🇺🇾 Cannabis status in Uruguay
First country in the world to legalise commercial cannabis (2013). State-controlled supply via pharmacies; tourists cannot purchase. Cannabis Social Clubs and home cultivation also permitted.
Legal status (4 axes)
- Recreational
- legal
- Medical
- legal
- CBD / hemp
- legal
- THC limit
- 1% THC for hemp
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.