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10th May 2023
Switzerland: The Federal Office of Public Health has given its approval to the cities of Bern, Lucerne and Biel to sell recreational cannabis in pharmacies as a pilot project. The project, involving over 1,000 participants, is expected to start in Bern in the autumn and in Lucerne and Biel at the beginning of 2024.
4th April 2023
Switzerland: The Federal Department of Home Affairs (FDHA) has amended the Ordinance on Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances to add hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) and ten other substances to the list of illegal new psychoactive substances. The list is already in force.
4th April 2023
Switzerland: The Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) has given its approval to the city of Lausanne to sell recreational cannabis as a pilot project. The first harvest is scheduled for summer 2023 and points of sale should open around September. Lausanne is the third Swiss city to receive such approval, after Zurich and Basel.
23rd March 2023
Switzerland: The Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) has granted the city of Zurich permission to launch a three-and-a-half-year pilot project to collect data on the regulated purchase of recreational cannabis and its effects on the health and consumption behaviour of users. Sales will be made through pharmacies, social clubs and drug information centres and are expected to start in August. Nine cannabis products will be offered, varying in THC and CBD content.
30th January 2023
- Switzerland: The first recreational cannabis project has started today in the city of Basel. The project will sell cannabis in nine designated pharmacies for the first study group of 180 people. Two hashish and four cannabis flower products from Pure Production will be available. The participants will receive a questionnaire every two months about their consumption behaviour and their health.
27th January 2023
- Switzerland: The canton of Bern has spoken out against the pilot project to sell recreational cannabis in pharmacies. The cantonal government believes that "there are already enough studies and bases for a decision as to whether or not the non-medical use of cannabis should be legalised in Switzerland". The first pilot project for the legal sale of recreational cannabis, called Weed Care, is due to start later this month in the city of Basel.
9th December 2022
- Switzerland: After delaying the start of the pilot project to sell recreational cannabis in pharmacies for not meeting the quality standards stipulated in the Narcotics Act, the canton of Basel has announced that the project can start at the end of January 2023. The project received a new approval from the Federal Office of Public Health and will be supplied with Swiss organic cannabis products from the company Pure Production.
2nd December 2022
- Switzerland: The Federal Commission for Questions on Addiction and Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases (EKSN) has published a press release supporting the legal access to recreational cannabis. According to the authority, "a ban on cannabis will not reduce consumption among the population, the black market is flourishing and the safety of users is not guaranteed".
5th October 2022
Switzerland: A pilot project to sell recreational cannabis in Zurich, previously planned for this autumn, has been postponed to the first half of 2023. According to the canton government, final approval has not yet been given by the Federal Office of Public Health and the delay is due, among other things, to the complexity of the project.
9th September 2022
- Switzerland: Sales of recreational cannabis as part of the pilot project in Basel, which were supposed to start on 15th September, will be delayed because the products did not meet the quality standard stipulated in the Narcotics Act. The cannabis products are now being analysed by an independent body. No new start date has been given yet.
18th August 2022
- Switzerland: The Basel-Stadt canton will start selling recreational cannabis in pharmacies from 15th September as part of the first approved pilot project of its kind in the country. The project will last for two and a half years and aims to study consumer behaviour and the health of users. Pharmacies will be allowed to sell six different cannabis products with different THC and CBD content. Prices will be based on the black market.
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