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The 2026 small-possession provision permits a temporary ban on the relevant activity along … ional cooperation-based release for first criminal personal-handling offences.[@reform26] The [October 2026 strategy](/history/moldova-drug-addictions-strategy-2026/) calls for community treatment, continuity of recovery and reduced stigma for people with addictions.[@strategy26]

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Figures reported by the government to the UN drugs office record 34The Interior Ministry’s [February 2026 assessment](/history/moldova-drug-market-hearing-2026/) described marijuana and hashish alongside a growing synthetic-drug market.9 kg of herbal cannabis seized in 2024[@hearing26] Investigations identified encrypted apps, against 66.4 kg in 2023prearranged hiding places, cryptocurrency payments and 20passenger transport or parcels as distribution methods.6[@hearing26] A [June 2026 investigation](/history/moldova-vadul-cannabis-laboratory-2026/) at Vadul lui Vodă reported a growing site and approximately 2.5 kg of cannabis resin seized in 2024, against 26.1 kg in 2023. The UN publishes them as kilogram equivalents,with one suspect detained and countries count seizures differently, so the figures are not comparable across bordersanother investigated at liberty.[@lab26]

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Moldova Interior Ministry — Parliamentary drug-market assessment, 26 February 2026 Moldova Police — Cannabis laboratory investigation at Vadul lui Vodă, 10 June 2026 Moldova Government — Drug and addictions strategy 2026–2032, 21 October 2026 10 unchanged

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The Interior Ministry reported 3,575 drug-related crimes and 16,642 contraventions nationwide from 2023 through January 2026.[@hearing26] For 2025 it reported 775 people documented in drug crimes, including 36 minors, and 737 people sent to trial.[@hearing26] These totals cover all controlled drugs and count different stages of proceedings.[@hearing26]

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+| Moldova | Nationwide all-drug proceedings; expanded market context; October strategy; four history entries and hemp-rules article | Soviet-era primary law and empty decades; current quantity-table replacement; driving and local words | this commit |
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+Moldova: current Law 201/2025 and 2026 penalty amendment reread; unchanged scores.
+All-drug prosecution counts are labelled separately from cannabis quantities.
+The seed interception records a pending investigation before the new law commenced,
+not a conviction or a present blanket seed prohibition. The April 2026 ministry
+bill announcement was found but its full page timed out; the enacted August
+penalty record already exists and is retained. Older timeline entries still need
+original Soviet/republic texts; no article fabricated from secondary summaries.
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