The Ukrainian SSR Presidium issued Decree 4452-XI on 21 August following the Union-level June drug-law changes. It made repeated small-quantity acquisition, possession without intent to sell, or non-prescribed use within a year after an administrative sanction punishable by up to two years' imprisonment or alternative penalties. Listed cannabis varieties attracted criminal cultivation penalties directly; other hemp cultivation had an administrative first tier and criminal liability after repetition. The decree also provided exemptions for voluntary surrender or seeking medical help. This entry uses the decree's issue date and records its historical distinctions rather than today's quantity or plant thresholds.[1]
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References
- Ukrainian SSR Presidium — Decree 4452-XI of 21 August 1987, legislative text reproduced from the Rada portal by ZakonOnlinePreamble; Part I, Articles 229-8, 229-9, 229-10 and 229-3; Part VI, Articles 44 and 106-2; closing issue date. The reproduction marks a later 1993 repeal of Part X, which is not used here
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