Can you bring cannabis or CBD to Australia?

• Cannabis

  depends on specifics

  Cannabis and cannabis-containing therapeutic goods are excluded from the general personal-importation scheme and are prohibited imports under the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956, EXCEPT under the traveller's exemption: a traveller may import medicinal cannabis for their own medical treatment (or that of someone they're caring for) if it was prescribed by a medical practitioner and supplied through a pharmacy, up to a 3-month supply per the prescription (or, for medicinal cannabis vapes, without the 3-month cap under a separate exemption). Recreational/non-prescribed cannabis is prohibited outright, with no CBD-specific carve-out confirmed for travellers. Evidence (prescription/label) may be required on entry.

  Also covers: cannabis, marijuana, weed, thc, cbd

  Checked 2026-08-12 — Source: Therapeutic Goods Administration — Medicinal cannabis: importation and the traveller's exemption

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Informational only — not legal advice. Customs rules change; confirm with the official source above before you travel. See update history