CANNABIS MARKET IN POLAND
Historical timeline: Poland is known for being one of the the earliest European countries to begin cultivating Cannabis sativa. Studies show cannabis cultivation in Poland 5,500 years ago and it was certainly being cultivated 1,000 years ago, in the Middle Ages, for fibre and possibly for medicinal use. Cannabis was banned in Poland in the 20th century. They signed on to the 1925 International Opium Convention. In 1930 identified cannabis in legislation as harmful to health. In 1951, Eastern Bloc-era Poland classified cannabis as a narcotic. In subsequent years passed legislation that criminalised the production and distribution of this fateful plant. Possession wasn’t criminalised until 1997. In 2011, the country passed laws that gave prosecutors the option of not charging for small quantities of cannabis assumed to be for personal use. However, this legislation was paired with laws that increased the maximum jail sentences for possession of large quantities of cannabis, or ...
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