How Many Cannabis Plants For Personal Use: TAS

With Canberra, ACT allowing people to grow marijuana for their personal use, do you know the cannabis limitations in Tasmania?

You can grow marijuana in Tasmania with a Medicinal Cannabis License. Less than five plants may be considered personal use. It is illegal to grow or harvest cannabis for personal or medical use without a license. If caught, you may avoid criminal charges through Drug or Court Diversion. The number of cannabis plants you can grow for personal use is zero.

The current and only legal method of growing cannabis plants in TAS is through a Medicinal Cannabis License that is covered under The Narcotics Drug Act 1967.

With this license, a person or company can grow, cultivate and harvest marijuana plants that will be used for medicinal purposes.

Even though cannabis can be grown in Canberra, ACT for personal use, the amount of marijuana plants you can legally grow in Tasmania is 0.

We always recommend discussing the current legal situation with either the relevant government department or your preferred legal counsel.

The law around growing marijuana

It is illegal to grow, cultivate and to harvest marijuana, but there are some leniency for first-time offenders and smaller quantities for personal use.

Growing marijuana plants without a license is still an offence and has been broken up two main categories:

• possession for personal use: 10 to 100 grams or less than 20 cannabis plants
• possession with intent to sell or supply: more than 100 grams or than 20 cannabis plants

First time offenders with a small personal amount of cannabis may avoid criminal conviction.

The maximum penalty for personal use is generally a $2,000 fine, or a two years maximum imprisonment.

The maximum penalty for intent to sell or supply is a $5,000 fine or four years maximum imprisonment. This can vary depending on the severity.

Tasmania is looking at the Australian Capital Territory to understand how the decriminalisation of marijuana benefits society. This can be covered under minor personal possession drug offences.

For more information on Tasmania’s cannabis cultivation laws:

• TAS - The Law and Your Rights - AIVL
• Drugs Law Australia
• Misuse of Drugs Act 2001

Medical marijuana laws

The medical marijuana is Tasmania is available for patient treatment, clinical studies and general research.

The national legalisation of medical marijuana allows for patients for a medical illness that exists for more than three months to be eligible for treatment.

Unlike the ACT, you will not be allowed to grow your own cannabis; however, you can still receive dry bud (cannabis flower), but it is more likely to receive Cannabidiol (CBD) oils.

Cannabis Clinics or authorised doctors are able to prescribe you with medicinal marijuana products. Once you have received the prescription, a pharmacy will courier the medicine to you.

The possession of cannabis plants

The possession of cannabis plants can be having this on your property, on your person or in a vehicle of yours.

Possession of cannabis is one of the most common offences, and various categories are depending on the quantity found. This may change over time or vary per government region.

For the most up-to-date information in regards to the definition of possession, we recommend consulting your government’s justice system or legal counsel.

This article was researched using these and other references:

• Who can grow marijuana in Australia?
• Cultivating and growing cannabis in Victoria (VIC)
• Cultivating and growing cannabis plants in Queensland
• How does marijuana plants grow in South Australia(SA)
• Cannabis plants and growing to be legalised in Tasmania, Hobart
• Tasmanian Supreme Court - growing cannabis - 10 plants
• Hobart Legal - growing and cultivating cannabis plants