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2nd June 2023
EU: French MEP Aurélia Beigneux has submitted a parliamentary question to the European Commission raising concerns over the fact that hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) is "currently flooding our continent because of the easy access to it", as it is being "sold legally and benefiting from a legal limbo, causing a great deal of concern among doctors''. Beigneux asks whether the European Commission is preparing an evaluation plan for HHC, or whether it plans to ban it via the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). HHC came under EU scrutiny by the EMCDDA in December 2022, and it issued a technical report on the cannabinoid in April 2023.1st June 2023
Czech Republic: Health minister Vlastimil Válek does not share the confidence shown by national anti-drug coordinator Jindřich Vobořil that the bill to legalise recreational cannabis will be ready to come into effect by early 2024, media reports. Válek appears vague about the bill’s content. And while Válk did not rule out supporting a legalisation proposal, he said he would like to see the German draft law first and that there is no clear consensus yet in the Czech five-party government coalition.
30th May 2023
Czech Republic: National anti-drug co-ordinator Jindřich Vobořil told the Cannabis Summit in Prague at the weekend that the government intends to move forward with its plans to create a commercial market for recreational cannabis, despite Germany’s scaled-back plans.
30th May 2023
Malta: Following feedback obtained in its stakeholder consultation, the Authority for the Responsible Use of Cannabis has updated some of the regulatory framework for nonprofit associations distributing cannabis for recreational purposes, as provided in the legislative reforms enacted in December 2021. The new rules fine-tune the licence application format, the transportation of cannabis between cultivation and distribution sites, the disposal of waste and the testing of cannabis.
30th May 2023
Turkey: The re-election of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to a third term as president, while the People’s Alliance led by his Justice and Development (AKP) party secured a majority in parliament, suggests there is likely to be little change for the hemp sector, as AKP backs the regulation of hemp cultivation and its use for industrial purposes.
29th May 2023
- Sweden: The Public Health Agency has proposed that the government should classify hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) and hexahydrocannabiphorol (HHCP) as narcotics. HHC and HHCP, currently not regulated, were already included in the list of substances under investigation managed by the Public Health Agency.
29th May 2023
- Spain: Yesterday's local and regional elections resulted in a setback for the ruling Socialist Party, and today president Pedro Sánchez announced that parliamentary elections will take place on 23rd July, press reports. This means that it is highly unlikely that the medical cannabis bill proposal, which was meant to be presented in the coming months following the recommendations made by the Subcommittee on Medical Cannabis, will be introduced.
26th May 2023
- Spain: The Spanish Pain Society (SED) is urging the government to regulate medical cannabis, press reports. Experts at the SED's XIX National Congress have called for a regulation that guarantees safety, efficacy and access to cannabis for patients. The Ministry of Health, and in particular the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS), were meant to have had a proposal for the regulation of medical cannabis ready by the beginning of the year, following the six-month deadline that was set by the Subcommittee on Medical Cannabis. However, as of May 2023 no proposal or recommendation has been disclosed.
24th May 2023
Denmark: An executive order has already come into force, adding HHC to the list of banned euphoric substances.
24th May 2023
Germany: Following the example of his opposite number in Bavaria in criticising the federal plan to legalise recreational cannabis, North Rhine-Westphalia’s health minister Karl-Josef Laumann says he is “fundamentally opposed” to the five-year regional model plan, press reports. Laumann’s spokesperson said the federal government had not yet shown how the plan can be compatible with European and international and law.
24th May 2023
Belgium: British American Tobacco (BAT) is to take a challenge to Belgium’s top administrative court, the Council of State, against the royal decree banning nicotine- and cannabinoid-containing pouches, press reports. BAT will argue that health minister Frank Vandenbroucke did not wait for an opinion from the Superior Health Council and did not take into account recent scientific research on the subject before announcing the ban, which is due to come into effect on 1st October.
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