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Articles 16 to 30 of the 1989 drug law, including the personal-consumption security measure, were repealed when the criminal code commenced on 25 June 2020.[@vigencia] Article 311 punishes possession when it is for trafficking or for promoting, favouring or facilitating illegal consumption.[@penal] For cannabis, which article 321 treats as not causing grave harm, the basic sentence is four to seven years plus a fine, or one to three years when the circumstances show lesser gravity.[@penal] The repeal does not declare that holding cannabis for oneself is lawful.[@vigencia] [The 1989 law set the old penalties.](/history/honduras-drug-law-1989/) [The 2020 code replaced them.](/history/honduras-penal-code-2020/)
label Possession for trafficking or facilitating consumption (Article 311) · treatment criminal · term Possession for trafficking · prison min 4 years · prison 7 years · note Plus a fine of 100–500 day-fines (income-based), label Lesser-gravity cases · treatment criminal · term Lesser-gravity possession · prison min 1 year · prison 3 years
Article 311 punishes sowing, cultivation and harvest.[@penal] For cannabis the basic sentence is four to seven years, or one to three years when the circumstances show lesser gravity.[@penal] Domestic growing has expanded, much of it controlled by gangs.[@ic] [The 1989 law punished growing with nine to twelve years.](/history/honduras-drug-law-1989/) [The 2020 code replaced the penalties.](/history/honduras-penal-code-2020/) [180,000 plants were seized in half a year.](/history/honduras-marijuana-fields-2025/)
label Sowing, cultivation and harvest (Article 311) · treatment criminal · term Unlawful cultivation · prison min 4 years · prison 7 years · note One to three years when the circumstances show lesser gravity
Article 311 sets prison for trafficking, cultivation and possession for those purposes.[@penal] The repealed article 26 compulsory-rehabilitation rule is not the current penalty.[@vigencia] [The 1989 law set the old penalties.](/history/honduras-drug-law-1989/) [The 2020 code replaced them.](/history/honduras-penal-code-2020/)
Article 311 punishes commerce, transport and trafficking, and possession for those purposes.[@penal] For cannabis the basic sentence is four to seven years plus a fine of 100 to 500 days, or one to three years when lesser gravity is found.[@penal] Aggravating circumstances are listed in article 312, which a 2021 decree later restated.[@penal] [The 2020 code replaced the penalties.](/history/honduras-penal-code-2020/)
label Commerce, transport and trafficking (Article 311) · treatment criminal · term Trafficking · prison min 4 years · prison 7 years · note Plus a fine of 100–500 day-fines; one to three years when lesser gravity is found
The criminal code punishes promoting, favouring or facilitating illegal consumption.[@penal] It does not restate the repealed compulsory-rehabilitation rule for personal use.[@vigencia] [The 1989 law set the old penalties.](/history/honduras-drug-law-1989/)
No legal source.[@penal] [The 2020 code replaced the penalties.](/history/honduras-penal-code-2020/)
There is no legal way to get cannabis. The 1989 personal-use rule was repealed in 2020, an … ity cases; the repeal does not make holding cannabis for oneself lawful.[@penal,vigencia] [The 1989 law set the old penalties.](/history/honduras-drug-law-1989/) [The 2020 code replaced them.](/history/honduras-penal-code-2020/) [Export growing was proposed in 2022.](/history/honduras-cultivation-proposal-2022/)
No licensed production. Article 311 punishes sowing, cultivation and harvest.[@penal] [The 2020 code replaced the penalties.](/history/honduras-penal-code-2020/)
No patient programme is documented. The code punishes possession for trafficking or for facilitating consumption and sets no medical route.[@penal] [A 2020 patients bill never advanced.](/history/honduras-cultivation-proposal-2022/)
A conviction under article 311 is a prison sentence.[@penal] The repealed article 26 internment rule is not the current penalty, and the repealed article 27 expulsion rule is not restated here.[@vigencia] [The 1989 law set the old penalties.](/history/honduras-drug-law-1989/)
According to the Transnational Institute's summary of the 1989 drug law (Decree 126-89), Article 7 prohibits producing, planting, cultivating and gathering plants or seeds that contain narcotic or controlled ingredients.[@tnihn] The statute itself was not read.[@tnihn] [The 1989 law set the old penalties.](/history/honduras-drug-law-1989/)
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] [The 2020 code replaced the penalties.](/history/honduras-penal-code-2020/)
There is no legal recreational supply for anyone.[@penal] Articles 16 to 30 of the 1989 drug law were repealed on 25 June 2020, including the personal-consumption security measure and the expulsion rule for foreigners.[@vigencia] Article 311 punishes possession for trafficking or for facilitating illegal consumption. For cannabis that basic sentence is four to seven years.[@penal] Current immigration consequences were not read separately.[@vigencia] [The 2020 code replaced the penalties.](/history/honduras-penal-code-2020/)
Marijuana is grown in the country. The armed forces said in June 2025 that they had secure … 180,000 plants so far that year, beside 37 coca plantations with more than 770,000 bushes.[@pl25] [180,000 plants were seized in half a year.](/history/honduras-marijuana-fields-2025/)
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No hemp exception operates. The 1989 drug law prohibited producing, planting, cultivating and gathering plants or seeds with narcotic or controlled ingredients, and the 2020 code punishes sowing, cultivation and harvest with no low-THC carve-out.[@tnihn,penal] [The 1989 law set the old penalties.](/history/honduras-drug-law-1989/) [Cannabis was first restricted around 1925.](/history/hn-first-restriction-estimate/)
tnihn, penal