Is marijuana chocolate legal? What about CBD chocolate? Laws and regulations

Poland is one of the countries that has legalized the use of medicinal marijuana, but private cultivation and use of the resulting herb remain illegal. Is chocolate with marijuana legal or not? How does Polish law work in this case?

Is chocolate with marijuana legal?

THC is a psychoactive chemical compound found in marijuana, and its possession, sale and consumption are prohibited under Polish drug law, so chocolate with marijuana is illegal. This is regulated by the Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction. 

What about legal marijuana, when a doctor writes a prescription authorizing possession and personal use? The important information here is that the prescription specifies the dose and method of administration. 

Is chocolate with medical marijuana legal?

Under Polish law, patients are required to use marijuana only as directed by a physician. This can be done by vaporization, smoking (rarely recommended due to the harmful effects of combustion), or as a sublingual extract or oral spray. Making your own chocolate with marijuana is not recommended for medical purposes due to the manufacturing process..   

The preparation of food products based on legal marijuana is not well regulated by law - there is no explicit prohibition, but it is also not included in the list of solutions for its administration proposed by doctors, which may be interpreted as a violation of the law. 

Edibles containing THC would have to meet strict safety standards, including quality control. There remains the question of difficulties in calculating the appropriate dose in the mass of the product, because some chocolate ingredients can "hide" THC in tests. This explains the low popularity of this form of use in medical circles. Such products are usually only available in countries where marijuana is fully legal or partially decriminalized and are sold in specialized stores under government supervision. 

Therefore, although patients can use medical marijuana, Preparing chocolate or other food products with medical marijuana is legally risky and not recommended in Poland.

Is CBD chocolate legal?

In this case, the law fully allows the use of CBD chocolate, and even its preparation on your own - you can find the recipe in the publication “How to make chocolate with CBD?”. Food products such as Chocolate with added CBD is often sold as dietary supplements or health products. It's important that they come from a reliable source, just like the ingredients you want to make them from. In our store, you'll find both sugar-free chocolate with CBD, as well as oils that you can use to make your own sweets.