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Expand North Macedonia: federal law and seizure articles, licence oversight history

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The drug law permits companies to cultivate for medical or scientific purposes withCompanies need health ministry approval and priorwith government consent to grow medical or scientific cannabis, followed by agriculture ministry planting permission.[@drugs] Agriculture ministry permission is also required before planting, with cultivationCultivation plans, inspections and harvest records remain part of the system.[@drugs] A 2025 market report counted 66 licences issued by 2022, but said only part of that cohort achieved commercial output or export certificationThe Health Ministry announced checks across 43 licensed entities in February 2026.[@pplicences26] The same report described exports centred on oilsgovernment [withdrew six approvals that month](/history/north-macedonia-cannabis-licences-revoked-february-2026/) and extracts, with dried flower still restricted[six more in March](/history/north-macedonia-cannabis-licences-revoked-march-2026/) following inspections.[@pplicences26,licencesmarch26]

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Medical/scientific growers need health ministry approval with government consent, plus agr … ts.[@drugs] These are licensed corporate channels, not a household right to grow.[@drugs] The Health Ministry’s application guidance requires proof of premises, staff, a cultivation plan and round-the-clock physical security.[@growfaq]

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drugs, growfaq

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The [March 2024 Chibuk operation](/history/north-macedonia-chibuk-operation-2024/) include … pply investigation, rather than a sentence for possession solely for personal use.[@gi24] A [February 2026 criminal complaint](/history/north-macedonia-cannabis-complaint-2026/) named ten suspects in an unlawful-production and distribution investigation, with two in 48-hour custody; these allegations were not convictions.[@complaint26]

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gi24, complaint26

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North Macedonia Government — Six medical cultivation approvals withdrawn, 24 February 2026 North Macedonia Government — Six more cultivation licences withdrawn, 10 March 2026 Interior Ministry — Cannabis criminal complaint against ten suspects, 20 February 2026 Health Ministry — Medical cannabis cultivation application guidance 20 unchanged

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 | Slovenia | Two articles; 1964 act and EU-opinion events; scientific permit authority clarified | 1930 original code; 1940s/1970s/1980s; medical implementation and personal bill final outcome | 2b8f4788 |
 | Andorra | One article; three events; arrests section; corrected 2005 first-code claim | First prohibition/early decades; seed rules | 2d73df6 |
-| Belarus | One article; 1974 republic date/source corrected; 1987 and 2001 score transitions; sentence-review context | 1934 article; 1940s/1950s; original gazette copies | This country’s commit |
-| North Macedonia | Pending | | |
+| Belarus | One article; 1974 republic date/source corrected; 1987 and 2001 score transitions; sentence-review context | 1934 article; 1940s/1950s; original gazette copies | feae04f |
+| North Macedonia | Two articles; six events; production, planting and arrests context | 1930 original code/article; 1940s/1970s; full original 1964/1983/1991 laws | Country commit containing this note |
 
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+## North Macedonia
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+Read the 1950 federal Act (UN copy), the 1964 legal-history study, MALMED’s consolidated drug
+law, Health Ministry application guidance, the 2025 court decision and official February/March
+2026 police and government reports. Added federal/republic history in 1964, 1983 and 1991,
+plus the ten-suspect complaint and two separate rounds of six licence withdrawals. The 1983
+and 1991 entries rest on the 2008 repeal clause; original enactments are still needed for
+penalty detail. The 1950 article supplies a missing score-moving long read, and the seizure
+article distinguishes marijuana, biomass and oil bottles, allegations, and licensing decisions.
+Updated production figures using the ministry’s dated 43-entity inspection programme instead
+of the older market-report cohort. No unverified current company total is calculated after
+withdrawals. Current scores and personal-possession exemption retained. The 2025 SOCTA PDF
+is a promising source for earlier licence totals but was too large for browser retrieval; its
+search excerpt was not incorporated. No new cultural entry was supported by this pass.
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+North Macedonia validation: all 196 tests pass, zero profile audit errors/warnings; nine
+selected pages rendered and HTML inspected. Snapshot: `.cache/expansion-europe-2/mk-review/`.
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