Cannabis seizures tripled from 444 kg to 1,478 kg between 2013 and 2018, a 233 percent increase that authorities read as a sign of increased national drug use.[@1]
🇯🇴 Jordan
Cannabis seizures tripled from 444 kg to 1,478 kg between 2013 and 2018, a 233 percent increase that authorities read as a sign of increased national drug use.[1][1]
From Landrace.wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0. Places offset by about 500 m.
Location accuracy: country only. The sources name no closer place; the dot marks the middle of Jordan.31.24, 36.76
The Anti-Narcotics Department reported 25,260 drug cases involving 38,782 people in 2024. It seized 3,000 kg of hashish, 262 kg of marijuana and 27.5 million Captagon pills, and 744 people entered rehabilitation. The figures cover all drugs, not cannabis alone.
Jordan's Public Security Directorate recorded 22,031 drug crimes in 2025, down 12.8 per cent from 25,260 in 2024. Possession and use fell 10 per cent to 15,720 and trafficking 19 per cent to 6,311. A separate human-rights report had compared 2025 crimes with 2024 arrests, producing a misleading 34 per cent drop.
Jordan's Public Security Directorate announced twelve arrests in a series of drug operations on 20 October 2025. At the Jaber border crossing with Syria, officers seized 85,000 narcotic pills, and searches across the country recovered 119 blocks of hashish, including 40 in Jerash and 36 in Aqaba. The operations also led to arrests in Amman and Zarqa, where officers found further hashish and pills.
Police arrested 35 people in 13 drugs-and-weapons cases across Jordan in early February 2026. Raids on three marijuana-growing sites in Southern Shouneh led to two arrests, and in Amman officers detained four dealers with 5 kg of marijuana; they also seized hashish blocks, crystal meth and firearms in Ma'an, Zarqa, Ajloun and Ramtha.