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Is it legal to bring medical cannabis into a country in Spain?

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Legal position

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Medical cannabis can only be brought into Spain if it fits the official medicines rules for travellers and any required permit for narcotic or psychotropic medicines has been obtained.

Conditions

What would need to be true

Travellers entering Spain with narcotic or psychotropic medicines must request the corresponding permit from AEMPS, and the amount is generally limited to treatment for up to three months.

Exceptions

Known carve-outs or edge cases

Ordinary medicines for personal treatment are treated differently from narcotic or psychotropic medicines, which face extra permit requirements.

Penalties

Penalty snapshot

If the medicine enters Spain without the required traveller authorisation, enforcement depends on the exact medicines and customs breach.

Enforcement

How this may be enforced

AEMPS publishes the traveller-medicines rules and permit requirements for narcotic and psychotropic medicines entering Spain.

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Albania

Albania Customs states that the import, export or transit of narcotics, narcotic medicaments and psychotropic substances is prohibited. That makes bringing medical cannabis into Albania unsafe to treat as lawful on a general traveler basis.

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Argentina

Argentina allows patients to request ANMAT authorization to import a cannabinoid or cannabis-derived product needed for treatment when it is not marketed in Argentina. Official guidance says the import route is tied to medical indication and the exception-access regime.

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Austria

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