Swiss cannabis fixed-fine statistics

Number of CHF 100 fixed fines issued for cannabis use per year, Switzerland-wide.

Key facts

Fines 2025 (CH): ≈ 12,000
Revenue (CHF 100 each): ≈ CHF 1.2 M

Key takeaways

Around 12,000 fixed fines for cannabis use were issued nationwide in 2025.
At CHF 100 per fine that is about CHF 1.2 M — a fraction of enforcement costs.
Fining practice differs sharply between cantons.

Interpretation

The fixed fine was meant to create legal equality in 2013 but delivers the opposite: applied only to adults, only up to 10 g and only without further offences — and with police forces prioritising differently — the sanction effectively depends on your canton. Economically it is a zero-sum instrument: revenue barely covers administration. That inefficiency is one of the most cited arguments for regulation.