ICBC report the following via a post on Linked In
Starting on August 1st, 2026, prices for legal adult-use cannabis sold in Uruguay’s pharmacies are increasing, albeit only slightly. Uruguay’s Institute for the Regulation and Control of Cannabis (IRCCA) recently announced the price increase for the four approved cannabis strains. Below is a listing of the four strains and the corresponding new prices for 5 grams. The USD currency conversions listed below were current as of the posting of this article:
- Alfa goes from $485 to $500 (USD 12.42)
- Beta goes from $505 to $510 (USD 12.66)
- Gamma goes from $565 to $580 (USD 14.40)
- Epsilon goes from $615 to $630 (USD 15.64)
This is not the first time that the government has raised prices for legal cannabis flower sold through Uruguayan pharmacies. Back in August 2025, the Institute for the Regulation and Control of Cannabis raised prices on the four approved strains by $10. Prices were also raised in February 2026.
Lawmakers in Uruguay adopted a national adult-use cannabis legalization measure in 2013, making it the first country in the world to do so. Legal cannabis sales through the nation’s registered pharmacies began in 2017.
Adult residents in Uruguay can register to source cannabis legally in one of three ways. The first is through pharmacies, and the other two are home cultivation and cultivation associations. Originally, only two strains were approved to be sold through pharmacies, but that has since expanded to four strains.
The first two strains sold in pharmacies were ‘Alfa’ and ‘Beta’, each with tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) levels equal to or less than 9%, and cannabidiol (CBD) levels equal to or less than 3%. Then, in 2022, Uruguay permitted a third option, ‘Gamma,’ which has a THC level of equal to or less than 15%, and CBD levels of equal to or less than 1%. The ‘Epsilon’ strain, which has a THC content of equal to or less than 20% and a CBD content of equal to or less than 1%, was approved in late 2024.
