Can you bring cannabis or CBD to Albania?

Short answer
Cannabis: prohibited · CBD: prohibited

  • Cannabis

    prohibited

    Covered by the same blanket ban as other narcotics: "It is prohibited the import, export, transit of narcotics and psychotropic substances," which explicitly extends to "plants, narcotic medicaments and psychotropic substances of natural or synthetic nature." A criminal offense under Albanian Criminal Law.

    Albania has had major real-world cannabis cultivation and trafficking enforcement over the past decade, and the Customs Authority's page names no medical or personal-use exception for travelers. There is no THC threshold or de minimis carve-out stated.

    Also covers: cannabis, marijuana, weed, thc, hashish, hemp, edibles

    Checked 2026-09-22 — Source: General Directorate of Customs (Republic of Albania) — Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances and human trafficking

  • CBD

    prohibited

    Not named specifically, but falls under the Customs Authority's blanket ban on importing "plants, narcotic medicaments and psychotropic substances of natural or synthetic nature, their materials and their preparations" — the same provision covering cannabis generally.

    No Albanian government page found that names CBD specifically or draws a distinction by THC content, unlike some countries' customs authorities. Given the blanket wording covering cannabis-plant preparations generally and no confirmed exception, treat CBD products the same as cannabis: do not bring them. This inference (CBD swept in under the general cannabis/narcotic-plant provision, not a CBD-specific rule) should be treated as somewhat less certain than the cannabis row itself.

    Also covers: cbd, cbd oil, cannabidiol, hemp extract, cbd gummies

    Checked 2026-09-22 — Source: General Directorate of Customs (Republic of Albania) — Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances and human trafficking

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