Is cannabis legal in Sri Lanka?
Legal (Medical)
Cannabis is legal for medical use only; recreational use remains prohibited.
Sri Lanka is one of 36 countries classified “Legal (Medical)” for cannabis — 18% 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
- Maldives
- Illegal Cannabis is illegal for all purposes.
- India
- Legal (Medical) Cannabis is legal for medical use only; recreational use remains prohibited.
- Bangladesh
- Illegal Cannabis is illegal for all purposes.
- Myanmar
- Illegal Cannabis is illegal for all purposes.
- Thailand
- Legal (Medical) Cannabis is legal for medical use only; recreational use remains prohibited.
- Nepal
- Illegal Cannabis is illegal for all purposes.
Other laws in Sri Lanka
- Drinking Age
- 21+
- Smoking Age
- 19+
- Psilocybin Mushrooms
- Illegal
- E-Cigarettes
- Sales banned
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.