Cannabis — Ecuador

El cannabis es ilegal en Ecuador y no existe ninguna forma legal de comprarlo. La tabla oficial que toleraba hasta 10 g para consumo personal fue derogada por decreto en noviembre de 2023, así que hoy ninguna cantidad es oficialmente segura. Desde junio de 2025 la ley dispone que el consumo nunca se presume: quien sea encontrado con cannabis debe probar el consumo personal mediante pericias toxicológicas y psicológicas, y la tenencia puede procesarse como tráfico de mínima escala, con pena de 3 a 5 años desde la reforma de julio de 2024. Vender o suministrar cualquier cantidad es delito.

Original (EN): Cannabis is illegal in Ecuador and there is no legal way to buy it. The government table that once tolerated up to 10 g for personal use was abolished by decree in November 2023, so today no quantity is officially safe to carry. Since June 2025 the law says consumption is never presumed: anyone found with cannabis must prove personal use through toxicological and psychological exams, and possession can instead be prosecuted as small-scale trafficking, which has carried 3 to 5 years since the July 2024 reform. Supplying or selling any amount is a crime.

COIP art. 220(1), as amended by the law in R.O. Suplemento 599 (12-Jul-2024): trafficking in scheduled substances — minimum scale 3–5 years; medium 5–7; high 19–22; large 22–26. Cannabis scale bands (net weight) per Resolución 001-CONSEP-CD-2015: minimum up to 20 g; medium >20–300 g; high >300 g–10 kg; large >10 kg. Selling or delivering to minors raises the maximum penalty by one third (art. 220). Illicit production: 13–16 years (art. 219(1), same 2024 reform). Possession claimed as personal use is non-punishable only if consumption is proven — it is never presumed, and forensic toxicological/psychological exams are mandatory (art. 220 as amended 10-Jun-2025).