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The controlled list names cannabis oil, resin, straw, marijuana and extracts or tinctures.[@list] The small-quantity ceilings differ by preparation: dried marijuana 20 g, dried resin 3 g, oil preparation 2 g and extracts or tinctures 3 g measured as dry residue.[@amounts]
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Figures reported by the government to the UN drugs office record 298 kg of herbal cannabis seized in 2024, against 265 kg in 2023, and 240 kg of cannabis resin seized in 2024, against 235 kg in 2023.[@unodc_szr] The UN publishes them as kilogram equivalents, and countries count seizures differently, so the figures are not comparable across borders.[@unodc_szr]
The interior ministry's anti-drug service reported 1,163 drug crimes detected in 2024, 154 … , among them 17 minors. A further 89 drug-related administrative violations brought fines.[@kg24] More than 15 tonnes of narcotics, psychotropic substances and precursors were seized.[@kg24] The report gives no separate figures for cannabis.[@kg24]
label Small personal possession · treatment civil · term Small possession · note Fine of 200 calculated units or 40 hours of community work, label Large personal possession · treatment criminal · term Large amount · prison 5 years · note Fine of 1,000–2,000 calculated units or up to five years, label Especially large personal possession · treatment criminal · term Especially large amount · prison min 5 years · prison 10 years
label Small unauthorised cultivation · treatment civil · term Small cultivation · note Fine of 125 calculated units for an individual, label Large-scale or group cultivation · treatment criminal · term Large-scale cultivation · prison 5 years · note Fine of 1,000–2,000 calculated units or up to five years, label Especially large cultivation · treatment criminal · term Especially large cultivation · prison min 5 years · prison 10 years · note Confiscation also applies
label Ordinary supply · treatment criminal · term Supply · prison min 5 years · prison 8 years · note Confiscation also applies, label Aggravated supply · treatment criminal · term Supply · prison min 8 years · prison 12 years, label Most serious supply · treatment criminal · term Supply · prison min 12 years · prison 15 years
label Non-medical use in a public place · treatment civil · term Use · note Fine of 10 calculated units or up to 20 hours of community work
Small personal possession and use are administrative offences; supply and larger amounts are criminal.[@offences,criminal] There is no legal recreational supply. Wild cannabis grows across the Chuy valley and is subject to eradication campaigns.[@unodc] No price or purity data were found.
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No industrial-hemp exception, THC limit or licensing scheme was found. Cannabis oil, resin, plant material, marijuana and extracts appear in narcotic list IV, and the drug law prohibits medical and veterinary use of substances on that list.[@list,law69] Wild cannabis is treated as a controlled plant and eradicated.[@unodc]
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No cannabis-specific driving offence or THC limit was found in the sources read. The Criminal Code and Code of Offences cover drug possession, supply and public use, but the traffic rules were not among the texts reviewed.[@criminal,offences]
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Cannabis in Kyrgyzstan is known as [anasha](/culture/language/anasha/), the Central Asian word for the plant and its resin. The Chuy valley's wild hemp is the classic source, and eradication campaigns there have targeted it for decades.[@unodc] The atlas entry traces the word across the Soviet south.[@unodc]
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