Vote on Germany’s cannabis law delayed until 2024
Germany’s parliament won’t have an opportunity to put the first phase of the country’s pending cannabis legislation to a vote this year.
International Marijuana Business News – Europe
Germany’s parliament won’t have an opportunity to put the first phase of the country’s pending cannabis legislation to a vote this year.
A vote on Germany’s watered-down bill to legalize some recreational cannabis use has been delayed until at least December.
A draft law in Japan to legalize some pharmaceutically derived medical cannabinoid medicines, while bolstering criminal penalties for marijuana use, has been approved by the country’s House of Representatives.
Portugal exported 5,438 kilograms (roughly 12,000 pounds) of medical cannabis in the first half of this year, according to the latest figures published by the country’s health authority, Infarmed.
Germany-based Sanity Group is teaming up with the Swiss Institute for Addiction and Health Research (ISGF) to open two legal recreational cannabis stores in Switzerland as part of the country’s pilot study into dispensing marijuana.
A startup phase for a pilot program to allow limited cultivation and distribution of adult-use cannabis in the Netherlands is set to launch in December with only two cultivators, the Dutch government disclosed in a letter to Parliament.
Much of the medical cannabis produced under Denmark’s regulatory regime has never made it to market and was intentionally destroyed for various reasons, according to government data.