The government is meeting today to discuss proposed amendments to Poland’s drug laws, which would allow courts to discontinue drop charges for possession of narcotics for personal use.
Last year the Justice Ministry decided that the strict Polish law on narcotics was too repressive in respect to “certain groups found to be in possessing of drugs”, to whom prosecution could do more harm than good.
The draft proposal by the Justice Ministry did not specify what ‘small amounts of drugs for personal use’ entailed, however. Buying and selling drugs will remain illegal if the bill ever passes through parliament.
At the beginning of the year, the Czech Republic changed its drug laws whereby people found in possession of up to 15 grammes (half an ounce) of marijuana, or growing up to five cannabis plants, no longer risk prison or a criminal record. (ek/pg)
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