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Ethiopia classified cannabis as a narcotic under its Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Control and Regulation Proclamation of 1996, criminalizing possession, cultivation and sale, with sale offences carrying five to ten years imprisonment plus fines; khat, by contrast, remains lawful. No provision distinguishing viable seeds from the plant could be verified, and with even single-plant home cultivation criminal, seed commerce has no legal basis. Secondary sources claim low-THC hemp is theoretically permissible, but no Ethiopian hemp licensing framework or certified-variety system was found, so agricultural hemp seed status is best treated as unregulated in practice.
