🇨🇭 Cannabis status in Switzerland
Adult cannabis for personal use illegal but enforced as administrative penalty (CHF 100 fine). CH+ pilot trials in Basel, Zurich, Bern allow controlled recreational sale. Medical cannabis legal since August 2022.
Legal status (4 axes)
- Recreational
- pilot-trials
- Medical
- legal
- CBD / hemp
- legal
- THC limit
- 1% THC for legal sale
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.