prison conditions are tough.

pi, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Honduras, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

ic, cr

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says drug use is punished with 3 to 9 months in a rehabilitation centre and trafficking with 15 to 20 years in prison and a very large fine, and that prisons are overcrowded and violent.

cr, fcdo

Pardal, Decorte, Bone, Parés & Johansson — Mapping Cannabis Social Clubs in Europe, European Journal of Criminology (2020, PDF) EUDA — Statistical Bulletin 2026, drug law offences: cannabis (totals and use-related) EUDA — Legal approaches to drugs and driving, country table (last updated May 2025) 4 unchanged

impairment

Croatian law sets no THC limit. The road-safety law punishes driving under the influence of drugs and the criminal code covers a driver who is not capable of driving and causes danger, so in both cases impairment is the test. Police may stop and test at random, with an oral-fluid test before a physical examination and blood and urine taken at a hospital. Penalties under the road law are a ban of six months to two years, a fine of about 1,300 to 2,660 euros and up to two months in prison; the criminal offence carries up to three years.

euda_dd

The EU drugs agency's statistical bulletin records 6,837 cannabis-related drug law offences in Croatia in 2024, against 6,701 in 2023. Of the 2024 total, 5,874 were for use or possession for use. The level has been fairly steady since a high of 8,143 in 2018. Countries count these differently (offences or offenders, criminal or administrative), so the figure is not comparable across borders.

euda_dlo

none

No clubs are known. A Europe-wide survey of cannabis social clubs carried out in 2018 and 2019 found, after online searches and contact with people in the field, that there did not seem to be any active club in Croatia. The model is prohibited throughout the European Union. Nothing more recent was found.

pardal20

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone, so a visitor has no lawful way to buy cannabis. The sources behind this profile describe no separate rule for visitors.

wiki, pp

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Haiti, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

loi2001

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says penalties for possession, use or trafficking are severe. A person caught with drugs may be jailed for weeks or months before appearing in court, and prison conditions are very poor.

loi2001, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Hungary, safety and security Pardal, Decorte, Bone, Parés & Johansson — Mapping Cannabis Social Clubs in Europe, European Journal of Criminology (2020, PDF) EUDA — Statistical Bulletin 2026, drug law offences: cannabis (totals and use-related) EUDA — Legal approaches to drugs and driving, country table (last updated May 2025) 4 unchanged

impairment

The criminal code punishes driving while impaired and sets no THC limit. Police may stop at random and test on suspicion; there is no roadside oral-fluid test, and blood is taken at a police station. The penalty is up to one year in prison where there are no aggravating circumstances, and a driving ban of one to ten years or for life.

euda_dd

The EU drugs agency's statistical bulletin records 3,845 cannabis-related drug law offences in Hungary in 2024, against 3,478 in 2023. Of the 2024 total, 3,266 were for use or possession for use. Countries count these differently (offences or offenders, criminal or administrative), so the figure is not comparable across borders.

euda_dlo

underground

Clubs exist without any legal basis. A Europe-wide survey of cannabis social clubs carried out in 2018 and 2019 received answers from one club in Hungary, and its authors could not say how many more were active. The study notes that the model is prohibited throughout the European Union, that clubs sit in a legally sensitive position, and that many have been dissolved after court decisions or police raids. Nothing more recent was found.

pardal20

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says illegal drugs, including cannabis, carry severe penalties and tells travellers to expect a long jail sentence and heavy fines for possessing, using or smuggling them, also when only changing planes. Airport scanners are also used on the baggage of passengers in transit.

wiki, fcdo

Metro TV News — BNN musnahkan 69 ton ganja di Aceh Utara (6 November 2025) GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Indonesia, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited, and the law provides for the death penalty for the most serious drug offences.

gp, sun

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. Every cannabis product is illegal, including medicinal cannabis, CBD, hemp products, oils, creams and edibles. British travel advice says police often raid venues popular with foreigners, especially in Bali, and can require a urine or blood test on suspicion; a positive result leads to arrest. Those caught face long prison sentences or the death penalty, and cases are long and costly.

tempo, fcdo

The illegal supply is domestic and centred on Aceh, in northern Sumatra, where the narcotics agency speaks of illicit cannabis production and destroys hill plantations every year. In one operation in November 2025 it burned about 97,000 plants, some 69 tonnes wet weight, on six plots covering 6.5 hectares in North Aceh, with 151 officers from the agency, army, police and other bodies. The village is one of four pilot sites of an alternative-development programme, with Aceh Besar, Bireuen and Gayo Lues, that trains growers to switch to legal crops.

mtv25

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Ireland, safety and security Pardal, Decorte, Bone, Parés & Johansson — Mapping Cannabis Social Clubs in Europe, European Journal of Criminology (2020, PDF) EUDA — Legal approaches to drugs and driving, country table (last updated May 2025) 6 unchanged

limit

Ireland has a fixed limit of 1 nanogram of THC per millilitre of whole blood, at which a driver is treated as impaired; for a medicinal product, and under the general offence, impairment must be shown. Police may stop at random at designated checkpoints and test on suspicion, with roadside oral-fluid tests since April 2017 and blood taken at a police station. Exceeding the limit brings a one-year ban; the general impairment offence brings at least four years for a first offence and six for later ones. The fine is up to 5,000 euros and prison up to six months.

euda_dd

underground

Clubs exist without any legal basis. A Europe-wide survey of cannabis social clubs carried out in 2018 and 2019 received answers from one club in Ireland, and its authors could not say how many more were active. The study notes that the model is prohibited throughout the European Union, that clubs sit in a legally sensitive position, and that many have been dissolved after court decisions or police raids. Nothing more recent was found.

pardal20

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says possession of even small quantities of drugs, including cannabis, carries severe penalties, and tells travellers to expect a long jail sentence and heavy fines for possessing, using or smuggling them, also in transit. Airport scanners are also used on the baggage of passengers in transit.

ca, gov, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Israel, safety and security Time Out Tel Aviv — התחנה 420, מועדון קנאביס (10 January 2023) 5 unchanged

tolerated

No law provides for cannabis clubs, and supplying cannabis, even unpaid, is treated as dealing. What exists is a bring-your-own lounge for patients. HaTachana 420 opened in Tel Aviv's Florentin neighbourhood around the start of 2023 and was described as the first place of its kind in the city: it grew out of a Facebook community of about 15,000 medical cannabis patients, admits only holders of a medical prescription, and supplies nothing, members smoking what they bought at a pharmacy; its founder contrasted it with Barcelona's clubs on exactly that point. No police action against it was reported. No growing club, and no venue for people without a medical licence, was found, and whether the lounge still operates could not be confirmed.

to23, wiki

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says only that a person caught with drugs can expect a prison sentence.

chambers, alm, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: India, safety and security Wikipedia — Bhang (licensing by state; festival use) Deccan Herald — Drug seizures dipped in 2025 despite rise in cases and arrests, on the NCB annual report (26 June 2026) 4 unchanged

Cannabis is by far the most seized drug in India. The Narcotics Control Bureau's annual report for 2025 counted 633.59 tonnes of cannabis seized, about half of all drugs by weight, up from 540.8 tonnes in 2024 but below the 816.9 tonnes of 2021. Almost all of it was ganja (628.19 tonnes); hashish fell from 6.48 to 5.11 tonnes. The bureau points to a new trend of potent hydroponic ganja reaching the big cities from abroad: cases rose from 102 in 2021 to 687 in 2025 and seizures from 303 kg to 4,862 kg, nearly all of it caught at airports.

dh26

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and no law provides for them: supply of ganja or charas is trafficking, with sentences scaled to quantity. India's legal outlet for cannabis is of another kind. Bhang, made from the leaves and seeds, falls outside the national narcotics law and is left to the states: Uttar Pradesh licenses bhang shops, Bihar and West Bengal allow its production, and Rajasthan allows it to be bought in and sold. It is traditionally handed out at the festivals of Holi and Maha Shivaratri, and Varanasi is known as the centre of its use. These are shops and festival customs, not members' clubs.

ipl, hg, wikibhang

open

The one legal cannabis product is open to anyone: bhang, made from the leaves, is sold over the counter in government-licensed shops in states such as Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, with no residency condition described. Flower and resin have no legal source for residents or visitors. British travel advice warns of a minimum sentence of six months for possessing a small amount for personal use and up to ten years for other amounts, and that the slow courts can mean several years in detention while a case is heard.

hg, boom, fcdo

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited, and the law provides for the death penalty for the most serious drug offences.

um, hoc

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone, so a visitor has no lawful way to buy cannabis. The sources behind this profile describe no separate rule for visitors.

um

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Iran, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited, and the law provides for the death penalty for the most serious drug offences.

wiki, lc, ihr

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says it is illegal to import, sell, manufacture or consume drugs, that penalties for importing and possessing them are severe and enforced, and that many people convicted of drug offences, foreign nationals among them, have been executed.

wiki, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Iceland, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

cann

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says illegal drugs, even in small amounts and including cannabis, carry severe penalties, and tells travellers to expect a long jail sentence and heavy fines for possessing, using or smuggling them, also in transit. Airport scanners are also used on the baggage of passengers in transit.

tni, fcdo

No legal adult-use source. Until 2025 low-THC 'cannabis light' flower was sold in thousands of shops; a security decree in April 2025 classifiedbanned processing, selling, transporting and delivering hemp flowers as narcotics regardless ofand products made from them, whatever their THC content. Shops and farms closed and police seized stock across the country, shutting that trade down pendingbut the ban has fared badly in court challenges: of 25 concluded cases followed by a hemp trade observatory, 18 ended with the goods returned, 6 were dropped and 1 ended in acquittal, and three judges have referred the ban to the Constitutional Court.

hemp, giq, ilpost26

Il Post — La criminalizzazione della cannabis light non regge alla prova dei tribunali (24 July 2026) GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Italy, safety and security Pardal, Decorte, Bone, Parés & Johansson — Mapping Cannabis Social Clubs in Europe, European Journal of Criminology (2020, PDF) EUDA — Statistical Bulletin 2026, drug law offences: cannabis (totals and use-related) Corte costituzionale — Sentenza n. 10/2026 (deposited 29 January 2026) Vice Italia — In Italia i Cannabis Social Club sono ancora un'utopia (2 February 2015) Cannabis Social Club APS — Associazione di pazienti, Bolzano 5 unchanged

impairment

A 2024 reform renamed the offence from driving in a state of alteration to driving after taking drugs, which was widely read as making a positive test enough. The Constitutional Court upheld the new wording in January 2026 only on a narrow reading: the mere fact that use came before driving is not enough. The offence covers driving within a period in which the substance can reasonably be presumed still able to alter the driver's condition and create a danger to road safety well above that of ordinary driving. Ordinarily that means finding in the driver's body fluids, close to the time of driving, a substance in a kind and amount generally capable of impairing an average user. There is no fixed THC limit.

cc10

The EU drugs agency's statistical bulletin records 37,963 cannabis-related drug law offences in Italy in 2024, against 38,349 in 2023. Of the 2024 total, 27,503 were for use or possession for use. The number was above 50,000 in 2017 and 2018. Countries count these differently (offences or offenders, criminal or administrative), so the figure is not comparable across borders.

euda_dlo

underground

Italian law leaves no room for the Spanish model, yet a few clubs exist. A Europe-wide survey carried out in 2018 and 2019 received answers from two clubs in Italy. Lawyers for an initiative in Pisa explained in 2015 that the grey zone Spanish clubs rely on does not exist in Italy, where possession for personal use is itself an administrative offence punished by suspension of a driving licence or passport. The best-known groups using the name are patient associations that inform and lobby rather than grow: the Cannabis Social Club in Bolzano, with 1,272 registered members in 2023, advises patients on prescriptions for medical cannabis.

pardal20, vice15, cscbz

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says illegal drugs, including cannabis, carry severe penalties and tells travellers to expect a long jail sentence and heavy fines for possessing, using or smuggling them, also when only changing planes. Airport scanners are also used on the baggage of passengers in transit.

hemp, giq, fcdo

Lonely Planet — Everything you need to know to legally enjoy marijuana in Jamaica (9 April 2026) Jamaica Gleaner — Cannabis industry on a $10b high despite Melissa (22 April 2026) Jamaica Gleaner — Three men charged in $9.3 million ganja bust in Toms River (22 July 2025) Associated Press via Courthouse News — Jamaica faces marijuana shortage as farmers struggle (5 February 2021) 4 unchanged

Most ganja in Jamaica is still grown and sold outside the licensed system: enforcement is patchy and tourists and locals buy on the street. The licensed sector is small, with 15.4 hectares under legal cultivation and about 13 tonnes produced in 2025, valued by the regulator at 63.5 million US dollars, a figure that leaves out illegal cannabis and home growing. Police tie the export trade to guns: by July 2025 they had seized more than 40,000 pounds of ganja that year, and described the seizures as part of a clampdown on a guns-for-drugs trade in which ganja is the currency, with Haitians among those arrested.

gl26, gl25, ap21

open

Visitors can buy legally at licensed dispensaries, of which there are more than a dozen around the island. A buyer needs photo identification and evidence that a doctor has recommended medical cannabis, which the dispensary can often arrange on the spot; a visitor may then hold up to 2 ounces without penalty. Outside that channel a visitor is treated like anyone else: up to 2 ounces brings a fixed fine of 500 Jamaican dollars and no criminal record, and smoking in public places, including beaches and hotel balconies, is fined the same. Taking any ganja out of the country is illegal.

lp26

none

There are no members' growing clubs. Supplying ganja to another person outside the licensed medical system or sacramental use remains dealing; the collective settings the law does allow are licensed dispensaries, where smoking on the premises is permitted, and Rastafari sacramental use.

fact, facts2, lp26

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Jordan, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited, and the law provides for the death penalty for the most serious drug offences.

cr, wiki

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says it is illegal to possess, use or traffic drugs, and that a conviction can bring a lengthy prison sentence and a heavy fine.

wiki, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Japan, safety and security Mugglehead — Cannabis-related police investigations skyrocketed in Japan last year (8 April 2026), on National Police Agency figures 4 unchanged

Police investigated a record 6,832 people for cannabis offences in 2025, 754 more than the year before, according to the National Police Agency. About 700 of them were pursued under the new offence of use itself, which took effect in December 2024. Young people stand out: 1,373 of those investigated were under 20, up more than a fifth and the most since 1990, and more than 40% of those under 30 said they had bought through apps such as X and Telegram. Seizures of cannabis concentrates rose more than 300% to 315 kg.

mh26

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

giq, dia

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice describes zero tolerance: a person can be charged if an illegal substance is found in the bloodstream, whether or not they knew they had taken it, refusing a police test can lead to arrest, and hospitals usually report drugs they detect. British nationals have been arrested for receiving small quantities by post, and trafficking sentences have run from 6 to 17 years with fines of 3 to 4 million yen.

em, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Kenya, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

act, sn

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says a person convicted of using drugs faces a heavy fine and a prison sentence, possession carries up to ten years in prison, and trafficking can bring life imprisonment.

cfm, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Kyrgyzstan, safety and security Закон Кыргызской Республики от 6 марта 2024 года № 69 «О наркотических средствах, психотропных веществах, их аналогах и прекурсорах» (Alta-Soft copy) 3 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

unodc, cr

grey

unclear

illegal

banned

The 2024 law on narcotic drugs does not mention seeds at all. It controls narcotic substances and what it calls living organisms that contain them, meaning those entered on an official list, and covers their import, export, storage, sale and other handling. The list itself was not read. Growing cannabis is a criminal offence, so cuttings and seedlings are covered as plants; a seed is not addressed.

law69

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says it is illegal to possess or use drugs and that a conviction can bring a lengthy prison sentence in basic conditions. Police carry out regular drug raids in bars and nightclubs, masked and armed; people who are not carrying drugs and have not taken any are normally asked for identification and then allowed to leave.

cr, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Cambodia, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

law, cann, lc

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice describes zero tolerance: possessing even very small quantities can mean arrest, detention and a long prison sentence, up to life with no reduction for good behaviour. Police often raid venues popular with foreigners and can test on suspicion, with arrest on a positive result. Pre-trial detention can last many months, and travellers have been caught with cannabis in transit.

cann, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Kiribati, safety and security Kiribati — Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (PacLII) 2 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

case

illegal

banned

illegal

banned

The Dangerous Drugs Ordinance defines Indian hemp as either of the plants Cannabis sativa or Cannabis indica or any portion thereof, which takes in seeds and cuttings alike. A separate section prohibits importing or exporting any seed of Indian hemp, and cultivation of the plant is an offence.

ddo

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says possession or trafficking of drugs is a serious offence and that prison sentences may be heavy.

wiki, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Comoros, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

pc2020

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says drug trafficking and possession are serious offences that can bring a long prison sentence and a fine.

pc2020, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: St Kitts and Nevis, safety and security Government of St Kitts and Nevis — Attorney General Wilkin welcomes the establishment of a regulated Medicinal Cannabis Authority (28 April 2025) St Kitts and Nevis Information Service — Rastafari Rights Recognition Bill, 2023 (text) 7 unchanged

none

No law provides for cannabis clubs. The nearest thing is religious: the Rastafari Rights Recognition Bill of 2023 lets a Rastafari group register with the ministry, free of charge and renewable every two years, and register its place of assembly, where adult members may grow, harvest, dry, cure and possess cannabis as a sacrament. A registered group may also apply for a licence under the Cannabis Act. The bill says nothing about selling.

rrr23

Sales outside a licence are illegal, and in practice that has meant all sales: the Medicinal Cannabis Authority that is to license a regulated medicinal trade was launched only on 25 April 2025. At the launch the attorney general said unauthorised sales remain illegal and that police would act against them, adding that the days of buying a bag of weed without knowing what is in it were over.

mca25

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says cannabis for personal use has been decriminalised but that a licence is needed to use it, with fines for smoking in some public places or without a licence. Other drug offences carry severe penalties: up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to 400,000 East Caribbean dollars or three times the street value in the Magistrates Court, and at least 15 years in the High Court.

sknis23, wiki, fcdo

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited, and the law provides for the death penalty for the most serious drug offences.

wiki, lc

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone, so a visitor has no lawful way to buy cannabis. The sources behind this profile describe no separate rule for visitors.

ap

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: South Korea, safety and security 5 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

kt2, slg

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice warns of long prison sentences and heavy fines for possessing, using or trafficking drugs, and says this applies even to personal use of small amounts of marijuana. British nationals have been detained on the basis of drug tests alone.

slg, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Kuwait, safety and security 7 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited, and the law provides for the death penalty for the most serious drug offences.

kwt, gn

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice describes zero tolerance: possession or use, including small or residual amounts, can bring 5 to 10 years in prison and heavy fines, and smuggling or trafficking can bring the death sentence. Bail is not usually given, so even a person later acquitted may spend months in detention. Wearing or displaying items that promote narcotics is itself an offence.

wiki, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Kazakhstan, safety and security МВД Республики Казахстан — Қарасора: свыше 15 тонн наркотиков изъято из незаконного оборота (13 August 2024) The Times of Central Asia — Kazakhstan proposes cash rewards for citizens who report drug crimes (22 October 2025) 5 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

cr

The market is supplied from inside the country, from wild and planted cannabis in the south. Every summer the interior ministry runs an operation called Karasora against growing, harvesting and transit, with helicopter and drone reconnaissance over the Almaty, Zhetysu, Turkistan, Kyzylorda and Ulytau regions. In 2024 it removed more than 15 tonnes of drugs in 70 days and recorded 450 drug crimes, 102 of them for cultivation; flights alone found over 9,000 cannabis plants. In the first nine months of 2025 police seized more than 26 tonnes of drugs, 35% more than a year earlier, including over nine tonnes of marijuana and more than 600 kg of hashish.

mvd24, tca25

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says illegal drugs, including cannabis, carry severe penalties and tells travellers to expect a long jail sentence and heavy fines for possessing, using or smuggling them, also when only changing planes. It lists 5 to 8 years in prison for possessing, storing or transporting drugs for distribution, 6 to 10 years for large amounts, and up to 3 years for advertising drugs, or 3 to 6 years when social media is used; prison conditions are basic.

cr, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Laos, safety and security 2 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

cms

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice describes zero tolerance: possessing even very small quantities, cannabis included, can mean arrest, detention and a long prison sentence, with a possible death penalty for trafficking. Police often raid venues used by foreigners and can require a urine or blood test on suspicion, with arrest on a positive result. Travellers have been caught with cannabis in transit, and legal processes are long and expensive.

cms, fcdo

L'Orient Today — Why is Lebanon still behind on regulating medicinal cannabis? (10 February 2026) 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

idpc, mjb

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone, so a visitor has no lawful way to buy cannabis. The sources behind this profile describe no separate rule for visitors.

mjb

Hashish from the Bekaa valley is grown entirely outside the law, because the legal industry promised in 2020 has not started. The Cannabis Regulatory Authority was formally set up only in the summer of 2025, five years after the law that created it; its head, appointed in July 2025, said in February 2026 that the timetable was too tight for a first legal harvest that year, while farmers in growing areas such as Saideh were pressing for the season to begin.

olj26

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Liechtenstein, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

wiki, law

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says illegal drugs, including cannabis, carry severe penalties and tells travellers to expect a long jail sentence and heavy fines for possessing, using or smuggling them, also when only passing through the country.

cann, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Sri Lanka, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

law

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice warns of a long prison sentence and heavy fines for possessing, using or smuggling drugs, cannabis included, also in airport transit, and says the authorities can hold a suspect without charge indefinitely.

law, fcdo

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

nd

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone, so a visitor has no lawful way to buy cannabis. The sources behind this profile describe no separate rule for visitors.

idpc

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Lesotho, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

td, wiki

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says possession of drugs is a serious offence and that punishments can be severe, including prison sentences.

td, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Lithuania, safety and security Pardal, Decorte, Bone, Parés & Johansson — Mapping Cannabis Social Clubs in Europe, European Journal of Criminology (2020, PDF) EUDA — Statistical Bulletin 2026, drug law offences: cannabis (totals and use-related) EUDA — Legal approaches to drugs and driving, country table (last updated May 2025) 4 unchanged

zero

No THC limit is set; the administrative offence is committed if a drug is detected. Police may stop at random and test on suspicion, there is no roadside oral-fluid test, and blood or urine is taken at a hospital. The penalty is a fine of 300 to 860 euros and a ban of one to three years, with no prison sentence.

euda_dd

The EU drugs agency's statistical bulletin records 764 cannabis-related drug law offences in Lithuania in 2024, against 783 in 2023. Of the 2024 total, 682 were for use or possession for use. It was about twice as high in 2021 and 2022. Countries count these differently (offences or offenders, criminal or administrative), so the figure is not comparable across borders.

euda_dlo

none

No clubs are known. A Europe-wide survey of cannabis social clubs carried out in 2018 and 2019 found, after online searches and contact with people in the field, that there did not seem to be any active club in Lithuania. The model is prohibited throughout the European Union. Nothing more recent was found.

pardal20

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says illegal drugs, including cannabis, are strictly prohibited even in very small quantities and warns of jail sentences of up to 10 years and heavy fines for possessing, using, buying or smuggling them, also in transit. Airport scanners are also used on the baggage of passengers in transit.

lrt2, fcdo

Pardal, Decorte, Bone, Parés & Johansson — Mapping Cannabis Social Clubs in Europe, European Journal of Criminology (2020, PDF) L'essentiel — Luxembourg : vers des « Cannabis Social Clubs » ? (1 August 2025) EUDA — Statistical Bulletin 2026, drug law offences: cannabis (totals and use-related) Paperjam — 10 figures that tell the story of the police in 2024 (April 2025) Paperjam — Le Luxembourg mis à l'épreuve par les narcotrafiquants (2026) Les Frontaliers — Aucune tolérance à attendre pour la conduite sous cannabis (2 May 2024) Prohibition Partners — Luxembourg adult-use cannabis market overview 2025 (15 October 2025) 5 unchanged

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Nobody can buy cannabis legally in Luxembourg, resident or not. The only lawful source is up to four plants grown at a person's own habitual residence, which a visitor does not have, and passing cannabis to someone else is banned. In public a visitor is treated like anyone else: up to 3 g brings a fine of 145 euros, more than that is a criminal offence.

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limit

A driver may not have more than 1 nanogram of THC per millilitre of blood, a limit low enough that critics call it zero tolerance. The mobility minister told parliament in 2024 that no increase is planned, that penalties will not be reduced, and that patients using medical cannabis get no separate status. Legalising home growing in 2023 changed nothing on the road.

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Since nothing may be sold, anyone who does not grow buys illegally; reducing that was a stated aim of the 2023 law, and no data on whether it has worked were found. Luxembourg is also a transit point. Customs intercepted more than two tonnes of cannabis at the airport's cargo centre in 2025, and in March 2026 a single consignment of more than 123 kg from the United States, bound for France. The public prosecutor says drugs seized in Luxembourg are as a rule destined for other European countries, not the home market, and that the volumes point to structured networks.

pj26, pplu25

The EU drugs agency's statistical bulletin records 1,014 cannabis-related drug law offences in Luxembourg in 2024, against 1,102 in 2023. Of the 2024 total, 880 were for use or possession for use. The police annual report for 2024 separately records 207 arrests for drugs of all kinds, up 37% on the year before; holding up to 3 g in public is normally settled with a fine of 145 euros. Countries count these differently (offences or offenders, criminal or administrative), so the figure is not comparable across borders.

euda_dlo, pj25

none

No clubs are known, and the law gives them no place. The 2023 law allows growing at home and nothing else: there is no licensed retail and no provision for cannabis clubs, and selling, swapping or giving cannabis to another person remains prohibited. A Europe-wide survey in 2018 and 2019 found no active club in Luxembourg. A public petition in 2025 asked parliament to create a legal framework for clubs as an addition to home growing; after twelve days it had about 100 of the 5,500 signatures needed for a debate, and the press noted that the club model had hardly been seriously discussed in the country. A plan for state-controlled shops was dropped in 2022.

pplu25, pardal20, le25

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Latvia, safety and security Pardal, Decorte, Bone, Parés & Johansson — Mapping Cannabis Social Clubs in Europe, European Journal of Criminology (2020, PDF) EUDA — Legal approaches to drugs and driving, country table (last updated May 2025) 4 unchanged

zero

No THC limit is set: detection of any drug is enough both for the administrative offence and for the criminal one, while for medicinal products impairment must be shown. Police may stop at random and test on suspicion; there is no roadside oral-fluid test, and blood is taken at a hospital. The administrative penalty is a fine of 1,200 to 1,400 euros, 10 to 15 days of administrative arrest and a ban of up to four years; the criminal offence carries up to two years in prison and a ban of up to five.

euda_dd

none

No clubs are known. A Europe-wide survey of cannabis social clubs carried out in 2018 and 2019 found, after online searches and contact with people in the field, that there did not seem to be any active club in Latvia. The model is prohibited throughout the European Union. Nothing more recent was found.

pardal20

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says illegal drugs, including cannabis, are strictly prohibited even in very small quantities and warns of jail sentences of up to 10 years and heavy fines for possessing, using, buying or smuggling them, also in transit. Airport scanners are also used on the baggage of passengers in transit.

wiki, fcdo

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited, and the law provides for the death penalty for the most serious drug offences.

law7, law2002

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone, so a visitor has no lawful way to buy cannabis. The sources behind this profile describe no separate rule for visitors.

law7

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Morocco, safety and security AFP via Al-Monitor — In Morocco, cannabis growers come 'out of the shadows' (27 July 2024) Morocco World News — Morocco's legal cannabis production reaches 19,576 quintals in 2025 (22 April 2026) 5 unchanged

Morocco is the world's biggest producer of cannabis resin according to the United Nations, and the illegal trade still dwarfs the legal one. Official figures put illegal cultivation at 55,000 hectares in 2019, in a Rif economy on which up to 120,000 families depend; hashish from there is smuggled mainly to Europe. Official estimates of trafficking revenue fell from about 540 million dollars in the early 2000s to almost 350 million in 2020. The licensed medical and industrial sector created by the 2021 law is growing but small beside it: about 3,141 hectares farmed by 4,776 licensed growers in 2025, producing 19,576 quintals of dried cannabis, and the regulator withdrew 1,308 farming licences that year after inspections.

afp24, mwn26

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

anrac, map, cms

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice describes zero tolerance: possessing, using or trafficking drugs, cannabis included, carries a long prison sentence and heavy fines, also for people only passing through the country. The 2021 law that licensed medical and industrial cannabis excludes recreational use.

map, cms, fcdo

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

l890, wiki

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone, so a visitor has no lawful way to buy cannabis. The sources behind this profile describe no separate rule for visitors.

wiki

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Moldova, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and no law provides for them: supplying cannabis is a crime.

wiki

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says illegal drugs, including cannabis and even in small quantities, carry severe penalties, and tells travellers to expect a long jail sentence and heavy fines for possessing, using or smuggling them, also in transit. Airport scanners are also used on the baggage of passengers in transit.

cann, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Montenegro, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

law, cc

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says illegal drugs, including cannabis, carry severe penalties and tells travellers to expect a long jail sentence and heavy fines for possessing, using or smuggling them, also when only changing planes. Airport scanners are also used on the baggage of passengers in transit.

law, fcdo

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

gi, cr

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone, so a visitor has no lawful way to buy cannabis. The sources behind this profile describe no separate rule for visitors.

cr

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Marshall Islands, safety and security 2 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

wiki

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says there are severe penalties for all drug offences, including long prison sentences and heavy fines.

wiki, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: North Macedonia, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

gi, kp

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says illegal drugs, including cannabis, carry severe penalties and tells travellers to expect a long jail sentence and heavy fines for possessing, using or smuggling them, also when only changing planes. Airport scanners are also used on the baggage of passengers in transit.

pp, kp, fcdo

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

wiki, trip

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone, so a visitor has no lawful way to buy cannabis. The sources behind this profile describe no separate rule for visitors.

wiki

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Myanmar, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited, and the law provides for the death penalty for the most serious drug offences.

tni

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says possession of illegal drugs can bring a fine and a prison sentence of at least 5 and at most 10 years, regardless of the quantity; trafficking carries at least 15 years or even the death penalty.

tni, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Mongolia, safety and security 5 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

cc

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says it is illegal to possess or use any type of drug, including cannabis, that trafficking can bring a life sentence, and that prisons have very basic facilities.

cc, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Mauritania, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited, and the law provides for the death penalty for the most serious drug offences.

gdpo, trip

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says the drug laws are severe and that the penalties for possessing illegal drugs include imprisonment.

wiki, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Malta, safety and security EUDA — Statistical Bulletin 2026, drug law offences: cannabis (totals and use-related) Act II of 2026 — Various Laws relating to the Prevention of Driving under the influence of Alcohol and Drugs (Amendment) Act (legislation.mt) 7 unchanged

limit

A law in force since 10 March 2026 sets a permitted level of 2 microgrammes of THC per litre of blood for ordinary drivers. Drivers of commercial vehicles, buses, coaches and vehicles carrying passengers for a fee have no such allowance and are punished on testing positive. Police may now require an oral-fluid drug test at random, without suspicion of the particular driver, and must test any driver involved in a serious accident; a driver who tests positive for THC may be sent for a blood test. A medical cannabis card or prescription must be shown after a positive test but does not exempt the driver from responsibility.

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residents

The associations are for residents only. The cannabis authority states that tourists may not become members and that proof of residence means an identity card or residence card issued by the Maltese government; a person may belong to one association at a time. With no shops, a visitor has no legal source. British travel advice says carrying up to 7 g in public is legal for Maltese residents only, that smoking in public brings a fine, and that a Schengen entry ban of up to five years may be added to a fine or follow release from detention.

chras, fcdo

The EU drugs agency's statistical bulletin records 73 cannabis-related drug law offences in Malta in 2024, against 48 in 2023. Of the 2024 total, 1 were for use or possession for use. Before the 2021 reform the figure ran in the hundreds, 356 in 2018 and 278 in 2019. Countries count these differently (offences or offenders, criminal or administrative), so the figure is not comparable across borders.

euda_dlo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Mauritius, safety and security 5 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

tb

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says illegal drugs, including cannabis, carry severe penalties and tells travellers to expect a long jail sentence and heavy fines for possessing, using or smuggling them, also when only changing planes. Anyone found with any drug is unlikely to get bail; prosecutions take a year or more to reach court and the person is detained until trial.

mondaq, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Maldives, safety and security 3 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited, and the law provides for the death penalty for the most serious drug offences.

cr, at, mi

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says even small quantities of cannabis can lead to arrest, with long prison sentences, whipping in some cases and the death penalty for the most serious offences. Travellers have been caught carrying controlled drugs in transit, and the advice is to carry none, even if legal in the country of departure.

cr, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Malawi, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

giq, bg

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says penalties for drug use and smuggling can be severe, and that this includes cannabis.

giq, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Mexico, safety and security UnoTV — ¿Cuántas personas están presas en México por narcomenudeo y narcotráfico? Esto dice el Inegi (27 June 2025) 11 unchanged

Mexico's statistics office does not separate cannabis from other drugs. At the end of 2023, 9.4% of the 232,003 people in prison, more than 21,000, were held for drug offences: 14,867 for street-level dealing, a category that takes in many cases of simple possession, and 7,021 for trafficking. Rates in state prisons were highest in Durango, Sonora and Chihuahua.

uno25

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says penalties for drug offences are severe, with sentences of up to 25 years, and advises visitors not to become involved with drugs of any kind.

cms, giq, yuc, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Malaysia, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited, and the law provides for the death penalty for the most serious drug offences.

wiki, hrw, mh

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice describes zero tolerance: even small amounts can mean arrest, detention and a long prison sentence, possibly whipping, and death by hanging is possible for trafficking. Police often raid venues popular with foreigners and can require a urine or blood test on reasonable suspicion; a positive test means arrest. Travellers have been caught with cannabis while only in transit.

wiki, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Mozambique, safety and security 3 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

wiki, ref

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says a conviction for drug use, possession or trafficking brings a long prison sentence and a fine.

wiki, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Namibia, safety and security 5 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

wiki

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says penalties for using or smuggling illegal drugs can be severe and include large fines and imprisonment.

wiki, fcdo

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

law

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone, so a visitor has no lawful way to buy cannabis. The sources behind this profile describe no separate rule for visitors.

law

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Nigeria, safety and security 5 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

om, aa

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says possession or use of illegal drugs, including cannabis, carries severe penalties, and tells travellers to expect a long jail sentence and heavy fines for possessing, using or smuggling them, also in transit. Border scanners are also used on transit baggage.

om, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Nicaragua, safety and security 3 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

cr

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice tells travellers not to become involved with drugs of any kind and says possession of even small quantities can lead to imprisonment.

cr, fcdo

EUDA — Statistical Bulletin 2026, drug law offences: cannabis (totals and use-related) EUDA — Legal approaches to drugs and driving, country table (last updated May 2025) 9 unchanged

residents

On paper coffeeshops are for residents only: since 1 January 2013 the national rules say only people aged 18 or over who are registered in a Dutch municipality may enter and buy, and owners are meant to check an identity document or residence permit. Whether the rule is enforced differs from one municipality to the next, which is why visitors can still buy in some cities and not in others.

gov

limit

The Netherlands has had fixed limits since a 2016 decree: 3 nanograms of THC per millilitre of blood, falling to 1 when cannabis is combined with alcohol, alongside the older offence of impaired driving. Police may stop and test at random; blood is taken at a hospital or police station. The maximum penalties are a fine of 6,700 euros, three months in prison and a ban of up to five years, rising steeply where there is injury or death.

euda_dd

The EU drugs agency's statistical bulletin records 5,315 cannabis-related drug law offences in the Netherlands in 2024, against 5,210 in 2023. The number has halved from 11,658 in 2016; no separate count for use is reported. Countries count these differently (offences or offenders, criminal or administrative), so the figure is not comparable across borders.

euda_dlo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Norway, safety and security EUDA — Legal approaches to drugs and driving, country table (last updated May 2025) 4 unchanged

limit

Norway sets graded limits for THC of 1.3, 3 and 9 nanograms per millilitre of blood, meant to match the national blood-alcohol steps, together with a general impairment offence. Police may stop and test at random, with oral-fluid tests and blood taken at a hospital or police station. The ban is at least one year, the fine about one and a half times gross monthly income, and prison of up to a year is possible.

euda_dd

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

wiki

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says illegal drugs, including cannabis, carry severe penalties and tells travellers to expect a long jail sentence and heavy fines for possessing, using or smuggling them, also when only changing planes. Airport scanners are also used on the baggage of passengers in transit.

wiki, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Nepal, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

ok, ap

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says a person caught with even a small amount of marijuana can go to prison for more than five years, after a long and costly court process. Skincare products and vape refills containing CBD are illegal and can lead to a possession charge.

wiki, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Nauru, safety and security 2 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

act

illegal

banned

illegal

banned

The Illicit Drugs Control Act 2004 lists cannabis seed by name among its illicit drugs, next to the cannabis plant, fresh or dried, and cannabis fruit. Its definition of cultivating includes planting, sowing and scattering the seed as well as growing and tending, so both seeds and living plants are covered.

act

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice tells travellers not to get involved with illegal drugs of any kind and says there are severe penalties for drug offences, including custodial sentences.

act, fcdo

Newstalk ZB — Cannabis possession charges surge 50% in two years, hitting 8-year high (24 March 2026) New Zealand Police — Police rolls out roadside drug driver testing (15 December 2025) New Zealand Police — Roadside drug driving testing: drugs and drug limits New Zealand Police — Roadside drug driving testing: penalties and outcomes New Zealand Police — Prescription medicines and medical defence The Spinoff — Remembering The Daktory, West Auckland's legendary cannabis club (27 September 2020) 1News — Man arrested after Wellington's cannabis club The Daktory raided by police (19 December 2019) 5 unchanged

underground

Clubs are illegal and the best-known one has been shut down repeatedly. The Daktory ran openly in Auckland from late 2008 to 2012 as a members' club where cannabis was sold over the counter and smoked on the premises; it drew more than 2,000 members before police raided and closed it. Its founder reopened it in Wellington, where police raided it in August 2019, charging him and another man with offences including possession for supply, and again in December 2019, a month after it had reopened.

spin20, one19

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone, so a visitor has no lawful way to buy cannabis. Whatever legal supply exists is medical, for patients with a prescription or registration. The sources behind this profile describe no separate rule for visitors.

ref, pmcsa

limit

Police can stop any driver and screen saliva at the roadside for four drugs, THC among them. Testing began in Wellington on 15 December 2025, with a national roll-out planned from April 2026. The device reacts only at or above a built-in threshold, which police say is set to show recent use and to exclude past use and passive exposure. A positive screen leads to a second one and a saliva sample for the laboratory; two positive screens mean a 12-hour driving ban on the spot. A fine follows only if the laboratory confirms the drug at or above its threshold: 200 dollars and 50 demerit points for one drug, 400 dollars and 75 points for two or more, and the same 400 dollars and 75 points for refusing the test. In blood, a concentration within the tolerance level is an infringement and one at the high-risk level a crime. Patients prescribed cannabis can still test positive; they must take the test and may apply afterwards for a medical defence if they took the medicine as prescribed.

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Ministry of Justice figures reported in March 2026 show 3,438 people charged with possessing cannabis in 2025, up from 2,881 in 2024 and 2,287 in 2023, the highest number since a 2019 law change told police to consider a health-based response first. Charges had fallen from 3,719 in 2017 to a low of 2,055 in 2021. Of all convictions for cannabis offences, 82% came alongside charges unrelated to cannabis; 506 people were convicted of cannabis offences alone in 2025, against 387 in 2023. Police said the rise tracks higher use seen in wastewater testing, and that the charge figures leave out the warnings officers give for possession.

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GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Oman, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited, and the law provides for the death penalty for the most serious drug offences.

rd67, gn, oo

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice warns of severe penalties for importing, possessing or smuggling drugs, even residual amounts, with the death penalty in some cases; Omani law makes no distinction between soft and hard drugs. The authorities may require a blood test on suspicion of use, and refusing can itself lead to arrest.

gn, fcdo

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

hs, cl

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone, so a visitor has no lawful way to buy cannabis. Whatever legal supply exists is medical, for patients with a prescription or registration. The sources behind this profile describe no separate rule for visitors.

hs, ed

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Peru, safety and security EFE via Gestión — En vigor la legalización del cultivo asociativo de cannabis medicinal en Perú (25 July 2021) 7 unchanged

regulated

Since July 2021 the law has allowed patient associations to grow medical cannabis together and make their own derivatives; there is no recreational club model. Every member must be on the national register of cannabis patients, the health ministry issues the licence and the anti-drug police set the security protocol. The law was passed at the request of patient groups, who had found that few pharmacies stocked legal products; one of them, a group of about 60 families, had been raided by police before medical use was legalised in 2017. Personal home growing, which the groups also asked for, was left out.

efe21

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says illegal drug use and drug trafficking carry lengthy jail sentences and that prison conditions are extremely poor; it tells travellers to pack their own luggage and to carry nothing through customs for anyone.

digemid, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Papua New Guinea, safety and security Papua New Guinea — Controlled Substance Act 2021 (PacLII) 6 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

controlled

illegal

banned

illegal

banned

The Controlled Substance Act 2021 defines cannabis as a cannabis plant, living or dead, including the flowering or fruiting top, leaf, seed, stalk or any other part. A controlled plant is a growing cannabis plant or a cutting of one, and the penalty scale counts plants, seedlings, cuttings and saplings together: five or more is an indictable offence.

csa21

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says it is a serious offence to use, possess or traffic illegal drugs, including marijuana, and that a conviction can bring a long prison sentence.

controlled, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: The Philippines, safety and security 8 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

ra, death

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says penalties for importing and using drugs are particularly severe, and that possessing any illicit drug, even a small amount, carries a mandatory prison sentence.

pna, fda, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Pakistan, safety and security Asghar, Jawad, Rehmani & Natalia — The Malang in Pakistan Today, Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan 57(2), 2020 (PDF) Daily Times / APP — ANF arrests 1,652 drug smugglers (3 July 2023) 3 unchanged

The whole market is illegal, and hashish (charas) is the drug the Anti-Narcotics Force seizes most. In the twelve months to mid-2023 the force reported 157.5 tonnes of drugs seized nationwide, of which 61.8 tonnes were hashish, ahead of 43.2 tonnes of opium and 9.3 tonnes of heroin; 1,652 people were arrested in 1,678 cases. Eight operations at sea in 2023, run with foreign agencies on the force's intelligence, took another 13.3 tonnes of charas, which points to a large export trade as well as a domestic one.

dt23

none

No cannabis clubs in the modern sense are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing and supplying cannabis are prohibited, and the law provides for the death penalty for the most serious drug offences. The collective use that does exist is religious and much older. Malangs, the wandering mendicants found in large numbers at Sufi shrines such as that of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan, commonly smoke charas and drink bhang, which they regard as part of their devotion and an aid to ecstatic dance and trance, according to a 2020 study in a Lahore university journal. That is a devotional custom outside respectable society, not a members' association.

wiki, shc, malang20

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says possession of even small quantities can bring a prison sentence, and that British nationals arrested on trafficking charges have been held for long periods while their cases go through the courts.

wiki, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Poland, safety and security Pardal, Decorte, Bone, Parés & Johansson — Mapping Cannabis Social Clubs in Europe, European Journal of Criminology (2020, PDF) EUDA — Legal approaches to drugs and driving, country table (last updated May 2025) 5 unchanged

zero

No THC limit is set: under the criminal code the offence is committed if a drug is detected. Police need suspicion to stop a driver but may test at random, using a roadside oral-fluid test and blood taken at a hospital or police station. Penalties are up to two years in prison, up to 360 day-fines and a ban of one to ten years.

euda_dd

underground

Clubs exist without any legal basis. A Europe-wide survey of cannabis social clubs carried out in 2018 and 2019 received answers from one club in Poland, and its authors could not say how many more were active. It also found that clubs had existed in Poland since the late 1990s. The study notes that the model is prohibited throughout the European Union, that clubs sit in a legally sensitive position, and that many have been dissolved after court decisions or police raids. Nothing more recent was found.

pardal20

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says illegal drugs, including cannabis, carry severe penalties and tells travellers to expect a long jail sentence and heavy fines for possessing, using or smuggling them, also when only changing planes. Airport scanners are also used on the baggage of passengers in transit.

giq, boc, fcdo

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

amend

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone, so a visitor has no lawful way to buy cannabis. The sources behind this profile describe no separate rule for visitors.

amend

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Palau, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known. Trafficking carries up to eight years, with one carve-out: giving away less than an ounce is punished like simple possession. Nothing in the law provides for collective growing.

pit1

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says there are heavy penalties for all drug offences and that possessing even a small amount of an illegal drug can bring a fine or a prison sentence.

pit2, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Paraguay, safety and security ABC Color — La creación del Club de Cannabis es una oportunidad para tener aceites medicinales (23 January 2023) ABC Color — Organizan encuentro cannábico por el 420 en víspera a estudio de proyecto de ley (14 April 2025) La Nación (Paraguay) — Senad anuló casi 21 millones de kilos de marihuana (2 April 2026) 5 unchanged

Paraguay grows cannabis mainly for export: the anti-drug agency says most production is aimed at the Brazilian market and run by large criminal organisations. Between August 2023 and April 2026 the agency reported destroying close to 21 million kilos of marijuana, counting both seized product and crops in the field, a loss it valued at 629 million dollars at domestic prices. That included more than 1,913 tonnes of processed marijuana and 6,322 hectares of plantations, with the border department of Amambay far ahead (3,177 hectares), followed by Canindeyú and Caaguazú. Much of the eradication is done jointly with Brazil's federal police.

ln26

tolerated

No law provides for clubs, but one operates in the open. In January 2023 the Cooperativa de Cannabis del Paraguay set up a Club de Cannabis to link its growers in San Pedro directly with registered users: members must be adults and sign up beforehand, on the health regulator's own patient form, and receive medicinal oil and ointment; the cooperative said it also registers people buying flower for recreational use. It signed up 431 people in a single morning in an Asunción square and said more than 3,000 forms had been filled in before. No action by the authorities against it was reported, and in April 2025 the Club de Cannabis del Paraguay was co-organising a public 4/20 gathering in Asunción ahead of a congressional hearing on a cannabis regulation bill.

abc23, abc25

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says there are severe penalties for trafficking and possession of illegal drugs: a person caught may get a prison sentence, without bail, and prison standards are poor.

iba, uh, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Qatar, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited, and the law provides for the death penalty for the most serious drug offences.

cann

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice describes zero tolerance and tells visitors to expect a long prison sentence, deportation and heavy fines for using, possessing or smuggling drugs, cannabis and residual amounts included. This applies to passengers in transit, whose baggage is scanned.

cann, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Romania, safety and security Adevărul — Cum a ajuns comercializarea seminţelor de canabis o afacere perfect legală în România (14 September 2017, updated 2022) Camera Deputaților, Departamentul de Studii Parlamentare — Studiu informativ privind planta de cânepă (PDF) Pardal, Decorte, Bone, Parés & Johansson — Mapping Cannabis Social Clubs in Europe, European Journal of Criminology (2020, PDF) EUDA — Legal approaches to drugs and driving, country table (last updated May 2025) 4 unchanged

zero

No THC limit is set: under the criminal code the offence is committed if a controlled substance is detected. Police may stop and test at random, with a roadside oral-fluid test and blood taken at a hospital. The penalty is one to five years in prison, also for refusing to give a sample, or two to seven years if aggravated; the licence is suspended for 90 days and can be cancelled on a sentence of detention.

euda_dd

underground

Clubs exist without any legal basis. A Europe-wide survey of cannabis social clubs carried out in 2018 and 2019 received answers from one club in Romania, and its authors could not say how many more were active. The study notes that the model is prohibited throughout the European Union, that clubs sit in a legally sensitive position, and that many have been dissolved after court decisions or police raids. Nothing more recent was found.

pardal20

grey

open

illegal

banned

Seeds fall outside the criminal law because they contain no THC: Law 143/2000 punishes growing, using and trafficking the plant, not trading its seed. Many online shops sell them openly with cash on delivery, some as souvenirs or collectors' items and some with descriptions of the effects, from about 14 lei a seed. The line is germination: an antidrug official put it that the moment the plant sprouts you are holding an illegal drug, and growing for personal use is an offence under Article 4. Growing without authorisation under the 2005 law on plants and substances with narcotic content is likewise illegal, so cuttings and seedlings are covered.

adv17, cdep

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says illegal drugs, including cannabis, carry severe penalties and tells travellers to expect a long jail sentence and heavy fines for possessing, using or smuggling them, also when only changing planes. It adds that increasing numbers of people, including foreign visitors, have been arrested and given lengthy sentences for drug offences at music festivals in Romania.

pp, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Serbia, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

par, kpu

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says there are strict penalties for possessing and trafficking drugs, including cannabis. Airport scanners are also used on the baggage of passengers in transit.

trip, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Russia, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

wiki

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says a person can be prosecuted for possessing even small quantities of any drug, including cannabis, and should expect a long prison sentence and heavy fines, also in airport transit, where baggage is scanned. A foreigner detained by the authorities could face months or years in prison.

wiki, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Rwanda, safety and security 3 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

ea

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says illegal drugs, including cannabis, carry severe penalties and tells travellers to expect a long jail sentence and heavy fines for possessing, using or smuggling them, also when only changing planes. Airport scanners are also used on the baggage of passengers in transit.

ea, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Saudi Arabia, safety and security 6 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited, and the law provides for the death penalty for the most serious drug offences.

law, schedule

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice describes zero tolerance: possessing even a small amount can bring up to five years in prison and a fine of 30,000 riyals, dealing and smuggling can bring a death sentence, and detention before trial can be long. A foreigner sentenced to more than three months in prison can be deported.

schedule, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Solomon Islands, safety and security 3 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

case, st, trip

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says possessing, selling and using drugs is illegal and can lead to prison sentences.

trip, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Seychelles, safety and security 2 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

wiki

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says penalties are severe and may include fines and prison sentences up to life imprisonment, for supply and for simple possession of any drug, also in transit. Bail is highly unlikely and prosecutions can take a year or more to reach court; the airport's scanners detect cannabis and can be used on transit baggage.

reg, fcdo

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited, and the law provides for the death penalty for the most serious drug offences.

amnesty

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone, so a visitor has no lawful way to buy cannabis. The sources behind this profile describe no separate rule for visitors.

wiki

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Sweden, safety and security Pardal, Decorte, Bone, Parés & Johansson — Mapping Cannabis Social Clubs in Europe, European Journal of Criminology (2020, PDF) EUDA — Legal approaches to drugs and driving, country table (last updated May 2025) 5 unchanged

zero

No THC limit is set: the offence is committed if a drug is detected, though there is no liability where it was taken in accordance with a medical prescription. Police may stop at random and test on suspicion; there is no roadside oral-fluid test. Penalties are day-fines or up to two years in prison, a ban of one month to three years, and the vehicle can be forfeited.

euda_dd

none

No clubs are known. A Europe-wide survey of cannabis social clubs carried out in 2018 and 2019 found, after online searches and contact with people in the field, that there did not seem to be any active club in Sweden. The model is prohibited throughout the European Union. Nothing more recent was found.

pardal20

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says illegal drugs, including cannabis, are strictly prohibited even in small quantities and warns of jail sentences of up to 10 years and heavy fines for possessing, using or smuggling them, also in transit. Airport scanners are also used on the baggage of passengers in transit.

nordic, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Singapore, safety and security 5 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited, and the law provides for the death penalty for the most serious drug offences.

wiki, cnb

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice warns that penalties are severe for all drug offences, including possession, and apply to passengers in transit, whose baggage is scanned. A person can be detained without trial, holding more than a set amount is treated as trafficking, and sentences include prison, caning and the death penalty.

cnb, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Slovenia, safety and security Pardal, Decorte, Bone, Parés & Johansson — Mapping Cannabis Social Clubs in Europe, European Journal of Criminology (2020, PDF) EUDA — Statistical Bulletin 2026, drug law offences: cannabis (totals and use-related) EUDA — Legal approaches to drugs and driving, country table (last updated May 2025) 6 unchanged

zero

No THC limit is set: the offence is committed if a drug is detected. Police may stop at random and test on suspicion, with a roadside oral-fluid test and blood or urine taken at a hospital. The fine starts at 1,200 euros and the driver receives 18 penalty points, which means losing the licence and re-taking the test after six months to a year; there is no prison sentence.

euda_dd

The EU drugs agency's statistical bulletin records 2,981 cannabis-related drug law offences in Slovenia in 2024, against 2,782 in 2023. Of the 2024 total, 2,733 were for use or possession for use. Countries count these differently (offences or offenders, criminal or administrative), so the figure is not comparable across borders.

euda_dlo

underground

Clubs exist without any legal basis. A Europe-wide survey of cannabis social clubs carried out in 2018 and 2019 received answers from two clubs in Slovenia, and its authors could not say how many more were active. The study notes that the model is prohibited throughout the European Union, that clubs sit in a legally sensitive position, and that many have been dissolved after court decisions or police raids. Nothing more recent was found.

pardal20

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says illegal drugs, including cannabis, carry severe penalties and tells travellers to expect a long jail sentence and heavy fines for possessing, using or smuggling them, also when only changing planes. Airport scanners are also used on the baggage of passengers in transit.

boc, medical_act, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Slovakia, safety and security Pardal, Decorte, Bone, Parés & Johansson — Mapping Cannabis Social Clubs in Europe, European Journal of Criminology (2020, PDF) EUDA — Statistical Bulletin 2026, drug law offences: cannabis (totals and use-related) EUDA — Legal approaches to drugs and driving, country table (last updated May 2025) 5 unchanged

zero

No THC limit is set. The administrative offence is committed if a drug is detected, with a fine of 200 to 1,000 euros and a ban of up to a year; the criminal code separately punishes impaired driving with up to one year in prison for a repeat offender, or five for a driver of public transport, and a ban of one to ten years. Police may stop and test at random; there is no roadside oral-fluid test, and blood is taken at a hospital.

euda_dd

The EU drugs agency's statistical bulletin records 414 cannabis-related drug law offences in Slovakia in 2024, against 482 in 2023. Of the 2024 total, 235 were for use or possession for use. Countries count these differently (offences or offenders, criminal or administrative), so the figure is not comparable across borders.

euda_dlo

none

No clubs are known. A Europe-wide survey of cannabis social clubs carried out in 2018 and 2019 found, after online searches and contact with people in the field, that there did not seem to be any active club in Slovakia. The model is prohibited throughout the European Union. Nothing more recent was found.

pardal20

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says illegal drugs, including cannabis, carry severe penalties and tells travellers to expect a long jail sentence and heavy fines for possessing, using or smuggling them, also when only changing planes. Airport scanners are also used on the baggage of passengers in transit.

cms, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Sierra Leone, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

act, pm2, pm1

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice tells travellers not to become involved with drugs of any kind and says there are heavy penalties for drug trafficking, including prison sentences in harsh conditions.

act, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: San Marino, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

cann

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice describes a zero-tolerance policy towards possession and use of illegal drugs, with a prison sentence or a heavy fine on conviction.

wiki, vice, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Senegal, safety and security 3 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

mo, cr

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says there are severe penalties for possession, use or trafficking of illegal drugs and that people accused regularly spend lengthy periods on remand before trial; the maximum sentence for trafficking is 20 years.

cr, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Somalia, safety and security 3 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

wiki, cr

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says drug use, possession and trafficking are treated seriously and that possible punishments include a lengthy prison sentence without bail.

wiki, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Suriname, safety and security 3 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

wvm, wiki, cr

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says there are severe penalties for all drug offences and tells travellers to pack their own luggage and carry nothing through customs for anyone else.

wiki, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: South Sudan, safety and security 3 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited, and the law provides for the death penalty for the most serious drug offences.

rt, eye, law

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says there are severe penalties for using or trafficking drugs, including the death penalty and life imprisonment.

law, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: São Tomé and Príncipe, safety and security 3 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

wiki, cr

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says there are severe penalties for all drug offences and tells travellers to pack their own luggage and carry nothing through customs for anyone else.

wiki, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: El Salvador, safety and security 3 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

edh, em

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says there are severe penalties for drug use and trafficking and that prisons are overcrowded and violent.

edh, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Syria, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited, and the law provides for the death penalty for the most serious drug offences.

wiki, cr

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says the penalty for drug possession is life imprisonment and that the death penalty applies to drug trafficking.

cr, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Eswatini, safety and security Semafor via Africa.com — More and more African countries are legalizing cannabis: Eswatini (May 2023) 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

cr, ht

Cannabis is an export crop for smallholders. Farmers in the northern Hhohho region grow the variety known as Swazi Gold and sell it at a premium to dealers and buyers in neighbouring South Africa; in a country of about 1.2 million people with 24% unemployment, the trade has given many households a meaningful income for decades. A bill to replace the colonial-era drug law and license cannabis for medical and research use is opposed by growers and activists, who fear it will hand the trade to companies and undermine theirs.

sem23

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says punishments for possessing or smuggling narcotic drugs can be severe and that drug offences can lead to prison.

cr, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Chad, safety and security 3 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

pc2017

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says penalties for drug use and possession are severe and usually include a prison sentence, and that conditions in local prisons are harsh.

pc2017, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Togo, safety and security 3 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

leaf, law

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says possession, use or trafficking of illegal drugs is a serious offence that can bring fines and a prison sentence.

wiki, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Thailand, safety and security Thailand Business News — Thailand enforces strict regulations on cannabis flower: key advisory for tourists (28 June 2025) Khaosod English — 100 kg of cannabis seized at Chiang Mai airport as smugglers walk free (5 March 2025) 6 unchanged

The best-documented illegal trade is export. In March 2025 police at Chiang Mai airport seized more than 100 kg of cannabis flower in four days from foreign couriers bound mostly for London, and could charge almost none of them because carrying cannabis within Thailand was not an offence; the regional commander said smugglers had moved from Phuket to Bangkok to Chiang Mai as checks tightened. Since then sale has been narrowed to medical channels: rules in force in 2026 allow only registered health facilities, pharmacies and herbal shops to hold licences, and require a prescription of at most 30 days. No figure for unlicensed sales since the change was found.

ks25, ks26

none

No cannabis clubs are known; Thailand's cannabis trade runs through licensed shops, which are businesses and not members' clubs. Supplying flower to someone without a prescription is an offence whether or not money changes hands, which leaves no room for a club sharing its own harvest.

tilleke, thaiger

open

Tourists are held to the same rule as residents: since June 2025 cannabis flower may be bought, held or used only with a prescription from a licensed Thai medical professional, for at most 30 days' supply, and recreational use is illegal. The tourism authority tells visitors to buy only through authorised channels and warns that unlicensed shops aimed at tourists may be operating illegally. Taking cannabis out of the country without an export permit is a crime: fines start at 30,000 baht a kilogram, with detention if unpaid, and the traveller is put on an immigration watchlist. Under rules introduced in August 2026, foreigners can be deported without a criminal conviction for conduct judged contrary to public order, and may be barred from returning.

tat25, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Tajikistan, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

cr

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says possession of drugs is illegal and can bring a lengthy prison sentence in basic conditions, and that police may carry out drug raids in bars and nightclubs.

wiki, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Timor-Leste, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

wiki

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice tells travellers not to get involved with illegal drugs and says there are severe penalties on conviction.

wiki, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Turkmenistan, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

cr

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says a person found guilty of possessing or using illegal drugs could face a lengthy prison sentence in very basic conditions.

wiki, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Tunisia, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

l52, hrw

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says travellers found with illegal drugs face long prison sentences and heavy fines, and stresses that Tunisian drug law applies whatever the traveller's country of residence, whether or not the substance is legal elsewhere, and whatever the quantity.

td, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Tonga, safety and security 3 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

case, mt

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says drug taking in all forms is illegal, that importing or exporting illegal drugs carries up to 30 years' hard labour and very large fines, and that growing or distributing them is likely to be punished severely.

mt, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Türkiye, safety and security EUDA — Statistical Bulletin 2026, drug law offences: cannabis (totals and use-related) 4 unchanged

The EU drugs agency's statistical bulletin records 103,992 cannabis-related drug law offences in Türkiye in 2024, against 87,268 in 2023. Of the 2024 total, 83,744 were for use or possession for use. The number has risen by about three-quarters since 2020 and is the highest in the series. Countries count these differently (offences or offenders, criminal or administrative), so the figure is not comparable across borders.

euda_dlo

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

bh, mondaq

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice tells visitors to expect a prison sentence of 4 to 24 years and heavy fines for possessing, using or smuggling illegal drugs, cannabis included, and says this applies to passengers in transit through its airports.

wiki, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Tuvalu, safety and security Tuvalu — Dangerous Drugs Act, 2008 revised edition (PacLII) 2 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

wiki

illegal

banned

illegal

banned

The Dangerous Drugs Act defines Indian hemp as either of the plants Cannabis sativa or Cannabis indica or any portion thereof, which takes in seeds and cuttings alike. Section 5 prohibits importing or exporting any seed of Indian hemp, and section 7 prohibits cultivating the plant.

dda

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says it is illegal to import, export, cultivate or distribute drugs, with fines and imprisonment as penalties.

wiki, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Taiwan, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

tn, ts

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice tells travellers to avoid any involvement with illegal drugs, including cannabis: the laws are stricter than in the United Kingdom, and what counts as supply or trafficking, including the quantities, may differ. Anyone found guilty of smuggling, trafficking, possession or use, also in transit, should expect a severe prison sentence or, in some cases, the death penalty. Airport scanners are also used on the baggage of passengers in transit.

aj, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Tanzania, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

wiki, uk

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says severe penalties, including long prison sentences, can be applied for simple possession of any drug as well as for supply, also in airport transit, and that airports have technology to detect cannabis.

uk, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Ukraine, safety and security 9 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and no law provides for them: any supply of cannabis is a criminal offence.

wiki, cms

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says only that penalties for being caught in possession of drugs are severe.

narcotics, moz, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Uganda, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

ab, act

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says penalties for possession and trafficking are severe: the maximum sentence is 20 years for possession and life imprisonment for trafficking.

ab, fcdo

Wikipedia — Cannabis Social Club (United States section) Immigrant Legal Resource Center — Warning for immigrants about medical and legalized marijuana (21 May 2021) Governors Highway Safety Association — Drug-impaired driving, state laws (updated October 2025) NORML — FBI: marijuana possession arrests comprised over 20% of all drug-related arrests in 2024 (15 October 2025) DEA — DEA releases 2025 National Drug Threat Assessment (15 May 2025) UNLV Cannabis Policy Institute — Nevada Cannabis Report: Eliminating the Unlicensed Cannabis Market (2025, PDF) 8 unchanged

Legal states have not ended the illegal trade, and no national figure for its share was found. The federal drug agency's 2025 threat assessment says Chinese criminal organisations dominate domestic growing and distribution, with most grow sites in states where cannabis is legal, producing flower averaging 25 to 30% THC. State studies give a sense of scale: one commissioned by Nevada in 2024 put unlicensed sales at 21 to 30% of that state's market, some 242 to 370 million dollars a year, and ranked Nevada second to California per head among four western states. A Nevada policy report describes unlicensed delivery, pop-up sales parties and large outdoor farms on remote land.

dea25, unlv25

Police made at least 204,036 marijuana arrests in 2024 according to FBI data, 187,792 of them (92%) for possession and 16,244 for sale or manufacture. Possession of marijuana alone was more than 22% of the 831,446 drug arrests nationwide. The peak was 2007, with over 870,000 marijuana arrests, 48% of all drug arrests. The 2024 total is an undercount: some agencies do not report to the FBI, and tens of thousands of arrests are logged as unspecified drug violations.

norml24

impairment

Driving law is set by each state, and most have no THC-specific rule, so a conviction needs evidence of impairment. The governors' highway safety association counts 18 states with stricter marijuana rules: ten with zero tolerance for THC or a metabolite, four with zero tolerance for THC alone and four with a fixed THC limit. Colorado instead lets a jury infer impairment from 5 nanograms of THC. The status shown is the majority rule, not the law everywhere.

ghsa

open

In states with legal sales, dispensaries serve any adult aged 21 or over, visitors included; nothing may be carried across a state line. For foreign visitors the danger is federal: marijuana remains a federal controlled substance, and immigration lawyers warn that conduct legal under state law can still bring severe immigration penalties. Admitting to possession can get any non-citizen, even a permanent resident, refused at the border, and admitted use or work in the legal industry can block naturalisation.

ncsl, ilrc

regulated

Non-profit growing clubs of the Spanish kind are not part of American law; what some states license instead are places to consume, usually run for profit. Colorado allows consumption clubs but no sales on site, with rules that vary by county. Oregon permits cannabis social clubs and some operate. Nevada has let businesses apply for social-club licences since a 2017 law, and Massachusetts approved three types of social-consumption licence in December 2025. The District of Columbia went the other way and banned consumption clubs in 2016. In most states there is no provision at all.

wikicsc

zero

The regulating decree treats a driver's capacity as impaired whenever THC is detected in the body; it sets no numerical threshold. Traffic police, municipal inspectors and the coast guard may test, with devices chosen by the cannabis institute, and a driver who tests positive may ask for a confirming test at their own cost. The licence is withheld and the penalties of the road traffic law apply. The government's 2026 evaluation notes that roadside testing has so far been unsystematic and experimental, with regular monitoring planned from 2026.

d120, snd26

residents

The legal market is closed to visitors. To buy in a pharmacy, join a club or register as a home grower, a person must be an adult with Uruguayan citizenship, natural or legal, or with proven permanent residence, and must be entered in the register with a Uruguayan identity card and proof of address; each person may use only one of the three routes. A tourist has no legal source.

d120

Uruguay publishes prosecutions for all drug offences together, not for cannabis alone. People charged with drug offences numbered 1,187 in 2013, the year the law passed, fell to 935 in 2018, and then rose to 2,085 in 2024, the highest in the series; throughout they were between 9 and 14% of everyone charged with any crime. The government's evaluation says the law reduced police and court action over minor cannabis conduct.

snd26

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Uzbekistan, safety and security 3 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

ecoi, kun

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says possession of drugs is illegal and can bring a long prison sentence, and notes continuing concerns about disease in prisons and allegations of mistreatment of some prisoners.

ecoi, fcdo

none

There are no cannabis clubs as such. Supply remains an offence outside the licensed medical system and Rastafari sacramental use.

mci_act, wiki

open

Visitors can buy on the same terms as residents, which means through the medicinal system: licensed dispensaries serve patients with a practitioner's recommendation, visitors included, and a lounge with a doctor on site can issue the prescription and patient card. There are no general adult-use shops, and supply outside that system remains an offence.

mci_act, jo22, wiki

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

wiki, tni

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone, so a visitor has no lawful way to buy cannabis. The sources behind this profile describe no separate rule for visitors.

cr

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Vietnam, safety and security 5 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited, and the law provides for the death penalty for the most serious drug offences.

ln2, cr, ln1

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice tells visitors to expect a long prison sentence and heavy fines whatever the amount, also in airport transit, and that the death penalty may be imposed. Police raid nightlife venues and private parties and can require drug tests; a positive result may lead to criminal charges whether the drug was taken in Vietnam or before entry.

cr, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Vanuatu, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

dp

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice tells travellers to avoid all recreational drugs and says possession of even small quantities can lead to imprisonment and a large fine.

dp, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Samoa, safety and security Samoa — Narcotics Act 1967 (PacLII) 3 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

wiki

illegal

banned

illegal

banned

The Narcotics Act 1967 makes it an offence both to cultivate a prohibited plant and to have in one's possession the seed of a prohibited plant, each with a maximum of 14 years in prison. Cannabis is among the prohibited plants, so seeds and living plants are equally banned.

na67

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says possession of illegal drugs carries a possible 14-year prison sentence.

wiki, fcdo

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited, and the law provides for the death penalty for the most serious drug offences.

voa

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone, so a visitor has no lawful way to buy cannabis. The sources behind this profile describe no separate rule for visitors.

ek

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Kosovo, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

cann, wiki

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says illegal drugs, including cannabis, carry severe penalties and tells travellers to expect a long jail sentence and heavy fines for possessing, using or smuggling them, also when only changing planes. Airport scanners are also used on the baggage of passengers in transit.

wiki, fcdo

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

kg, wiki

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone, so a visitor has no lawful way to buy cannabis. The sources behind this profile describe no separate rule for visitors.

wiki

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

hd, wiki

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone, so a visitor has no lawful way to buy cannabis. The sources behind this profile describe no separate rule for visitors.

wiki

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

mj

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone, so a visitor has no lawful way to buy cannabis. The sources behind this profile describe no separate rule for visitors.

mj

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited, and the law provides for the death penalty for the most serious drug offences.

law93

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone, so a visitor has no lawful way to buy cannabis. The sources behind this profile describe no separate rule for visitors.

law93

Cape Town Etc — SAHRC encourages law enforcement not to make cannabis-related arrests (25 December 2024) South African Crime Quarterly 67 — Drugged driving in South Africa: an urgent need for review and reform (2019) GroundUp via TalkingDrugs — Mpondoland cannabis growers left out to dry (12 August 2024) GroundUp — "People feel betrayed": small-scale dagga growers fear exclusion from legal trade (14 October 2019) 6 unchanged

Selling cannabis remains illegal, so everything bought is bought outside the law, but the market has changed shape since the Constitutional Court allowed private growing in 2018. The traditional source, Mpondoland in the Eastern Cape, where villages have grown dagga for more than a century and police never managed to stop the trade, has been collapsing: growers reported in 2024 that a 20-litre bucket that once fetched 1,500 to 2,000 rand now sold for 500, and some burned harvest they could not sell. A researcher puts this down to the rise of home growing, to imported high-potency strains (the local landrace has 2.5 to 8% THC against 20 to 28%), and to an often illicit but largely unpoliced city trade of businesses he calls a "cowboy" sector. The only legal route for a grower is a medical cultivation licence, which small farmers cannot afford.

gu24, gu19

impairment

There is no THC limit for drivers. The road traffic law prohibits driving under the influence of alcohol or of a drug having a narcotic effect, so a prosecution depends on showing impairment. A 2019 review in the South African Crime Quarterly found that testing drivers for substances other than alcohol is rarely done, and called for a statutory definition and detailed testing provisions.

sacq19

No national count of cannabis arrests was found. Since 23 August 2023 a directive of the national police commissioner has told officers that adults may not be arrested on a presumption of selling, because no law fixes the quantity an adult may hold or grow. In December 2024 the Human Rights Commission said it was still receiving complaints of cannabis users being arrested, especially from the Rastafari community, and urged the government to bring the 2024 Act into force.

sahrc24

none

Nobody can buy cannabis legally: the 2024 Act deliberately leaves out trade. What it protects is an adult's own possession, growing and use in a private place, without distinguishing residents from visitors; draft regulations published in February 2026 would cap possession at 750 g and growing at five plants. A visitor therefore has no legal source, and using cannabis in public remains an offence.

adams, bd

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Zambia, safety and security 4 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

act, loc

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says it is illegal to possess or use drugs, including marijuana, and that drug use and smuggling are serious offences.

loc, fcdo

GOV.UK (FCDO) — Foreign travel advice: Zimbabwe, safety and security 6 unchanged

none

No cannabis clubs are known, and the law leaves no room for them: growing cannabis and supplying it to another person are both prohibited.

nr, cr, lp

none

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. British travel advice says illegal drugs, including cannabis, carry severe penalties and tells travellers to expect a long jail sentence and heavy fines for possessing, using or smuggling them, also when only changing planes. Airport scanners are also used on the baggage of passengers in transit.

nr, fcdo