Jersey, a British Crown Dependency located in the English Channel, and the largest Channel Islands between England, France, and England, allows doctors to prescribe cannabis based medical products as of 2019. In the period between 2024 and 2025 there was a 35% increase in medical cannabis prescriptions.
According to Freedom of Information requests, doctors in Jersey will prescribe more than 72,000 medical cannabis products by 2025. This is a 35% rise on the previous year. reported The Jersey Times. “The total rose from 53,477 prescriptions in 2024 to 72,065 last year – an increase of almost 20,000.”
“Separate figures published in July showed that the number licenses for exporting cannabis from Jersey was on the rise, while import permits were on the decline.” Also reported by the outlet.
As lawmakers in Jersey debated more and more whether to relax local cannabis laws to allow for recreational cannabis use, the rise in medical marijuana prescriptions coincided with this debate. The State Assembly in Jersey had three options to choose from at the end of last year.
1. Request that the Minister of Health and Social Services submit detailed proposals for consideration by the Attorney-General (if adopted), to stop prosecutions for offences related to personal possession and cultivation of small amounts of cannabis, subject to thresholds indicative. Treat personal cannabis use as an issue of public health.
2. Please ask the Minister of Health and Social Services for detailed proposals on how to amend or repeal offences relating to small amounts of cannabis in personal possession and cultivation, subjected to legal thresholds.
3. To request the Minister for Health and Social Services to bring forward detailed proposals for a trial of government-controlled production and sale of non-medical cannabis to understand and evidence whether safe and responsible regulation delivers public health benefits.
In early 2026, the options that were being considered were withdrawn. According to Senator Tom Binet the proposals are still alive and will be revisited in due course.
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