Following a Bundestag expert hearing, the CDU/CSU is signaling a potential retreat from its proposed hardline restrictions on the Medical Cannabis Act, now considering targeted "fine-tuning" of regulations instead of the broad bans originally intended. lto.de/recht/nachrichten/n/m…

While US rescheduling dominates the headlines today, the UAE government has issued a Federal Decree-Law regulating industrial and medical uses of hemp with up to 0.3% THC. wam.ae/en/article/bn9xtbw-ua…

Germany’s Bundesrat has adopted its position on the MedCanG. It backs tighter rules on pricing, advertising and foreign prescriptions for medical cannabis. Mail-order and online-prescription exceptions proposed by Thuringia were rejected. The bill now moves to the Bundestag.

📈 Germany sets another medical cannabis import record in Q3 2025: 56.9 metric tonnes, a 19 percent increase vs Q2 2025 (47.7 tonnes). • Twelve-month rolling total (Q4 2024 to Q3 2025): 175 tonnes. • Full-year 2025 projection: 200+ tonnes.

The German Bundesrat Health Committee has issued recommendations on the Medical Cannabis Act (MedCanG): – No foreign prescriptions – Binding price regulation – Advertising ban – Shipping ban as offense Bundesrat vote on Nov 21. Outcome uncertain. Source: Bundesrat 555/1/25

🇳🇱 How evenly are coffeeshops distributed in the Netherlands? End-2024 map shows residents per shop by municipality. Grey areas have none. Strong concentration in the Randstad, led by Amsterdam–Rotterdam–The Hague. Source: wodc.nl/actueel/nieuws/2025/…

🇩🇪 German Cabinet has approved the Health Ministry’s proposal to tighten the Medical Cannabis Act (MedCanG). Next stop: Parliament — where changes are not just possible but widely expected. bundesgesundheitsministerium…

The Spanish Council of Ministers has just approved a Royal Decree regulating magistral formulas prepared from standardized cannabis preparations for medical use. The measure enables prescriptions when conventional treatments have failed. Official source: sanidad.gob.es/gabinete/nota…

🇩🇪 Germany has just notified the EU of a draft law to tighten its Medical Cannabis Act (MedCanG) — TRIS No. 2025/0552/DE. Still just a Health Ministry proposal, but Cabinet approval could come this week. Then the usual parliamentary process. technical-regulation-informa…

Germany: Frankfurt's plans for a pilot program to sell cannabis to adults have been rejected by the Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food (BMLEH). The city has filed an appeal. Sanity Group has also appealed the rejection. hessenschau.de/gesellschaft/…

Just seen at PTMC in Lisbon. Portugal has exported 33t+ of medical cannabis YTD (Aug 2025), already surpassing 2024, despite recent delays. Nearly all goes to Germany. Infarmed won’t say how much is grown locally vs re-exported, but industry contacts suggest most is imported.

According to a recently published reply to a parliamentary inquiry, the German federal government expects the first decisions on cannabis research projects under the § 2(4) KCanG “Forschungsklausel” (for cannabis dispensing) in Q3 2025. We're already in September.

Lessons for Germany? Poland’s medical cannabis market is showing signs of recovery after a November 2024 telemedicine ban. I obtained updated data from Polish authorities with key insights for global markets.

📈 Germany sets new record for medical cannabis imports in Q2 2025 with 43.3 metric tonnes — a new all-time high and a 15% increase over Q1 2025 (37.5 tonnes). 12-Month Rolling Total (Q3 2024–Q2 2025): 134 tonnes. Source: BfArM (Q2 2025 update)

🚫 EMA’s HMPC won’t establish an EU herbal monograph for Cannabis sativa L., flos. Why? No authorized single-ingredient products, insufficient data, and scope limitations. Consultation open until Oct 31. 🔗ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/h…

UK private medical cannabis prescriptions are surging. Over 250k items were prescribed in England in H1 2024, a 137% jump vs H1 2023, and 46% vs H2 2023. Data lags, but growth is clear.