Tajikistan: administrative bands, missing sections and score correction

PersonalSmall possession and unauthorised growing remain criminal. The code’s lowest quantity bands allow a fineare administrative; from about 100 g of dried cannabis, 20 g of hashish or five plants they become criminal, with up to twotwelve years in prison, with longer terms for larger amountspossession or cultivation and aggravated casestwenty for supply.

InBelow the code’Criminal Code's lowest quantity band, unlawful possession without intent to supplyis administrative: under 100 g of dried cannabis, 20 g of hashish or 10 g of resin brings a fine of 20–30 calculation units (1,560–2,340 somoni) and confiscation.[@admin128] The criminal lowest band, 100–200 g of dried cannabis or 20–100 g of hashish, carries a fine of 100–500 calculation units or up to two years in prison. The; the next band carries two to five years; aggravated or larger cases carrylarge amounts five to eight or; and especially large amounts eight to twelve years.[@code] The gram bands come from the Justice Ministry's 2023 draft annex and need checking against the gazetted table.[@draft2023]

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label Below the criminal band · treatment civil · term Small possession · fine min 1560 · fine 2340 · note Under 100 g dried cannabis, 20 g hashish or 10 g resin; confiscation also applies, label Lowest quantitycriminal band · treatment criminal · term Possession · prison 2 years · fine min 7800 · fine 39000 · note Fine of 100–500 calculation units200 g dried cannabis or up to two years20–100 g hashish, label Next band · treatment criminal · term Possession · prison min 2 years · prison 5 years · note 200 g–1 kg dried cannabis or 100–500 g hashish, label Aggravated or larger casesLarge amount · treatment criminal · term Possession · prison min 5 years · prison 8 years · note Five to eight1–10 kg dried cannabis or eight to twelve500 g–5 kg hashish, label Especially large amount · treatment criminal · term Possession · prison min 8 years · prison 12 years · note Over 10 kg dried cannabis or 5 kg hashish

Unauthorised cultivation inGrowing one to four plants is administrative: a fine of 10–20 calculation units (780–1,560 somoni) with confiscation, or 5–10 units under the lowest plant-count band carriesland rules.[@admin127] From five plants, the Criminal Code applies: five to ten plants bring a fine of 200–500 calculation units or up to two years in prison. The next band carries; 10–50 plants two to five years; aggravated or larger grows carry50–500 plants five to eight or; and over 500 plants eight to twelve years. The code refers to a separate plant-count list.[@code,draft2023]

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label Lowest plant-count bandOne to four plants · treatment civil · term Small cultivation · fine min 780 · fine 1560 · note Confiscation also applies, label Five to ten plants · treatment criminal · term Cultivation · prison 2 years · note Fine of 200–500 calculation units or up to two yearsfine min 15600 · fine 39000, label Next band10–50 plants · treatment criminal · term Cultivation · prison min 2 years · prison 5 years, label Aggravated or larger grows50–500 plants · treatment criminal · term Cultivation · prison min 5 years · note Five to eight or eight to twelveprison 8 years, label Over 500 plants · treatment criminal · term Cultivation · prison min 8 years · prison 12 years

TheAbove the administrative band, the Criminal Code permits prison for personal possession even in its lowest quantity band.[@c … ction targets and called for greater focus on dealers and larger supply networks.[@reform]

label Lowest quantity band · treatment criminal · term Trafficking · prison 5 years · note Up to five years; supply includes gifts, exchanges, debt payments and loans, label Larger or aggravated cases · treatment criminal · term Trafficking · prison min 5 years · prison 20 years · note Five–eight, eight–twelve and twelve–twenty year tiers

The drug law prohibits use without a doctor’s prescription and provides for medical examin … ation of people diagnosed with dependence and people found to have used drugs unlawfully. The act of use itself has no separate criminal or administrative penalty; the prohibition is enforced through examination and registration. Voluntary treatment and compulsory treatment are governed separately.[@law]

Unlawful buying andBuying or holding for personal use areis administrative below the criminal offencesband and criminal above it, and supply is punished separately.[@code,admin128] Lawful controlled-drug activities are licensed; scientific cultivation is reserved for licensed research institutions.[@law]

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All recreational use is prohibited: unlawful. Small possession without intent to supply starts atis an administrative fine; above the lowest criminal band possession brings a fine or up to two years, supply at up to five years rising to twenty, and gifts count as supply.[@admin128,code,law] A 2010 review criticised arrest-target-driven enforcement.[@code,law,reform]

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No medical cannabis programme exists. Cannabis, resin, hashish, oil and THC-containing hemp are in the National List's section for substances "especially dangerous and not of interest for medical use"; no cannabis medicine is registered or prescribed.[@nationallist] The drug law provides licensed's medical handling ofrules apply to controlled drugs and reserves scientific growing for licensed research institutions. It also prohibits non-prescribed use and regulates prescribing throughgenerally, but the health ministrylist excludes cannabis.[@law]

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The drug law defines cultivation as sowing and growing controlled plants and reserves scientific cultivation for licensed research institutions.[@law] TheGrowing one to four plants is an administrative fine; the Criminal Code penalises unauthorised growing in's lowest plant-count bands, includingband carries a fine or up to two years in prison in the lowest band.[@code,admin127]

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Unlawful acquisition and possession for personal use can bring aan administrative fine orbelow the criminal band and prison above it, and supply carries separate prison penalties.[@code,admin128] Lawful controlled-drug tradeThere is licensed; the February 2026 amendment requires authorising documents for imports and exportsno visitor exemption.[@law,amend26]

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Figures reported by the government to the UN drugs officeUNODC figures record 63.764 kg of herbal cannabis seized in 2024, against 90.3 kg in 2023, and 3,947 kg of cannabis resin seized in 2024, against 90 kg and 4,294 kg in 2023; resin dominates because hashish transits from Afghanistan.[@unodc_szr] The UN publishes them as kilogram equivalentsDrug Control Agency reported 5,280 kg of all drugs seized in 2025 and countries count seizures differently2, so963 kg in the first half of 2026, when cannabis-type substances were 1,740.9 kg.[@avesta26] The figures are not comparable across borderscover all drugs unless stated.[@unodc_szr]

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Tajikistan — Administrative Code, article 332 (intoxicated driving) Tajikistan Justice Ministry — draft quantity annex (2023) Tajikistan — National List of narcotic substances, Resolution 121 of 27 February 2020 Tajikistan — Road Traffic Law 1533 of 17 May 2018 Avesta — Cannabis still dominates Tajikistan's 2026 drug seizures (13 July 2026) 5 unchanged

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No hemp or CBD regime and no THC threshold. Any Cannabis plant containing a THC isomer is a Schedule 1 narcotic plant, and only licensed research institutions may grow drug-containing plants for scientific purposes.[@nationallist,law] Cannabis oil and concentrate are controlled, and no legal CBD market was found.[@nationallist]

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The Road Traffic Law prohibits driving while intoxicated by alcohol, narcotics, psychotropics or other intoxicants; a medical examination shows intoxication and there is no THC cutoff.[@traffic1533] Administrative Code article 332 imposes 300 calculation units (23,400 somoni) or 15 days' arrest, plus a five-year licence ban.[@admin332]

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The Drug Control Agency recorded 1,167 drug crimes in 2024 and 1,003 in 2025, with 4,004 registered drug users at the start of 2026; the figures cover all drugs.[@avesta26] No cannabis-specific arrest count is published.[@avesta26]

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No cannabis offence carries death. Criminal Code article 59 lists only murder, rape, terrorism, genocide and biocide; the maximum for cannabis supply is twenty years and for possession or cultivation twelve.[@code]

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