Warsaw, Poland: The Polish Parliament is considering legislation proposed by the Ministry of Health that seeks to decriminalize the personal use of cannabis and other controlled substances.
Stating his support for the law change, Health Minister Marek Balicki said: “We still have the illusion that if we have criminal punishment for illicit drugs possession, then we will solve the drug problem. Making criminals from young people that have tried drugs is without sense. This is not a good road.”
In recent years, several European and Eastern European nations – including the United Kingdom, Russia, Belgium, Croatia and Portugal – have liberalized and/or decriminalized the possession and use cannabis.
For a summary of European cannabis laws, please visit:
http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=5445