Tag: germany

Last month, Germany’s Health Ministry released a draft amendment that, if approved as is, would dramatically roll back Germany’s emerging medical cannabis industry and directly impact suffering patients’ safe access to medical cannabis. A recent survey conducted by MedCanOneStop helps quantify the potential harm of the proposal. “The Federal Ministry of Health’s (BMG) planned changes…

Two of the largest legal medical cannabis markets on the planet are in Canada and Germany. A recent acquisition by a Canada-based cannabis company of a majority stake in one of Germany’s leading medical cannabis companies highlights how entrepreneurs and investors are continuing to establish bridges between the two markets. “High Tide Inc. (“High Tide”…

Germany was already home to the largest legal medical cannabis market in Europe before lawmakers approved a national adult-use cannabis legalization measure in April 2024. However, the industry has surged since the CanG law was adopted. Part of Germany’s CanG law involved the removal of cannabis from the nation’s Narcotics List. According to a recent…

Legal medical cannabis product sales began through German pharmacies in 2017, and in the years that followed, the European country became the largest legal medical cannabis market on the continent. Significant contributing factors to the rise of Germany’s medical cannabis industry are the rise of telemedicine and medical cannabis delivery services. Unfortunately, Germany’s Health Minister…

Germany launched legal medical cannabis product sales through pharmacies in 2017. Since that time, Germany has become the largest regulated medical cannabis market in Europe, as demonstrated by recent medical cannabis import data published by the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM). According to BfArM, Germany imported 43.257 tonnes of medical cannabis products…

Starting on July 1st, 2024, entities can apply with their local regulatory authorities to start a cannabis cultivation association in Germany. According to recent reporting by the International Cannabis Business Conference, over two hundred entities have already applied, with the first cultivation association approved in Germany in Lower Saxony last month. Cultivation associations are part…

Days ago, officials in Wiesbaden, a city in the western German state of Hesse, published a letter of intent to participate in the nation’s eventual regional adult-use cannabis commerce pilot program. Cannabis pilot trials are part of ‘pillar 2’ of Germany’s legalization model. Regional adult-use cannabis commerce pilot trials involve permitting a limited number of…

As of July 1st, 2024, cannabis cultivation associations became legal in Germany as part of the nation’s new CanG adult-use cannabis legalization law. The first provisions of the law pertaining to personal cultivation, possession, and consumption went into effect on April 1st, 2024. Many jurisdictions in Germany are still in the process of establishing the…