Cannabis & hemp regulatory news and information about

Uzbekistan

Recreational Marijuana Status:
Illegal
Medical Marijuana Status:
Illegal

Seed Legality

Drug-type seed is illegal under Criminal Code arts. 270-276; licensed sub-0.2% THC hemp has been allowed since 2020.
Hemp seeds
Restricted
Marijuana seeds
Illegal
Sale
Illegal
Transacting
Illegal
Gifting
Illegal

Articles 270-276 of the Uzbek Criminal Code criminalise the cultivation and trafficking of narcotic plants, with unlicensed cannabis growing punishable by fines, correctional labour or up to three years' imprisonment, rising to five-to-ten years for large plots or organised activity. The 2000 Law on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances reserves lawful cannabis cultivation to state enterprises and scientific purposes under licence. Since March 2020, industrial hemp with THC below 0.2% may be grown by licensed operators, creating the only legal channel for viable seed. Outside that hemp regime, buying, selling or gifting cannabis seed has no lawful basis.

Key law:
Criminal Code of Uzbekistan, arts. 270-276; Law on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (2000)
Last reviewed:
July 3, 2026
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