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Possessing cannabis without authorisation carries up to three years in prison; minor cases … of any amount became punishable in 2000, ending the earlier personal-use exception.[@ipa] [Possession of any amount became punishable in 2000.](/history/poland-criminalisation-2000/)
label Unauthorised possession · treatment criminal · term Possession of a narcotic drug · prison 3 years · note Up to three years in prison, label Minor possession case · treatment criminal · term Possession of a narcotic drug · prison 1 year · note Fine, restricted liberty or up to one year, label Significant quantity · treatment criminal · term Possession of a narcotic drug · prison min 1 year · prison 10 years · note One to ten years
Growing cannabis other than fibre hemp without authorisation carries up to three years in … onal use, kept away from public access; parliament has not passed it.[@proposal, process] [Possession of any amount became punishable in 2000.](/history/poland-criminalisation-2000/) [A 2026 bill would exempt 15 g and one plant.](/history/poland-decriminalisation-bill-2026/)
Small personal-possession cases can be dropped before a formal investigation begins, but t … ysis reported 2,307 such dismissals in 2012: 2,145 by prosecutors and 162 by courts.[@dr] [Prosecutors gained the dismissal power in 2011.](/history/poland-prosecutor-discretion-2011/)
label Giving cannabis to another person (basic case) · treatment criminal · term Supply of a narcotic drug · prison 3 years · note Up to three years in prison, label Supplying a minor or a significant quantity · treatment criminal · term Supply of a narcotic drug · prison min 6 months · prison 8 years · note Six monthsMinors and significant quantities; gain motive raises the track to eightone to ten years, label Supply for financial or personal gain · treatment criminal · term Supply of a narcotic drug · prison min 1 year · prison 10 years · note One to ten years in the basic case
Patients can obtain prescription preparations made from authorised cannabis flower, extrac … t remotely under the stated exception.[@rx] Recreational supply remains prohibited.[@act] [Remote prescribing was restricted in 2024.](/history/poland-telemedicine-restricted-2024/) [Medical cannabis became legal in 2017.](/history/poland-medical-2017/)
There is no legal recreational supply. Possession without authorisation brings up to three … sed.[@proposal,process] Giving cannabis to another person brings up to three years.[@act] [A 2026 bill would exempt 15 g and one plant.](/history/poland-decriminalisation-bill-2026/)
Research institutes supervised by the agriculture minister may grow medical cannabis with … and THCA in the flowering or fruiting tops, subject to the statutory rounding rule.[@act] [State institutes may grow medical cannabis since 2022.](/history/poland-hemp-act-2022/)
Cannabis flower, extracts, tinctures and resin can serve as authorised pharmaceutical raw materials for prescription preparations.[@act] Selling or giving cannabis to recreational users remains an offence.[@act]
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Doctors can prescribe cannabis preparations made from authorised pharmaceutical raw materials — flower, extracts, tinctures and resin; veterinarians cannot issue these prescriptions.[@act] An in-person examination is normally required, with a limited exception for continuing treatment through contracted primary care.[@rx] [Medical cannabis became legal in 2017.](/history/poland-medical-2017/) [The first pharmacy dispensing followed in 2018.](/history/poland-first-pharmacy-cannabis-2018/)
Institutional research growing runs through the agriculture minister's research institutes … p records.[@act] No separate research programme, trial or published study was established byin the retained sources.[@act] [State institutes may grow medical cannabis since 2022.](/history/poland-hemp-act-2022/)
Fibre hemp is cannabis at no more than 0.3% combined THC and THCA in the flowering or frui … rces establish no CBD retail regime beyond authorised pharmaceutical raw materials.[@act] [State institutes may grow medical cannabis since 2022.](/history/poland-hemp-act-2022/)
Śląskie Smaki — Siemieniotka (zupa wigilijna) Muzeum Narodowe Ziemi Przemyskiej — Zapomniane zwyczaje zapustne (dance for flax and hemp) 12 unchanged
label Unlawful cultivation (basic case) · treatment criminal · term Unlawful cultivation of cannabis · prison 3 years · note Up to three years in prison, label Where the crop could yield a significant quantity · treatment criminal · term Unlawful cultivation of cannabis · prison min 6 months · prison 8 years · note Significant-quantity growing; the 2026 bill would exempt one personal plant
Hemp fed Poland as well as clothed it. In Silesia [siemieniotka](/culture/traditions/siemieniotka/), a soup of crushed hemp seed, is one of the dishes of the Christmas Eve table.[@slaskie] Around Shrovetide, Polish women performed high-jumping [hemp dances](/culture/traditions/the-hemp-dance/) so the crop would grow as tall as they could leap.[@mnzp] The folk memory survived the twentieth century's bans: the 2022 hemp act that let state institutes grow medical cannabis also fixed fibre hemp at 0.3% THC and THCA.[@act] [State institutes may grow medical cannabis since 2022.](/history/poland-hemp-act-2022/)
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