This chart lists only countries where a regulated cannabis market has been established for at least medical patients.
| Country | Medical | Recreational | |
| Albania | Yes | No | |
| Argentina | Yes | No | |
| Australia | Yes | Use decriminalized by state; sale prohibited | |
| Barbados | Yes | Legal for spiritual use; sale prohibited | |
| Bermuda | Yes | Use decriminalized; sale prohibited | |
| Brazil | Yes | Use decriminalized; sale prohibited | |
| Canada | Yes | Yes | |
| Chile | Yes | Use decriminalized; sale prohibited | |
| Colombia | Yes | Use decriminalized; sale prohibited | |
| Costa Rica | Yes | Use decriminalized; sale prohibited | |
| Croatia | Yes | Use decriminalized; sale prohibited | |
| Cyprus | Yes | No | |
| Czech Republic | Yes | Use decriminalized; sale prohibited | |
| Ecuador | Yes | No | |
| Finland | Yes | No | |
| France | Pilot program underway; legalization expected in 2025 | No | |
| Georgia | Yes, but no dispensing program operable | Legal for possession and consumption; sale prohibited | |
| Germany | Yes | Yes | |
| Ghana | Yes | No | |
| Greece | Yes | No | |
| Hungary | CBD only | No | |
| India | Low-CBD only | Bhang only | |
| Ireland | Yes | No | |
| Israel | Yes | Use decriminalized; sale prohibited | |
| Italy | Yes | Use decriminalized; sale prohibited | |
| Jamaica | Yes | Use decriminalized; legal for spiritual use; sale prohibited | |
| Japan | CBD only | No | |
| Lebanon | Yes | No | |
| Luxembourg | Yes | Personal cultivation and use legal; sale prohibited | |
| Malawi | Yes | No | |
| Malta | Yes | Yes | |
| Mexico | Yes, but no system for dispensing exists | Personal cultivation and use legal; sale prohibited | |
| Morocco | Yes | No | |
| Netherlands | Yes | Pilot program underway | |
| New Zealand | Yes | No | |
| North Macedonia | Yes | No | |
| Norway | Yes | No | |
| Pakistan | CBD only | No | |
| Panama | Yes | No | |
| Peru | Yes | Use decriminalized; sale prohibited | |
| Poland | Yes | Below 0.3% THC only | |
| Portugal | Yes | Use decriminalized; sale prohibited | |
| Romania | Below 0.2% THC only | No | |
| Rwanda | Yes | No | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Yes | Use decriminalized; sale prohibited | |
| San Marino | Yes | No | |
| Singapore | CBD only | No | |
| Slovakia | CBD only | No | |
| Slovenia | CBD only | No | |
| South Africa | Yes | Legal for possession and use; sale prohibited | |
| Spain | Yes | Use decriminalized; sale prohibited | |
| Sri Lanka | Yes | No | |
| Sweden | Yes | No | |
| Switzerland | Yes | Pilot program initiated in March 2024 | |
| Thailand | Yes | Legal until mid-2024; now uncertain | |
| Ukraine | Yes | No | |
| United Kingdom | Yes | No | |
| United States | Yes in 38 states, 4 territories, and District of Columbia | Yes in 22 states | |
| Uruguay | Yes | Yes | |
| Vanuatu | Yes | No | |
| Zambia | Yes | No | |
| Zimbabwe | Yes | No |
