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🇩🇪 Cannabis status in Germany

Personal possession of up to 25 g + cultivation of 3 plants legal since April 2024 (Cannabis Act / CanG). Cannabis Social Clubs from July 2024. Commercial sale not yet permitted; medical cannabis prescriptions covered.

Legal status (4 axes)

Recreational
legal-personal-use-only
Medical
legal
CBD / hemp
legal
THC limit
0.3% THC for industrial hemp

Cross-border carriage

Cross-border carriage of cannabis is illegal under the UN Single Convention 1961 in every signatory country regardless of domestic legal status. Even where domestic possession is legal, taking cannabis across the border is a separate prosecutable offence.

Last verified 2026-04-28.

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