Poland countries/pl.yaml
label Unauthorised possession · treatment criminal · prison 3 years · note Up to three years in prison, label Minor possession case · treatment criminal · prison 1 year · note Fine, restricted liberty or up to one year, label Significant quantity · treatment criminal · prison min 1 year · prison 10 years · note One to ten years
label Giving cannabis to another person (basic case) · treatment criminal · prison 3 years · note Up to three years in prison, label Supplying a minor or a significant quantity · treatment criminal · prison min 6 months · prison 8 years · note Six months to eight years, label Supply for financial or personal gain · treatment criminal · prison min 1 year · prison 10 years · note One to ten years in the basic case
There is no legal recreational supply. Possession without authorisation brings up to three years, though prosecutors may drop small personal-use cases where punishment would be pointless; there is no fixed gram allowance.[@act] A 2026 bill to exempt one home plant has not passed.[@proposal,process] Giving cannabis to another person brings up to three years.[@act]
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Institutional research growing runs through the agriculture minister's research institutes, which may grow medical cannabis with the Chief Pharmaceutical Inspector's permission on permits of up to five years, under security, supervision and crop records.[@act] No separate research programme, trial or published study was established by the retained sources.
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Fibre hemp is cannabis at no more than 0.3% combined THC and THCA in the flowering or fruiting tops, subject to the statutory rounding rule; seeds are excluded from the non-fibre herb definition but that does not permit home growing.[@act] The retained sources establish no CBD retail regime beyond authorised pharmaceutical raw materials.[@act]
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