Syria

Syria's Law No. 2 of 1993 on narcotic drugs prohibits the cultivation, manufacture, transport and sale of cannabis, authorising penalties up to life imprisonment or death for trafficking and manufacture and up to twenty years for other violations. The statute contains no exemption for hemp, seeds or any medical programme, so viable cannabis seed of any type is treated as narcotic plant material. Drug users may be diverted to state rehabilitation facilities in lieu of punishment, but that pathway does not legalise seed possession. Years of conflict have made enforcement uneven, yet the prohibition itself remains fully in force.