Cannabis in Lithuania

Cannabis in Lithuania is illegal for recreational use, but legislation allowing for medical use was approved in October 2018. In 2013 the cultivation of industrial hemp was legalized.

Industrial hemp[]

In 2013 Lithuania was the only country in the European Union which banned the cultivation of industrial hemp, and in September that year the government elected to legalize industrial hemp by a vote of 66–16, pending the president's signature and to take effect at the start of 2014.^[1] Since November 2021 Lithuanian producers will be able to use the whole hemp plant in their products. The production and sale of hemp products will be allowed if the amount of THC in the products does not exceed 0.2 percent.^[2]

2016 protest[]

In 2016 protestors planning an April 20th event at Parliament were targeted by the Prosecutor General's Office, which believed that permitting the event might "violate the public interest".^[3]

Medical cannabis[]

A law allowing for medical use of cannabis was approved by the Seimas on 11 October 2018, with an effective date of 1 May 2019.^[4] As of the effective date no medications were available in pharmacies, however.^[5]