Indonesia countries/id.yaml
label Planting or possessing plant form · treatment criminal · term Article 111 · prison 12 years · fine 2000000000 · note Up to twelve years and/or a category VI fine (Rp2 billion); no death penalty or minimum term, label Over 1 kg or at least six plants · treatment criminal · term Article 111 · note Life imprisonment or up to twenty years and/or a higher fine, label Personal use, Article 127 · treatment criminal · term Article 127 · prison 4 years · note Up to four years; proven abuse victims must receive rehabilitation
Among the harshest in the world.[@sun] Tourists in Bali are regularly jailed for years over a few grams, and Indonesia retains and uses the death penalty for drug trafficking.[@gp]
label Sale, purchase, brokerage or delivery · treatment criminal · term Article 114 · prison 20 years · fine 2000000000 · note Life imprisonment or up to twenty years and/or a category VI fine, label Over 1 kg or at least six plants for sale · treatment criminal · term Article 114 · death true · prison 20 years · note Death, life or up to twenty years and/or a higher fine, label Giving to another to use, Article 116(1) · treatment criminal · term Article 116(1) · prison 15 years · fine 2000000000 · note Up to fifteen years and/or a category VI fine, label Giving causing death or disability, Article 116(2) · treatment criminal · term Article 116(2) · death true · prison 20 years · note Death, life or up to twenty years and/or a higher fine
Using a Class I narcotic for oneself is a crime with up to four years in prison under Article 127; a judge may order treatment and rehabilitation, which counts towards the sentence.[@uu35] An adult addict who does not report for treatment faces up to six months' custody or a fine, and so does a parent who does not report an addicted child.[@gp]
None.[@tempo]
Since 2 January 2026, aggravated sale or delivery under Article 114 can bring death, life imprisonment or up to twenty years and/or a higher fine.[@uu2026] For cannabis in plant form, the threshold is more than 1 kg or at least six plants.[@uu2026] Possession and planting under Article 111 carry prison penalties only.[@uu2026,uu35] The n … and/or a category VI fine. For non-plant Class I narcotics the threshold is more than 5 g.[@uu2026] Giving a Class I narcotic to another person to use can also bring death under Article 116(2) if it causes death or permanent disability.[@uu2026,uu35]
None. Cannabis has long been grown illicitly in Aceh, where the army burns fields each year.[@gp]
Prohibited absolutely: Class I narcotics may not be used for health services, and CBD is treated as cannabis.[@uu35] The Constitutional Court rejected a challenge brought by mothers of children with cerebral palsy, while urging the government to research therapeutic use.[@tempo]
Long pre-trial detention, deportation and blacklisting for foreigners.[@gp]
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]
Bringing cannabis across the border is a separate offence: since 2 January 2026, unauthori … icinal cannabis, oils, CBD, edibles and vapes are also illegal and screened at airports.[@fcdosun] Domestic plant possession separately carries up to twelve years and/or a category VI fin … s, with rehabilitation required for a person proved to be a victim of abuse.[@uu2026,uu35]
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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.[@mtv25] 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.[@mtv25] 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]
Indonesia's prison figures cover all narcotics, not cannabis alone.[@rri26] On 30 April 2026 prisons and detention centres held 271,602 people, 85% over capacity, and 146,376 of them, 53%, were there for narcotics offences.[@rri26] In October 2026 the law minister said the government was preparing rehabilitation and re-education centres, mainly for drug users of working age, on the president's instruction.[@rri26]
Article 106(1) of Law 22/2009 requires proper driving with full concentration.[@traffic22] Its official explanation expressly includes alcohol or drugs affecting driving ability.[@traffic22] Article 283 punishes abnormal driving or a condition that disrupts concentration with up to three months' detention or a fine of up to Rp750,000.[@traffic22] This is a driving-ability rule, not a specified THC concentration in the provisions reviewed.[@traffic22] Article 314 also permits licence revocation or compensation as an additional penalty for traffic offences; licence loss is not automatic under article 283.[@traffic22]
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label Planting or possessing plant form · treatment criminal · term Article 111 · prison 12 years · fine 2000000000 · note Up to twelve years and/or a category VI fine; no minimum term, label Over 1 kg or at least six plants · treatment criminal · term Article 111 · prison 20 years · note Life imprisonment or up to twenty years and/or a higher fine
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No industrial-hemp or CBD exception was found. The Class I list covers the cannabis plant and all its parts, including seeds, fruit and straw, and its products; Class I narcotics may not be used for health services.[@uu35] CBD is treated as cannabis.[@tempo,@sun]
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Cannabis in Indonesia is known as [ganja](/culture/language/ganja/), and Aceh in northern Sumatra is the long-standing illicit growing region.[@gp] The plant is also part of older Acehnese and Malay medical and social traditions, but the modern narcotics law treats it as a Class I drug with no cultural exemption.[@uu35]
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