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/^t/Polish Parliament has recently become interested in drugs. This is not because the Members of Parliament started to like or to use them, but because they want to strengthen the law concerning drugs. The presently operating rules are too liberal, for they do not determine the maximum quantity of drugs one can possess for his or her own use. Thus, everybody may feel free to bring legally for example six kilos of heroine from abroad. The amended law, on the other hand, seems too rigid. It establishes three to five years of imprisonment for only possessing drugs, regardless of their quantity. Moreover, it does not differentiate between drugs. In other words, marijuana is treated exactly the same way as other drugs, although in comparison to the hardest ones it is almost harmless. On the contrary, it may even bring positive effects. Therefore, marijuana should be legalized in Poland.