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label Personal-use possession (Article 75, administrative) · treatment civil · note No fine; prefect can suspend driving licence, passport or firearms licence for one to three months, or warn a first small case
label Dealing, minor cannabis case · treatment criminal · prison min 6 months · prison 4 years · note Six months to four years; larger cases carry far more
There is no legal recreational supply. Personal-use possession is administrative, not criminal: the prefect can suspend a driving licence, passport or firearms licence for one to three months, or warn a first small case — there is no fine.[@dpnsee,giq] Small home growing for own use is not punishable under the 2019 Cassation ruling, with no fixed plant number.[@diritto,giq] Dealing brings prison: six months to four years for minor cannabis cases.[@dpnsee,giq]
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Hemp farming for fibre and seed stays legal, but the 2025 decree criminalised low-THC hemp flowers and flower-derived products whatever their THC content, shuttering the cannabis-light shops; of 25 court cases tracked by the hemp trade, 18 ended with the goods returned.[@hemp] Flower production is not licensed — only the military pharmaceutical plant grows medical cannabis under state control.[@hemp]
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