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label Possession or use of a small amount (up to 6 g total THC) · treatment criminal · prison 2 years · note Up to two years; diversion via admission, six months of treatment and identifying the seller, closed after two uses
label Growing (section 178) · treatment criminal · prison min 2 years · prison 8 years · note Two to eight years; up to two years where the amount is small (up to five plants), label Growing a small amount for own use (section 180) · treatment criminal · note Not punished with admission, six months of treatment and help identifying the seller
label Offering, handing over or selling (section 176) · treatment criminal · prison min 2 years · prison 8 years · note Two to eight years; up to two years where a small amount is offered or handed over, label Significant amount · treatment criminal · prison min 5 years · prison 20 years · note Five to twenty years or life, label Supplying under-18s or near schools (section 177) · treatment criminal · prison min 5 years · prison 10 years · note Five to ten years
There is no legal recreational supply. Possessing or using a small amount — up to 6 grams of total THC — is a crime with up to two years, avoidable only by admitting it, completing six months of treatment and identifying the seller, a route closed after two uses.[@btk461,btk] Consumption itself is criminal, and the 2025 package forces users into an informer role.[@cms,boc] Growing brings two to eight years, or up to two where the amount is small.[@btk]
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Only low-THC hemp from the national or EU variety list may be grown, sown from sealed certified seed, and only low-THC hemp seed may be marketed.[@d162] Breeding, research growing and seed production of high-THC hemp are reserved for organisations licensed by the public health authority.[@d162] CBD products sit in a restricted grey zone.[@wiki]
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High-THC research growing is licensed, not outlawed: breeding, research growing and seed production of high-THC hemp are reserved for organisations holding a public health authority licence under Decree 162/2003.[@d162] No separate research programme, trial or published study was established by the retained sources.
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