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Ghana

Africa

Restrictive

#53 of 196 worldwide
#2 of 54 in Africa

Recreational: IllegalMedical: Limited

The 2020 Narcotics Control Commission Act treats personal use as a health matter (fine rather than prison). A 2023 amendment licenses low-THC cultivation for industrial and medicinal purposes.

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Possession · 25%2/10

adds 5.0 of 25 points

The 2020 Narcotics Control Commission Act replaced prison for possession for personal use with a fine of 200 to 500 penalty units (roughly GH¢2,400–6,000). It is still an offence, and failure to pay can lead to jail. The earlier law imposed a minimum of ten years.

Personal cultivation · 25%1/10

adds 2.5 of 25 points

Illegal. Growers of 'wee' are still arrested and remanded. The Act allows licences only for cannabis with no more than 0.3% THC for industrial and medicinal purposes; that provision was struck down by the Supreme Court in 2022 on procedural grounds and re-enacted by Parliament in 2023.

Punishment & enforcement · 20%3/10

adds 6.0 of 20 points

A fine rather than prison for personal possession — the first such reform in West Africa — while cultivation and trafficking still carry heavy sentences.

Sharing & gifting · 10%1/10

adds 1.0 of 10 points

Supply is trafficking, with long prison sentences.