Cannabis in Peru is not legal for recreational use, [1] possession for own consumption is also decriminalized by the Criminal Code and medical cannabis was legalized in 2017.
Possession of under 8 grams is considered personal use and it is not punished. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Cultivation, production or sale is punished with 8 to 15 years in prison. [6] [7] While cultivation for one's own consumption is legal, provided there is no intent to distribute, [1] police and prosecutors may treat small even a small number of plants as potential trafficking cases. [8]
In 2017, the administration of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski announced a plan to legalize medical cannabis in Peru. The announcement followed a raid in Lima, in which police shut down an operation which produced cannabis medicines for 80 members whose children suffered from epilepsy and other ailments. [9] Later that year, by a vote of 68 to 5, Peru's congress legalized cannabis oil for medical use. [10]
In June 2021, Cannabis & Co. opened the first legal dispensary in Peru for the sale of medicinal marijuana [11] after obtaining signed consent (permits) from the following four Peruvian government entities:
For the opening, Cannabis & Co. registered three Cannabis brands from three different countries; Futura Farms (Peru), Epifractan (Uruguay), and Cannabidiol Life (United States). [13]
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