A federal production-and-trade law precedes Macedonia’s independent drug framework

A Yugoslav law governed narcotic production and trade before Macedonia’s 2008 replacement framework. The later law expressly ended application of that federal act, identifying it as SFRY Gazette 13/91. The repeal reference does not establish a new personal cannabis allowance in 1991.^[1]

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MALMED — Drug Control Law, article 100, citing SFRY Gazette 13/91

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Recreational: DecriminalizedMedical: Limited

Since February 2023, the Criminal Code expressly excludes possession for personal use from punishment. Drug use still brings a separate misdemeanour fine, and unauthorised production and supply remain criminal. Licensed companies may grow for medical or scientific purposes; domestic patient access remains limited.

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North Macedonia, in order

23 January 1950Yugoslavia's Narcotic Drugs Act bans growing Indian hemp
1964Yugoslavia replaces its narcotics law while retaining cannabis controls
1983Macedonia assigns authorities for narcotic production and trade
1991A federal production-and-trade law precedes Macedonia’s independent drug framework
13 October 1993North Macedonia joins two UN drug conventions on one day
8 June 2007Macedonia’s public-order law sets a separate drug-use offence
27 August 2008Macedonia’s drug-control law replaces earlier narcotics frameworks

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