Overview

• The health minister’s regulation will restore cannabis to narcotic status and require medical prescriptions for all products.
• Commercial sale and processing of cannabis will need official licenses along with mandatory reporting of product quantities and origins.
• Officials cited data from the Narcotics Control Board showing a rise in dependency and underage use since the 2022 decriminalization.
• The new rules will take effect immediately upon their publication in the Royal Gazette, expected within days.
• Cannabis activists have organized a mass demonstration on July 7 outside the Ministry of Health to oppose the tighter regulations.