French Polynesia countries/pf.yaml
nonemedical
The 2025 arrêtés list seeds, food, dried leaves, infusions and food supplements among the permitted hemp products; CBD oil needs further arrêtés from the health and economy ministries. Before the 2024 law, CBD vape liquids, oils, monoï and creams were sold in a legal grey area.
lnc25, lnc23b
Wikipedia — Capital punishment in France (death penalty abolished 1981) 12 unchanged
XPF
label Laliberté case, possession and use (June 2024) · treatment criminal · fine 2000000 · note Prosecutor had also asked for a six-month suspended sentence, upto 21.8 g · treatment criminal · fine 11000 · note Bora Bora customs case, 21.8 g of herb
XPF
label 93 plants, guilty plea (2024) · treatment criminal · fine 150000, label About 100 plants for a sick child's oil (2024) · treatment criminal · note Acquitted after the prosecutor asked the court to waive punishment
Criminal law stays with the French State, which abolished the death penalty in 1981; no cannabis offence carries a capital sentence.[@wikipdp]
wikipdp
There is no lawful source for adults: cannabis, known locally as paka, is widely grown and banned. Cases go to the court in Papeete and usually end in fines; a 2025 enforcement review found users who reach court mostly receive fines.[@bilan25,tntv24]
bilan25, tntv24
Cannabis is known as paka and grows widely across the islands. Use is common among the young: in a 2009 pupil survey 29.3% had ever smoked paka and 20.4% had done so in the past year.[@spf]
spf
standard
The 2025 arrêtés allow at most ten approved growers on 1.5 hectares in all, 0.15 hectares each, for people resident more than ten years; plants must stay at or below 0.3% THC. The permitted products are seeds, food, dried leaves, infusions and food supplements, while CBD oil still awaits further arrêtés.[@lnc25] In August 2026 nine growers were chosen for a one-year pilot, with first harvests expected in April 2027.[@cann26]
lnc25, cann26