Cannabis in Botswana
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| Medicinal | Legal |
|---|---|
| Recreational | Illegal |
Cannabis is legal in Botswana for medicinal, scientific, research and industrial purposes within the licensed framework established by the Cannabis Act, 2025.[1] Recreational use remains illegal.[2] The Cannabis Regulations, 2026 impose licensing and security requirements on activities including cultivation, manufacture, transportation, import and export.[3] Before the 2025 liberalisation, cannabis was generally prohibited under the Drugs and Related Substances Act, 1992.[4]
Cannabis is commonly known as motekwane or by the Khoesan word dagga.[5][6]
References
- ↑ Cannabis Act, 2025 (PDF). Parliament of Botswana.
- ↑ Thatayamodimo, Lesedi (17 August 2025). "Cannabis Bill approval signals new dawn for Botswana". Daily News. Botswana Press Agency. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
- ↑ "DIS, Police Roped in Over Cannabis Cultivation". The Botswana Gazette. 2 February 2026. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
- ↑ Drugs and Related Substances (Act no. 18 of 1992) (PDF), Government of Botswana, 1992, archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2013, retrieved 3 October 2013
- ↑ Rautenbach, Jackson (19 March 2012), Is dagga the healing of a nation?, Sunday Standard, archived from the original on 7 October 2013, retrieved 3 October 2013
- ↑ Morton, Fred; Ramsay, Jeff; Mgadla, Part Themba (2008). "Marijuana". Historical Dictionary of Botswana. African Historical Dictionaries. Vol. 108 (4th ed.). Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-8108-5467-3.