Is cannabis legal in Malawi?

Prohibited✕ Tourists can buy✕ Locals w/ prescription

Malawi licenses cultivation, production, or export of cannabis, but this does NOT mean a local patient can buy a THC product at an ordinary pharmacy. There is no consumer purchase channel — do not treat it as legal to buy.

How to buy: No consumer purchase channel; cultivation/export licences do not permit buying THC products locally.

No legal retail

Prohibited in Malawi. Malawi licenses cultivation, production, or export of cannabis, but this does NOT mean a local patient can buy a THC product at an ordinary pharmacy. There is no consumer purchase channel — do not treat it as legal to buy.

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