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Somalia

Africa

Severe prohibition

#169 of 196 worldwide
#49 of 54 in Africa

Recreational: IllegalMedical: None

Illegal under the penal code and sharia; outcomes depend on who controls the territory.

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Possession · 25%0/10

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Illegal under the 1962 Penal Code, with sharia affirmed as the basis of legislation by the 2012 provisional constitution. Penalties for possession range from fines to prison; drug cases are reported to bring lengthy sentences without bail.

Personal cultivation · 25%0/10

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Cultivation is a crime.

Wikipedia — Cannabis in Somalia

Punishment & enforcement · 20%1/10

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Depends entirely on who controls the territory: state courts, regional administrations, or Al-Shabaab, which imposes corporal punishment for intoxicants.

Sharing & gifting · 10%0/10

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Trafficking carries prison; sharia courts in some regions add their own punishments.

CannabisRegulations.ai — Is weed legal in Somalia?

Consumption · 10%1/10

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Use is illegal. Khat, by contrast, is legal, taxed by the government and chewed daily by many Somalis — except in Al-Shabaab areas, where it too is banned.

Legal access · 10%0/10

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None.