Country profile · Central Europe
Switzerland
Medical legal since 2011 and home to Europe's most extensive adult-use trials, with full legalisation now drafting.
Adult-usePilotRegulated adult-use sales trials run in defined areas.
MedicalEstablishedSince 2011
Latest milestone2023Adult-use pilots
Last reviewedStatuses reviewed quarterly by our newsroom
The law in brief
Medical cannabis prescribable without special permit since 2022. City-level adult-use sales pilots (Basel, Zurich, Geneva and others) are running while parliament considers a national framework.
Our classification for Switzerland: adult use pilot, medical cannabis established.
Adult-use: PilotRegulated adult-use sales trials run in defined areas.
Medical: EstablishedA functioning prescription market with domestic or imported supply.
Key dates and latest developments
Switzerland’s SCRIPT Trial Finds Regulated Cannabis Sales Change How People Consume, Not How Much
Adult-Use
Switzerland Launches Eighth Cannabis Pilot, Testing Home Delivery for the First Time
Adult-Use
How Countries Legalise Cannabis Matters More Than Whether They Do, Lancet Review Finds
International Regulation
Sanity Group Deepens Swiss Footprint With Astrasana Distribution Deal
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