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Possession for personal use is a misdemeanour with up to a year in jail; a second offence is a felony. ALicensed medical law passed in 2021 butsales to registered Alabama patients began on 4 June 2026. Raw flower and products have been held up by licensing disputesthat could be smoked or vaped are prohibited.

Use without a medical card is illegal everywhere. A registered patient may use the approved products. Raw plant material and products that could be smoked or vaped are prohibited.

No legal sourceRegistered Alabama patients and caregivers may buy at licensed dispensaries. Callie's Apothecary in Montgomery opened on 4 June 2026, Callie's Apothecary in Talladega on 28 August 2026, and Bama Bloom in Athens on 14 September 2026. A 2021 medical law has yet to deliver products becausecard requires Alabama residency, a qualifying condition and a recommendation from a physician certified by the Board of licensing disputesMedical Examiners. Allowed products include lozenges, tablets, capsules, tinctures, topicals, patches and oils for an inhaler. Raw plant material and products that could be smoked or vaped are prohibited.

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FinesA small quantity for users; prison for cultivationpersonal use, larger amounts and dealingor use without a prescription, is a fine of up to 300 fine units or detention. Handling a large quantity, enough to intoxicate at least ten people, carries one to ten years. Supplying a small quantity can bring up to three years.

wikindps, cannkarist

No licensedThe State Agency of Medicines states that growing cannabis production; cultivation forin order to make a narcotic purposessubstance, including for medical use, is prohibited.

wikiravim

Misdemeanours are recordedA final decision imposing a penalty for a misdemeanour is entered in the penal register, except a decision in a warning procedure. Data on a fine or detention for a periodmisdemeanour are deleted and archived one year after the fine is paid or the detention is served.

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Riigi Teataja — Penal Register Act Wikipedia — Cannabis in Estonia 10 unchanged

Possession ofUnlawfully possessing a small amount for personalone's own use, or attempting to acquire it, is a 'drug-useruse offence',: a category created in 2001, punishable by a fine or up toimprisonment for at most six months in prison. Sentencing guidance sets 5–20 day-fines for under 15The Police Board's summary fine table, in the instruction of 31 May 2024, lists hash and marijuana at up to 10 g. BecauseThe ordinary fine is 10 day-fines scale with income, the cost varies widelyrange is 10 to 15, and continuous use is 15 to 20.

statfi24vks, wikipolguide

Fines in almost all user cases, issuedThe drug-use offence can be dealt with by police on the spot; prison is available in lawa summary fine. The statute still allows imprisonment for at most six months.

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Finland criminalisesUnlawful use itself, not just possession — a positive test can ground ais the same drug-useruse offence, a fine or imprisonment for at most six months. The small-amount limit applies to possession and attempted acquisition, not to the use itself.

wiki, nordicvks

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. PossessionUnlawful use, or possession of a small amount for personalone's own use, is a drug-useruse offence, punishable by: a fine or up toimprisonment for at most six months in prison.

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Prosecutor General — VKS:2018:2, sentencing for a drug-use offence (in force from 1 January 2019) Police Board — procedure in drug-use offence cases, instruction of 31 May 2024 (POL-2023-114107) 11 unchanged

The Constitutional Court struck down penalties for consumption in 2018, making private use legal. In July 2025 parliament brought prison back for possessing more than 5 g of dried cannabis. On 24 June 2026 the Court barred imprisonment for buying or possessing 0.1315 g of cannabis resin for personal use. Buying or possessing that resin remains a crime. Cultivation and sale remain crimes, so there is no lawful source.

Up to 5 g of dried cannabis is an administrative offence with a fine. Criminal Code amendm … s, 70–250 g with five to eight years, and a repeat offence under 5 g with up to one year. On 24 June 2026 the Constitutional Court held that imprisonment for buying or possessing 0.1315 g of cannabis resin for personal use, including after a prior drug conviction, is unconstitutional. Buying or possessing that resin remains a crime. The ruling concerns that resin amount.

civil, ocm, jam, cc882

Use itself is not punished and under 5 g of dried cannabis brings a fine, but since July 2025 prison is again possible above 5 g and for a repeat offencesoffence under 5 g. On 24 June 2026 the Constitutional Court held that imprisonment cannot be imposed for buying or possessing 0.1315 g of cannabis resin for personal use, including after a prior drug conviction. Buying or possessing that resin remains a crime. Sale and larger quantities carry long prison sentences.

civil, ocm, idpc, cc882

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. The Constitutional Court's rulings prote … ents adopted on 2 July 2025, buying or holding more than 5 g can be punished with prison. On 24 June 2026 the Constitutional Court held that imprisonment cannot be imposed for buying or possessing 0.1315 g of cannabis resin for personal use, including after a prior drug conviction. Buying or possessing that resin remains a crime.

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Constitutional Court of Georgia — Paata Cherkezishvili v Parliament, Claim No. 882 (24 June 2026) 9 unchanged

Class I narcotic: years in prison for possession and. Since 2 January 2026, possessing the plant is up to twelve years, with no statutory minimum. Aggravated sale can still be death penalty for trafficking. Medical use is prohibited.

Cannabis is a Class I narcotic under Law 35 of 2009, the same class as heroin. From 2 January 2026, Article 111(1) punishes keepingplanting or possessing a Class I narcoticit in plant form with fourup to twelve years in prison and/or a category VI fine of 800 million to 8 billion rupiah; above one kilogram. There is no four-year minimum. More than 1 kg or more than five plants the penalty is life imprisonment or fiveup to twenty years, and/or a higher fine. That paragraph does not provide death. A person treated as an abuser under Article 127 instead faces up to four years, and one proven to be a victim of abuse must be sent to rehabilitation, an outcome that often depends on money and lawyers.

uu126, uu35, gp, tempo

Planting falls underis the same Article 111 as possession: fouroffence. From 2 January 2026 the basic penalty is up to twelve years and/or a category VI fine of 800 million to 8 billion rupiah for any number of plants, and life imprisonmentwith no four-year minimum. More than 1 kg or five to twenty years for more than five plants is life imprisonment or more than one kilogramup to twenty years. That paragraph does not provide death.

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Giving a Class I narcotic to another person to use carries five to fifteen years and a fine of one to ten billion rupiah (Article 116). SellingFrom 2 January 2026, selling, buying, brokering or delivering carriesa Class I narcotic is life imprisonment or fiveup to twenty years, and above one kilogram /or a category VI fine (Article 114(1)). More than 1 kg or more than five plants is death, life, or sixup to twenty years (Article 114(2)). Giving a Class I narcotic to another person to use remains an offence under Article 116, which stays in force. The 2026 adjustment removed the special prison minimums from the narcotics articles that had them.

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Law 351 of 2009 provides death2026, life imprisonment or a long term for producingissued on 2 January 2026, importingrepealed Article 113. Article 114 stays. Sale or exportingdelivery of more than one kilogram1 kg, or more than five plants of a Class I narcotic in plant form (Article 113), for sellingcan be death, life, or deliveringup to twenty years. Possessing or planting that amount (quantity is life or up to twenty years under Article 114111(2). Article 116, and for giving a drugClass I narcotic to aanother person who dies or is permanently disabled by it (Article 116), stays in force. Indonesia retains and uses the death penalty for drug trafficking.

uu126, uu35, sun, gp

Law 35 of 2009 lists as a Class I narcotic the cannabis plant and "all parts of the plant including seeds, fruit, straw" and its products. Planting, keeping or possessing a Class I narcotic in plant form without right carries fouris, from 2 January 2026, up to twelve years in prison under Article 111, with no statutory minimum.

hol, uu126

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. Every cannabis product is illegal, including medicinal cannabis, CBD, hemp products, oils, creams and edibles. Cannabis is a Class I narcotic under Law 35 of 2009. From 2 January 2026, and possession carries fourpossessing the plant is up to twelve years in prison and/or a very largecategory VI fine; a, with no four-year minimum. A person who can prove they are a user may instead get up to four years or court-ordered rehabilitation.

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Supreme Court of Indonesia — Implikasi UU Penyesuaian Pidana terhadap perbuatan pidana narkotika (28 January 2026) 8 unchanged

Possession carries long mandatory prison terms under the NDLEA Act, despite Nigeria being one of. The compiled Indian Hemp Act still prints death or at least 21 years for cultivation. A 2026 bill to repeal that Act is before the world's largest consumer populationsSenate and is not law.

A 2017 review of West African drug laws summarises the NDLEA Act as punishing production, planting or growing with life imprisonment. The olderSection 2(1) of the compiled Indian Hemp Act, still in the statute book, sets at least 21 years for sentences a person who knowingly plantingplants or cultivatingcultivates any cannabis plant of the genus cannabis either to death or to imprisonment for not less than 21 years. A 2026 bill transmitted to the Senate would repeal that Act. It has been referred for legislative processing and is not law.

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None. Bills to license medical and industrial cannabis have been introduced in the National Assembly without passing; the drug agency opposes them. When the governor of Ondo State, where much cannabis is grown, was reported to have urged the federal government to take medical cultivation seriously after a visit to Thailand with the agency's head, the agency denied it and said the trip had been about moving farmers away from drug crops.

om, cgh

None.

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No medical cannabis programme.

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A conviction is a criminal record; the agency also pushes drug testing for students, politicians and couples before marriage.

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illegal

banned

illegal

banned

The Indian Hemp Act defines Indian hemp as "any plant or part of a plant of the genus cannabis", with no exception for seed, and makes it an offence knowingly to plant or cultivate any cannabis plant, as well as to import, sell or possess Indian hemp.

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The whole market is illegal and largely home-grown. A 2019 UN survey documented 8,900 hectares of cannabis across six southern states; cultivation is concentrated in Ekiti, Ondo, Ogun, Oyo and Osun in the South-West and Delta and Edo in the South-South, while use is rising among young people in northern states such as Kano, Kaduna and Borno. The drug agency NDLEA destroyed 847 hectares of plantations in 2013 and more than 4,500 in 2014, and has destroyed many farms since 2021, yet growing continues. In 2023 the agency set up an alternative development unit to move cannabis farmers to food crops and livestock.

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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. The penalties are fifteen to twenty-five years for possession or use under the drug agency's Act, and at least four years with no option of a fine for smoking or possessing Indian hemp under the older Act.

idpc17, iha

The drug agency NDLEA reports its figures for all drugs together. Its chairman said that between January 2021 and March 2025 it arrested 62,595 suspects, 68 of them described as drug barons, secured 11,628 convictions and seized about 10.3 million kg of drugs. In the first ten months of 2025 it reported more than 16,304 arrests, about 3,000 convictions and 4.5 million kg seized. Cannabis is counted separately only by land: 1,331 hectares of cannabis farms destroyed in the four-year period and 612 hectares from January to October 2025.

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impairment

Section 22 of the Federal Road Safety Commission Act prohibits driving on a highway under the influence of intoxicating drugs, including inability to maintain proper control of the vehicle. It provides a fine of 5,000 naira, up to two years in prison, or both on conviction. The separate 0.5 g/l value in the section concerns alcohol, not THC. FRSC's published notice-of-offence schedule lists drug/alcohol driving as five points and a 5,000-naira payment; that payment schedule does not replace the court's imprisonment power. A THC concentration limit and a fixed licence-ban duration were not established in the sources reviewed.

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NALTF — Senate receives executive bills to overhaul the drug enforcement framework 12 unchanged

Section 2(1) of the compiled Indian Hemp Act sentences knowing cultivation of any cannabis plant either to death or to imprisonment for not less than 21 years. Sale and export under the same compilation are prison terms of not less than 21 years. A 2026 bill transmitted to the Senate would repeal the Indian Hemp Act and the NDLEA Act together. It has been referred for legislative processing and is not law.

iha, naltf

None. Bills to license medical and industrial cannabis have been introduced in the National Assembly without passing; the drug agency opposes them. When the governor of Ondo State, where much cannabis is grown, was reported to have urged the federal government to take medical cultivation seriously after a visit to Thailand with the agency's head, the agency denied it and said the trip had been about moving farmers away from drug crops.

om, cgh

None.

om

No medical cannabis programme.

om

A conviction is a criminal record; the agency also pushes drug testing for students, politicians and couples before marriage.

om

illegal

banned

illegal

banned

The Indian Hemp Act defines Indian hemp as "any plant or part of a plant of the genus cannabis", with no exception for seed, and makes it an offence knowingly to plant or cultivate any cannabis plant, as well as to import, sell or possess Indian hemp.

iha

The whole market is illegal and largely home-grown. A 2019 UN survey documented 8,900 hectares of cannabis across six southern states; cultivation is concentrated in Ekiti, Ondo, Ogun, Oyo and Osun in the South-West and Delta and Edo in the South-South, while use is rising among young people in northern states such as Kano, Kaduna and Borno. The drug agency NDLEA destroyed 847 hectares of plantations in 2013 and more than 4,500 in 2014, and has destroyed many farms since 2021, yet growing continues. In 2023 the agency set up an alternative development unit to move cannabis farmers to food crops and livestock.

nan25

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. The penalties are fifteen to twenty-five years for possession or use under the drug agency's Act, and at least four years with no option of a fine for smoking or possessing Indian hemp under the older Act.

idpc17, iha

The drug agency NDLEA reports its figures for all drugs together. Its chairman said that between January 2021 and March 2025 it arrested 62,595 suspects, 68 of them described as drug barons, secured 11,628 convictions and seized about 10.3 million kg of drugs. In the first ten months of 2025 it reported more than 16,304 arrests, about 3,000 convictions and 4.5 million kg seized. Cannabis is counted separately only by land: 1,331 hectares of cannabis farms destroyed in the four-year period and 612 hectares from January to October 2025.

ndlea25, ndlea25b

impairment

Section 22 of the Federal Road Safety Commission Act prohibits driving on a highway under the influence of intoxicating drugs, including inability to maintain proper control of the vehicle. It provides a fine of 5,000 naira, up to two years in prison, or both on conviction. The separate 0.5 g/l value in the section concerns alcohol, not THC. FRSC's published notice-of-offence schedule lists drug/alcohol driving as five points and a 5,000-naira payment; that payment schedule does not replace the court's imprisonment power. A THC concentration limit and a fixed licence-ban duration were not established in the sources reviewed.

frscact, frscdui

Possessing a smallsmaller quantity of a prohibited drug for one-time personal use is not a crime but a misdemeanour, punished with a. The fine of roughly €36in the Act is 10,000 to €17950, which can000 tolars, or detention of up to five days. The Act does not state a gram amount. A milder penalty may be reducedimposed if the person voluntarily enters a treatment programme for drug users, or a social-protection programme approved by the health council or the drugs council. The cannabis is confiscated. There is no fixed gram threshold inAuthorised officers seize the lawdrugs, and the Act says they are taken without compensation.

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Users getA smaller quantity for one-time personal use is a smallmisdemeanour fine of 10,000 to 50,000 tolars, or detention of up to five days. Production and dealing are crimes: Article 186 of the Criminal Code sets one to ten year … it is sold or handed out free of charge to a minor or in a school, prison or public place.

zpppd, kz1

Supplying cannabisUnlawfully manufacturing or selling a narcotic, or buying or keeping it in order to another personresell it, is a criminal offence. The 2025 draft would permit limited unpaid sharing between adults, but it is not law.

triskz1, wikitris

Use is covered by the same misdemeanour rules asArticle 33 punishes possession; in practice private, including a smaller quantity kept for one-time personal use is rarely pursued. It does not create a separate offence of use.

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APossession of a smaller quantity for one-time personal use is a misdemeanour fineunder the drugs Act. Unlawfully manufacturing or selling a narcotic is not a separate criminal convictionoffence. Drug-driving is tested and penalised.

wikizpppd, kz1

There is no legal recreational supply for anyone. Possessing a smallsmaller quantity for one-time personal use is a misdemeanour, not a crime, punished with a fine of roughly €3610,000 to €17950, and000 tolars or detention of up to five days. The Act says the cannabis is confiscateddrugs are taken without compensation.

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PISRS — Production and Trafficking of Illicit Drugs Act (ZPPPD), consolidated text Wikipedia — Cannabis in Slovenia 10 unchanged

1 oz or less is a misdemeanour with up to a year in jail, though Atlanta and several cities have cut it to a small fine. Only low-THC oil is allowed medicallyFrom 1 July 2026 a registered patient may buy medical cannabis products, including flower for vaporization. Smoking it remains illegal.

IllegalRecreational use is illegal. A registered patient may use the approved medical products. Smoking is prohibited. Vaporization is for a registered patient over 21.

Only low-THC oil forFrom 1 July 2026 a registered patientspatient or caregiver may buy oils, throughtinctures, patches, lotions, capsules, ingestibles and vaporizer products, including medical cannabis flower for vaporization, at a few licensed dispensariesdispensary or an independent pharmacy. Smoking, candies, cookies and home growing are prohibited. A cardholder may possess up to 12,000 mg of THC in a labelled pharmaceutical container, with up to 1,200 mg in a package.

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