Cannabis & hemp regulatory news and information about

Libya

Recreational Marijuana Status:
Illegal
Medical Marijuana Status:
Illegal

Seed Legality

Total prohibition under Law No. 7 of 1990; no hemp or seed exception; severe penalties, enforcement chaotic.
Hemp seeds
Illegal
Marijuana seeds
Illegal
Sale
Illegal
Transacting
Illegal
Gifting
Illegal

Law No. 7 of 1990 on Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances (as amended by Law No. 19 of 1996) imposes a blanket prohibition on cannabis in all forms, criminalizing cultivation, trafficking, possession and use, with possession or use alone punishable by around two years' imprisonment and trafficking by far heavier penalties. No licensing regime, hemp carve-out or THC threshold exists, so viable seeds — whose only purpose is cultivation, itself banned — cannot lawfully be sold, acquired or given away. Seed-specific schedule text could not be independently verified amid Libya's fragmented governance, but no legal pathway for any cannabis propagative material exists.

Key law:
Law No. 7 of 1990 on Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances (as amended by Law No. 19 of 1996)
Last reviewed:
July 3, 2026
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Libya

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