Legalization map

Global cannabis legalization

Where cannabis is legal, restricted, or prohibited across the world and every US state, connected to po.tc news coverage. Select any country or state for its status and our related reporting.

World

By country
AndorraUnited Arab EmiratesAfghanistanAntigua and BarbudaAnguillaAlbaniaArmeniaAngolaAntarcticaArgentinaAmerican SamoaAustriaAustraliaArubaAzerbaijanBosnia and HerzegovinaBarbadosBangladeshBelgiumBurkina FasoBulgariaBahrainBurundiBeninSaint BarthélemyBermudaBruneiBoliviaBonaire, Sint Eustatius and SabaBrazilBahamasBhutanBotswanaBelarusBelizeCanadaCongo (Dem. Rep.)Central African RepublicCongoSwitzerlandCôte d'IvoireCook IslandsChileCameroonChinaColombiaCosta RicaCubaCabo VerdeCuraçaoCyprusCzechiaGermanyDjiboutiDenmarkDominicaDominican RepublicAlgeriaEcuadorEstoniaEgyptWestern SaharaEritreaSpainEthiopiaFinlandFijiFalkland IslandsMicronesiaFaroe IslandsFranceGabonUnited KingdomGrenadaGeorgiaFrench GuianaGuernseyGhanaGibraltarGreenlandGambiaGuineaGuadeloupeEquatorial GuineaGreeceSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsGuatemalaGuamGuinea-BissauGuyanaHondurasCroatiaHaitiHungaryIndonesiaIrelandIsraelIsle of ManIndiaIraqIranIcelandItalyJerseyJamaicaJordanJapanKenyaKyrgyzstanCambodiaKiribatiComorosSaint Kitts and NevisNorth KoreaSouth KoreaKuwaitCayman IslandsKazakhstanLaosLebanonSaint LuciaLiechtensteinSri LankaLiberiaLesothoLithuaniaLuxembourgLatviaLibyaMoroccoMonacoMoldovaMontenegroSaint Martin (French part)MadagascarMarshall IslandsNorth MacedoniaMaliMyanmarMongoliaNorthern Mariana IslandsMartiniqueMauritaniaMontserratMaltaMauritiusMaldivesMalawiMexicoMalaysiaMozambiqueNamibiaNew CaledoniaNigerNorfolk IslandNigeriaNicaraguaNetherlandsNorwayNepalNauruNiueNew ZealandOmanPanamaPeruFrench PolynesiaPapua New GuineaPhilippinesPakistanPolandSaint Pierre and MiquelonPitcairn IslandsPuerto RicoPalestinePortugalPalauParaguayQatarRéunionRomaniaSerbiaRussiaRwandaSaudi ArabiaSolomon IslandsSeychellesSudanSwedenSingaporeSaint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaSloveniaSlovakiaSierra LeoneSan MarinoSenegalSomaliaSurinameSouth SudanSão Tomé and PrincipeEl SalvadorSint Maarten (Dutch part)SyriaEswatini (Swaziland)Turks and Caicos IslandsChadTogoThailandTajikistanTokelauTimor-Leste (East Timor)TurkmenistanTunisiaTongaTurkeyTrinidad and TobagoTuvaluTaiwanTanzaniaUkraineUgandaUnited StatesUruguayUzbekistanHoly SeeSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesVenezuelaVirgin Islands (British)Virgin Islands (U.S.)Viet NamVanuatuWallis and FutunaSamoaKosovoYemenMayotteSouth AfricaZambiaZimbabwe
Adult-use legalMedical onlyDecriminalizedCBD / low-THC onlyIllegalUnknown / mixed

United States

By state

At a glance

Legalization by status

9Adult-use legal
58Medical only
11Decriminalized
8CBD / low-THC only
111Illegal

Adult-use legal

9

Medical only

58

Decriminalized

11

CBD / low-THC only

8

Illegal

111

Where po.tc has reported

33