🇬🇧 Cannabis status in United Kingdom
Class B controlled drug. Medical cannabis legal since November 2018 through specialist consultants. CBD products under the Novel Foods regime; THC residue must be under 1 mg per container.
Legal status (4 axes)
- Recreational
- illegal
- Medical
- legal
- CBD / hemp
- legal
- THC limit
- 1 mg per container for legal CBD
Cross-border carriage
Cross-border carriage of cannabis is illegal under the UN Single Convention 1961 in every signatory country regardless of domestic legal status. Even where domestic possession is legal, taking cannabis across the border is a separate prosecutable offence.
Last verified 2026-04-28.