Statistics on cannabis/cannabinoidsStatistics on cannabis/cannabinoids
Produced by Freedom of Information officeAuthored by Health and Care Jersey and published on
03 March 2026.Prepared internally, no external costs.
Request 782074576
Provide the following statistics, broken down by calendar year (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 to date).
1a. The different types of cannabis, cannabinoids and other products containing THC contents above 1% which have been issued by medical practices in Jersey. 1b. The quantities in which these are issued. 2. How many individuals in Jersey have been prescribed cannabis, cannabinoids and other products containing THC contents above 1% (broken down by type and quantity). 3. How many individual prescriptions of cannabis, cannabinoids and other products containing THC contents above 1% (broken down by each type) have been issued by medical practices in Jersey (broken down by type and quantity).
Response
As noted in the Minister for Health and Social Services’ 02 February 2026 response to a written question submitted on 26 January 2026, Health and Care Jersey does not hold the requested information on prescriptions issued by medical practices / clinics. Therefore, Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies.
The Minister’s response (available on the States Assembly website and linked below) details the information that is available on pharmacy dispensing data, as reported to the Chief Pharmacist:
WQ-11-2026.pdf
The Medicinal Cannabis Dispensing Audit Report, which was published to www.gov.je in March 2024, includes a breakdown of the number of prescriptions issued by prescriber for those items dispensed:
Medicinal Cannabis Dispensing Audit Report
Similar information is available in the Medical Cannabis Governance Review (published in a Freedom of Information response of February 2026), which examined dispensing data from April 2021:
gov.je/government/freedomofinformation/pages/foi.aspx?ReportID=9206
Article applied
Article 3 Meaning of “information held by a public authority”
For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if – (a) it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or (b) it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.
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