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possession 13 · cultivation 1 · enforcement 2 · sharing 1 · consumption 1 · access 0
1974-04-25
Until 1974 theThe Soviet criminal codes punished making and dealing in drugs; personal use and possession without intent to sell carried no penalty. A decree of the Supreme Soviet on strengthening the fight against drug addiction changed that across the uniondecree punished unauthorised manufacture, Soviet Moldavia included:acquisition, possession, transport or dispatch without intent to sell became punishable with up to three years in prison or correctional labour. It applied across the Soviet Union, including Soviet Moldavia. The 1987 edictamendment later softenedput first small-quantity acquisition or possession tointo an administrative tier, with a separate criminal penalty for repetition within a year.
Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR — Edict 5928-VIII of 25 April 1974, consolidated 1991, Article 6 2 unchanged
Authorised industrial hemp is the lawful commercial crop, with uses [expanded in April 2026](/history/moldova-hemp-processing-rules-2026/) from fibre, seed and oil to stalks, biomass and other permitted derivatives.[@hemp26] Farmers may market the crop domestically or export it under their authorisation, and must report production annually to ANSAthe [National Food Safety Agency](https://www.ansa.gov.md/).[@hemp26] Growing cannabis to obtain narcotic substances remains prohibited.[@l201]
docs/research/expansion-2026-10-28.md +36 @@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ Other agents' changes in `source-archive.json` and their research notes are excl | Kosovo | 1950 cultivation-ban article; three documented Albanian/Serbian words; two 2026 history entries | Early Yugoslav decades; 1930 original code; 2026 table annex | 8b250a9f | | Croatia | 1950 cultivation-ban and 2025 sentencing articles; 2024 asset-confiscation event and profile explanation; scoring rationale | 1930 original code and 1940s/1960s–1980s history | 67ca9f1a | -| Romania | Five history entries; 1969 and October 2026 articles; current proposal and primary-source consumption explanation | 1930s–1950s/1980s; original 2000 text retrieval; exact bill filing/status record | This country’s commit | -| Moldova | Pending | | | +| Romania | Five history entries; 1969 and October 2026 articles; current proposal and primary-source consumption explanation | 1930s–1950s/1980s; original 2000 text retrieval; exact bill filing/status record | 721bfe2e | +| Moldova | Two articles; 1987 possession easing and two policy events; corrected repeat maximum and historical score timing; production links | 1934 territorial/first-ban reconstruction; 1940s–1960s; current quantity-table adoption | This country’s commit | ## Northern Cyprus source limits @@ -74,2 +74,36 @@ to sponsors. Adevărul reports Fenechiu's later withdrawal. The prosecutor's obj was deferred. Earlier 1950 decree/implementing decision and 1954 reporting rules remain leads, requiring their original schedules and a comparison with preceding controls. + +## Moldova source limits and timeline correction + +Read the 22 June 1987 amending Soviet edict in full, the consolidated 1974 parent edict, the +2015 Constitutional Court judgment, Law 201/2025, Law 173/2026, the April hemp announcement, +May 2025 Council of Europe launch, August 2026 medicines-agency announcement and October +strategy announcement. The first small-possession tier allowed up to 100 roubles, corrective +labour or exceptional fifteen-day administrative arrest. Repeat acquisition/possession within +a year carried up to TWO years, not the three years in the previous source locator. The +new Article 10.1 cultivation repeat offence had a separate three-year maximum; these must not +be confused. + +The possession improvement from 1 to 3 now sits at the 1987 amendment. The 2009 code entry's +possession `before` is rebased from 1 to 3 so it no longer suggests that small possession first +left criminal law in 2009. Its other segment values and all current scores are unchanged. +The chain check reports no flagged steps. The 1974 date is narrowed to 25 April and its +unsupported claim of complete pre-1974 impunity is removed. The parent text is a later +consolidation; the article identifies the separately dated 1987 additions and does not backdate +them to 1974. Original 1974 printing and Moldavian republican implementing amendments remain +worth finding. The 1934 first-ban account needs territorial reconstruction (much of present +Moldova was outside the USSR until 1940), so no speculative first-ban article was written. + +The 26 August 2026 event records approval of national controlled-substance tables and an +information system, distinct from the still-draft quantity-classification replacement on +Particip.gov.md (last recorded promotion stage 22 September). No numerical cannabis threshold +is inferred. The 22 May 2025 project is correctly described as policy support; no Research +section is filled with policy monitoring. The October strategy article describes planned +services and the future 2027–2032 implementation programme without claiming they already exist. + +Moldova validation: zero profile-audit errors/warnings, all 193 tests passed at the review +build, eight selected pages rendered successfully. The existing April hemp article was +reviewed and retained; new articles cover the 1974 possession rules and October 2026 strategy. +Earlier pages will be included in a final combined review because other builds replace the +shared review directory. No current status or score changed.