Here’s their full commentary in their latest newsletter   2024-11-15 | In the  current hour “Take the effects on internal security seriously – repeal cannabis legalization” in the Bundestag, the CDU/CSU parliamentary group called for the cannabis law to be withdrawn. The German Cannabis Business Association (BvCW) states: Withdrawing the law would lead to a dead end. In addition, over 30 cannabis […]

German Cannbis Business Association NRW: €1,150 authorization fee for cannabis cultivation associations 2024-11-16 | The state of North Rhine-Westphalia has published a fee schedule for cannabis cultivation associations, which provides for a permit fee of €1,150. In addition, there would be costs for regular inspections, which would cost 93 euros per sample. The  Westfälische Nachrichten reported that between […]

2024-11-12 | Lawyer Peter Homberg (Dentons), who specializes in cannabis, believes that a complete repeal of the Cannabis Act (CanG) is unlikely, even if the CDU were to lead the next German government, he made clear in an  interview with KrautInvest. A “180-degree turnaround” in cannabis policy would be difficult to implement, especially as cultivation associations are already licensed for seven years. […]

2024-11-13 | In one of the first regional court appeal decisions, the Landshut Regional Court has classified the commercial trade in cannabis cuttings as a criminal offense, lawyer Kai-Friedrich Niermann reports on  LinkedIn. The court justified this with the legislator’s aim of preventing the “socially harmful” trade in this “risky drug”. Niermann described the decision as interest-driven and indefensible. He […]

German Cannabis Business Association Lower Saxony: Municipalities feel overwhelmed by cannabis controls 2024-10-30 | The Lower Saxony Association of Towns and Municipalities (NSGB) has made it clear in a  resolution that the municipalities cannot afford to enforce the Cannabis Act. NSGB President Dr. Marco Trips emphasized that the cities, municipalities and joint municipalities are at their limits and, according to him, […]

The Irish Examiner The Government should introduce a limited form of cannabis legalisation on a not-for-profit basis, an Oireachtas committee has recommended. The Oireachtas Committee on Drugs Use, formed to examine and respond to the Citizens’ Assembly’s recommendations, has called for the Government to consider introducing a legalisation model for certain drugs. In particular, the […]