Is cannabis legal in Saudi Arabia?
Illegal
Cannabis is illegal for all purposes.
Saudi Arabia is one of 125 countries classified “Illegal” for cannabis — 63% of the 199 with data. (Also searched as marijuana, weed.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Legality of cannabis
- Last checked
- 15 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Read directly from the source’s own table, without interpretation.
Nearby countries
- Kuwait
- Illegal Cannabis is illegal for all purposes.
- Bahrain
- Illegal Cannabis is illegal for all purposes.
- Qatar
- Illegal Cannabis is illegal for all purposes.
- Yemen
- Illegal Cannabis is illegal for all purposes.
- Iraq
- Illegal Cannabis is illegal for all purposes.
- Jordan
- Illegal Cannabis is illegal for all purposes.
Other laws in Saudi Arabia
- Drinking Age
- Alcohol prohibited
- E-Cigarettes
- Regulated
A visual reference compiled from Wikipedia’s law-by-country articles, not legal advice. Laws change and summaries simplify — check a primary source before relying on anything here.