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Germany: Last week, in response to a statement from the Federal Council, the federal government issued a comment about the Industrial Hemp Liberalisation
Belgium: The Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Safety, and the Environment has updated its positive list of notified herbal products for smoking, which
France: The extension of the French experiment on medical cannabis, which had been expected to resume in 2025, will likely be delayed to 2026
UK: The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has announced that it will launch an eight-week public consultation in early 2025 which will be considered in
Spain: Daily consumption of cannabis is decreasing in Spain, while occasional use increases. According to the Ministry of Health’s 2024 Survey on Alcohol
Switzerland: The Basel cantonal health department has extended the pilot project for the sale of recreational cannabis in pharmacies until January 2027, initially programmed to finish
Czech Republic: The Ministry of Health has proposed a new decree aiming to simplify the prescription process for medical cannabis, allowing it to
Denmark: The government and a majority of the parliament have agreed to make the trial scheme with medical cannabis permanent from 2026. This
EU: During the parliamentary debate over the proposal for a revision of the 2009 Council recommendation on smoke-free environments, the European Conservatives and Reformists Group
EU: Today, the European Parliament approved the new European Commission, 370 votes in favour out of 688, with 36 abstentions and 282 votes against.
Czech Republic: Commenting on the proposal for a regulated cannabis market, the Drug Policy Department of the Office of the Government has told
EU: The main political groups in the European Parliament – the European People’s Party (EPP), the Socialists & Democrats, and the centrist Renew
Ukraine: Last week, on 15th November, the Cabinet of Ministers approved a resolution to expand the list of psychotropic substances with restricted circulation. Among
Germany: The Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) has published the amount of imported medical cannabis for the third quarter of 2024, with
Denmark: The Danish government has announced plans to make the country's medical cannabis scheme permanent, following a positive evaluation of its trial programme introduced
Luxembourg: Medical cannabis patients can no longer be prescribed high-THC cannabis flower, starting 1st January 2025, press reports. The prescription of any cannabis
Germany: A debate on the legalisation of cannabis took place last Friday (15th November) in the Bundestag, with the country's political parties taking their positions
Ireland: One of the current ruling parties, the Fianna Fail party, has expressed its support for the decriminalisation of drugs for personal use
Lithuania: In Lithuania, the Cannabis Hub.LT 2024 conference exhibition gathered fibre hemp growers, processors and scientists from Lithuania and beyond, media reports. Among
Czech Republic: As announced by minister of justice Pavel Blažek, the government has approved a significant criminal law reform, media reports. Key changes include
Poland: Members from the Polish Parliamentary Committee on Petitions have requested, through a motion, that the prime minister decriminalise cannabis, press reports. The motion proposes
Belgium: The Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Safety, and the Environment has updated its positive list of notified herbal products for smoking, which
Portugal: The National Authority for Medicines and Health Products (Infarmed) has withdrawn several CBD products by the brand Drasanvi from the market. According to the
Germany: Last week, the Bundestag’s Committee on Agricultural Policy and Consumer Protection, Committee on Internal Affairs, Legal Affairs Committee, and Finance Committee published
Sweden: The government has notified two bills (2024/0596/SE and 2024/0597/SE), which aim to classify several cannabinoids as narcotics, to the European Commission’s TRIS
Poland: Yesterday (7th November), a regulation amending the prescription regime of cannabis entered into force. The regulation has added medical cannabis to the list of substances
Germany: Yesterday (6th November), following the dismissal of the finance minister, Christian Lindner of the Free Democratic Party (FDP), by chancellor Olaf Scholz,
Switzerland: The Federal Department of Home Affairs is amending Annex 6 of the Narcotics List Ordinance to include synthetic cannabinoids. Industrial and scientific use is excluded. Substances
Ukraine: The government has regulated the procedure for obtaining quotas for the circulation of medical cannabis for 2025, the Ministry of Health reports. The
Germany: The cannabis club in Ganderkesee, Lower Saxony, has made its first distribution of recreational cannabis to its members, press reports. Since the regulation
Ukraine: According to deputy health minister Maryna Slobodnichenko, medical cannabis is not currently cultivated or imported in Ukraine, media reports. While the regulatory
Germany: The city of Hanover, in cooperation with the city of Frankfurt, signed a letter of intent for a pilot project for the controlled sale
Lithuania: Lithuania has notified to the European Commission Technical Regulation Information System (TRIS) database the draft law amending the law on hemp grown for fibre.
Lithuania: Lithuania has notified to the European Commission Technical Regulation Information System (TRIS) database the draft law amending the Law on the Control of Narcotic
UK: The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) – an advisory body that makes recommendations to the government on drug-related issues
Ireland: The Oireachtas (Irish parliament) Committee on Drug Use has recommended the decriminalisation of consumption and possession of cannabis for personal use in small quantities
EU: The European Commission has opened for feedback two initiatives that aim to abolish hemp notifications to reduce the administrative burden for EU member states. The
Belgium: The Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Safety, and the Environment has updated its positive list of notified herbal products for smoking, which
Czech Republic: Last week, president Petr Pavel signed the proposal to regulate hemp extracts with HHC and with a THC content of up to 1%, among
EU: The European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA), in conjunction with Europol, presented a study on the challenges and risks the emergence of semi-synthetic
US - Georgia: The Georgia Department of Agriculture has published a notice of intent to amend and adopt hemp product rules. Under a proposed rule that is
France: A group of deputies from the far-right party Rassemblement National (National Front) has proposed an amendment to the Finance Bill 2025 to
Germany: An amendment to the authorisation requirement for medical cannabis was published in the Federal Gazette. The amendment was previously approved by the German
Hungary: The government has notified via the EU TRIS notification system a bill that would include certain cannabinoids in the narcotics list, including hexahydrocannabihexol (HHCH),
Germany: The first cannabis club in Lower Saxony has harvested its first 200 plants, and in two weeks the dried flowers will be distributed
Belgium: The Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Safety, and the Environment has updated its positive list of notified herbal products for smoking, which
Lithuania: Today, the Seimas (parliament) approved the amendments to the Fibre Hemp Law that would make it easier to import hemp products from other
Italy: European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides responded on behalf of the European Commission (EC) to a parliamentary enquiry regarding the
EU: Today, the Council has adopted a new regulation on the classification, labelling, and packaging of chemical substances (CLP), updating the existing 2008 EU legislation. The
