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Central African Republic

Africa

Prohibition

#117 of 196 worldwide
#22 of 54 in Africa

Recreational: IllegalMedical: None

Possession for personal use carries one to five years in prison under a 1997 law; enforcement is patchy outside Bangui.

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Possession · 25%1/10
adds 2.5 of 25 points

Illegal under Law 97.003 of 1997. Possession for personal use is punishable by one to five years in prison and a fine of 100,000 to 1,000,000 CFA francs.

Personal cultivation · 25%1/10
adds 2.5 of 25 points

Cultivation is a crime, though cannabis is grown widely for local use.

Punishment & enforcement · 20%1/10
adds 2.0 of 20 points

Armed conflict makes enforcement patchy outside the capital, but prosecutions continue in Bangui and at the airport.

Sharing & gifting · 10%1/10
adds 1.0 of 10 points

Trafficking carries ten to twenty years.

Consumption · 10%1/10
adds 1.0 of 10 points

Use is an offence.

Legal access · 10%0/10
adds 0.0 of 10 points

No legal source.

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Commercial production

No licensed production.

Products

No legal products.

Medical use

No medical cannabis programme.

Other consequences

A conviction is a criminal record.

All sources

  1. CannabisRegulations.ai — Is weed legal in the Central African Republic?
  2. Wikipedia — Cannabis in the Central African Republic

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