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Expand Romania: 1969 controls, court reasoning and 2026 reform debate

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~~Use~~Drug use is not ~~separately punished~~a separate criminal offence, but unauthorised possession remains punishable regardless of quantity, including for personal use is.[@drcourt596] The [Constitutional Court’s 2025 ruling](/history/romania-trafficking-personal-use-ruling-2025/) explained that prosecutors must prove an allegation of trafficking; the accused does not have to prove that the drugs were not intended for supply.[@court596]

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Personal-use cannabis possession and growing carry three months to two years or a fine, wi … ompliance can permit waiver or deferral of punishment for personal-use offences.[@law143] An [October 2026 proposal](/history/romania-personal-possession-proposal-2026/) sought administrative fines for personal possession; it remained a proposal, with the prosecutor general opposing it.[@possessionproposal2026,opposition2026]

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Romanian Constitutional Court — Decision 596 of 11 November 2025 Romanian Senate press release via AGERPRES — Stoiciu personal-possession proposal AGERPRES — Prosecutor General opposes personal-possession decriminalisation 25 unchanged

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romania-narcotics-regime-1969 article · added · 423 words
romania-personal-possession-proposal-2026 article · added · 463 words

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 | Northern Cyprus | Original 1925 statute read; precise date; first-restriction article; 1956 consolidation added for north and Cyprus | 1930s–1940s, 1960s, 1980s–2000s still thin; seed trade and drug-driving trigger unverified | fa7a5cfc |
 | 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 | This country’s commit |
-| Romania | Pending | | |
+| 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 | | |
 
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+## Romania source limits
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+Read the 1969 official law and 1970 implementing instructions (explicit cannabis/resin/extracts/
+tinctures list), current Law 143/2000, Law 339/2005 and Decision 596/2025. The 1969 date is adoption,
+with the sixty-day commencement clause explained; the 1970 date is the instruction date, with
+later publication and the linked commencement clause made explicit. The portal text contains
+later amendments, so wording is not represented as a verified original 1970 snapshot. No new
+score movement is assigned without comparing the earlier regime.
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+The AGERPRES sponsor release has an unreliable `/2026/01/01/` URL; the proposal is dated only
+October, corroborated by the 7/9/16 October coverage. Repeated Senate B544/2026 page/annex
+retrieval timed out, so the exact filing date, detailed fine tiers and latest parliamentary
+procedural stage are not asserted. The release's conviction counts are explicitly attributed
+to sponsors. Adevărul reports Fenechiu's later withdrawal. The prosecutor's objection is dated
+9 October. Original 2000 text retrieval repeatedly returned 502, so the planned 2000 article
+was deferred. Earlier 1950 decree/implementing decision and 1954 reporting rules remain leads,
+requiring their original schedules and a comparison with preceding controls.