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Reliable national information about lawfulNo licensed commercial cannabis production was found. Article 7 permits growing licences only for specified public bodies, colleges and research institutions, for medical or scientific purposes.[@rd67] The law does not established by the retained sourcescreate an industrial-hemp or adult-use production route.[@rd67]
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Reliable national information about legally available cannabis products was not established by the retained sources.
The retainedNo medical cannabis programme or registered cannabis product was found. Article 27 requires a licensed doctor's prescription before a pharmacy may dispense a controlled drug, but the sources read do not establish whetheridentify a medical cannabis programme operatesmedicine or patient route.[@rd67] Medical status stays none.
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Article 61 requires permanent deportation of foreigners convicted under the law, except its residual article 56 offences.[@rd67] It also reaches repeated accusations on serious grounds and acquittals on formal grounds when evidence indicates involvement.[@rd67] Article 60 allows additional measures for convicted Omanis, including health monitoring, r … le 51 provides for confiscation of drugs and property or vehicles used in offences.[@rd67]
Article 3 prohibits unauthorised growing and dealings in listed plants, their parts at every growth stage and their seeds.[@rd67] Schedule 5 expressly names male and female cannabis; schedule 6 exempts stalk fibres and seeds treated so they cannot germinate.[@rd67] Article 7 permits growing licences for specified public bodies, colleges and research institutions for medical or scientific purposes.[@rd67]
There is no recreational supply route.[@rd67] Personal possession, use and growing carry one to three years and a fine of 1,000–5,000 rials, with treatment alternatives for established dependence.[@rd67] Article 61 provides for permanent deportation of foreign offenders, apart from the residual article 56 offences.[@rd67]
The amended Traffic Law article 50 bis prohibits driving on a road under the influence of alcohol, a narcotic or another psychotropic substance.[@trafficRop] The police-published text provides one to six months’ imprisonment and OMR400–800; illness … 0, while death or permanent total disability brings one to three years and OMR1,500–3,000.[@trafficRop] Stronger penalties under other laws are reserved.[@trafficRop] Article 49 separately punishes refusal of a breath sample or medical detection test where police have offence-related grounds to believe the person used these substances: one to three months and OMR200–500.[@trafficRop] Article 54 allows the court to withdraw a driving licence for up to one year, or two years for repetition.[@trafficRop] A numeric THC cutoff, specimen-specific confirmation rules and later implementing-regulation details were not established.[@trafficRop]
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UNODC Data Portal — Drug seizures, reported seizures in kilogram equivalents (World Drug Report data) Oman Observer — Call for awareness as drug abuse hits a high (13 July 2025) Oman Observer — ROP reports marijuana seizures at Salalah and Muscat airports (2025–2026) 3 unchanged
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label Personal possession, purchase, production or growing, Article 41(1) · treatment criminal · term Personal use · prison min 1 year · prison 3 years · fine min 1000 · fine 5000 · note Court may order residential or outpatient treatment for established dependence, label Possession without intent to trade, consume or personal use, Article 41(3) · treatment criminal · term Possession · prison min 3 years · prison 7 years · fine min 1000 · fine 7000
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label Growing for personal use, Article 41 · treatment criminal · term Personal use · prison min 1 year · prison 3 years · fine min 1000 · fine 5000, label Growing for trade, Article 37 · treatment criminal · term Trade · death true · fine min 35000 · fine 60000 · note Death or life imprisonment
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label Supply without payment or preparing premises for use, Article 39 · treatment criminal · term Unpaid supply · prison min 7 years · prison 15 years · fine min 5000 · fine 15000, label Trading or supply for payment, Article 38 · treatment criminal · term Trading · prison min 15 years · fine min 10000 · fine 25000 · note At least fifteen years plus the fine, label Import, export, production, manufacture or growing for trade, Article 37 · treatment criminal · term Trade · death true · fine min 35000 · fine 60000 · note Death or life imprisonment
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label Unauthorised use, Article 41 · treatment criminal · term Use · prison min 1 year · prison 3 years · fine min 1000 · fine 5000 · note Treatment may replace the penalty; voluntary treatment before detection protects from prosecution
The Public Prosecution reported 6,741 drug cases in 2023–2024, an all-drug figure.[@omanobserver25] Airport and postal seizures in 2025–2026 included 11.65 kg of marijuana at Salalah airport, 12.66 kg at Muscat airport, 7.29 kg in 24 postal food parcels and 2.56 kg in a parcel from Canada.[@omanobserver25] The 2026 law's death-or-life tier for import and production for trade shows that the border trade is treated as serious.[@rd67] No price or purity data were found.
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The Public Prosecution reported 6,741 drug cases in 2023–2024, an all-drug figure with no cannabis breakdown.[@omanobserver25] The 2025–2026 airport and postal cases each involved a handful of travellers or parcels, not a national arrest series.[@omanobserver25] The UNODC data are seizure-only and should not be read as arrest figures.[@unodc_szr]
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