Cannabis — Cyprus
What travelers need to know about cannabis in Cyprus. What is legal at home can be a serious crime here — each rule links to its official source.
Cannabis in Cyprus: prohibited — what is legal at home can be a serious crime here.
Cannabis is illegal in Cyprus, and possessing any amount is an offence — there is no small-amount allowance. Using it is a separate offence in its own right. Thirty grams of cannabis, or three plants, triggers a legal presumption that you intended to supply it to someone else, and that charge carries a far heavier maximum; you would have to persuade a court otherwise.
Simple possession: up to eight years for herbal cannabis or resin, and up to twelve years for oils, extracts and other isolated cannabinoids. Possession with intent to supply, which 30 grams or three plants is presumed to show, carries up to life imprisonment. Using cannabis is a separate offence.
§ Republic of Cyprus, Ministry of Health — Pharmaceutical Services: Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law of 1977 (Law 29/1977); quantity presumption added by Law 91(I)/2003Verified Aug 21, 2026