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UK: Jersey Cannabis prosecutions could end under major policy shake-up

Christie Bailey

Bailiwick Express

Saturday 20 Dec 2025

Jersey is on the brink of its most significant shake-up of drugs policy in nearly half a century, after the Health Minister lodged a proposal that could end prosecutions for personal cannabis use and even pave the way for a government-run cannabis supply trial.

Deputy Tom Binet’s proposition asks States Members to decide whether Jersey should move away from criminalising people for possessing small amounts of cannabis and instead treat personal use as a public-health issue.

The Health Minister has placed three options before the Assembly, which will be debated in February. States Members may support one, several or none of the proposals.

Under the first option, cannabis would remain illegal, but prosecution would cease for people found in possession of, or cultivating, small amounts deemed to be for personal use, with indicative thresholds set in guidance.

Personal cannabis use would instead be treated as a public-health issue, supported by harm-reduction measures and education, while offences involving larger quantities or supply would continue to be prosecuted.

The second option goes further by changing the law itself, so that possession or cultivation below a specific legal limit – such as up to 15 grams or two mature plants – would no longer be a criminal offence at all, provided the cannabis is for personal use and not supplied to others.

The third would allow a controlled trial of government-run production and sale of non-medical cannabis – enabling registered Jersey residents to purchase cannabis legally under strict conditions.

Private, for-profit sales would remain banned, and dealing and supply outside the trial would remain serious criminal offences.

Members may support one, several, or all three options – but if they reject the proposition entirely, Jersey’s existing framework will remain unchanged.

The proposition is due to be debated in February.

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