Reviewed Sep 2026Medical only

Cannabis in Wales

In Wales cannabis medicines need a specialist's prescription; independent clinics and online medical agencies based in Wales register with HIW.

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The rules

Key rules in the United Kingdom

Plain-language summary. The regulator is Healthcare Inspectorate Wales.

Possession (no prescription)
Illegal. Cannabis is Class B, with a maximum of five years' imprisonment and/or an unlimited fine; for possession, police may instead give a warning or a penalty notice of up to £90 on the spot.
Prescribed cannabis
Legal when prescribed by a doctor on the GMC Specialist Register and dispensed by a registered pharmacy.
Home grow
Illegal. Growing counts as production of a Class B drug, with a maximum of 14 years in prison; a prescription does not permit cultivation.
Public use
Using non-prescribed cannabis anywhere is illegal, and prescribed cannabis-based products must not be smoked.
Driving
Driving while impaired is illegal everywhere in the UK. England, Scotland and Wales also have drug limits (THC: 2 µg per litre of blood in England and Wales); the limit offense does not apply to drugs taken as prescribed if you are fit to drive. Minimum penalty: a one-year ban.
CBD products
Allowed as food only if linked to an application on the FSA public list (England and Wales) and if controlled cannabinoids such as THC stay within 1 mg per container.
Daily CBD intake
FSA advice: healthy adults should have no more than 10 mg of CBD a day from food; the THC safe upper limit is about 70 µg a day for an adult (July 2025).
Age
No statutory minimum age for a specialist prescription (NHS use includes children with rare epilepsies), but the private clinics in our directory take adults only (18+, or 21+ at Integro). The FSA advises under-18s not to take CBD.

Summary, not legal advice — rules change; check local law. Last reviewed Sep 2026.

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How it works

How cannabis is sold in Wales

Wales shares the UK's medical-only framework: cannabis-based medicines have been available on specialist prescription since November 2018, and the FSA's CBD rules cover England and Wales together. What differs is the regulator for private clinics. Independent clinics and independent medical agencies based in Wales, including services that only consult remotely, must register with Healthcare Inspectorate Wales rather than the CQC.

One example in our directory is Cannabis Clinic Cardiff, a psychiatrist-led service that consults patients across the UK by video and has been registered with HIW since January 2024. HIW inspected it in February 2026, found no immediate concerns and published its report in May 2026. Patients in Wales can also use clinics registered in England, and the pharmacies that dispense for Welsh clinics are regulated by the GPhC; one GPhC inspection report describes a pharmacy handling prescriptions from both CQC- and HIW-registered clinics.

Drug-driving limits apply in Wales, with the THC limit set at 2 micrograms per litre of blood.

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Cities in Wales