Tag: Switzerland

Switzerland Moves Forward On More Medical Cannabis Reform

Written by Marguerite Arnold on March 16, 2021. Posted in Medical.

The Swiss Parliament has approved an amendment to the Narcotics Act allowing doctors to prescribe cannabis without special permission and to set up a formal cannabis licensing infrastructure in the...

The Swiss Step Carefully Into First Semi-Legalization Project

Written by Marguerite Arnold on February 23, 2021. Posted in Politics.

Recreational cannabis will be available from Swiss pharmacies as of 2022, on a limited trial basis. If there is one word to describe the European approach to cannabis generally, it has been so far,...

Switzerland Clarifies Rules For Dispensing Medical Cannabis

Written by Marguerite Arnold on December 15, 2020. Posted in Medical.

Medical cannabis treatment will no longer require a special permit in Switzerland, although it is unclear whether health insurance will cover it. Until now, doctors in Switzerland had to obtain a special...

Swiss Parliament Passes Motion To Authorize Cannabis Production And Export

Written by Marguerite Arnold on April 27, 2020. Posted in Politics.

Despite being put on hold due to the pandemic, the Swiss Parliament has passed a motion calling for a change in the country’s cannabis law. The bill will do several things. The first is to allow...

Tax On Cannabis Is Repealed In Switzerland

Written by Johnny Green on February 24, 2020. Posted in Business.

The cannabis industry is booming in Switzerland, where low-THC cannabis products have increased in popularity and availability in recent years. Since 2011, low-THC cannabis products have been legal...

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Watch the 2019 ICBC Zurich Video!

Written by Anthony Johnson on June 3, 2019. Posted in Business, Cultural, ICBC Zurich, Politics.

The International Cannabis Business Conference (ICBC) finished off its 2019 European trek with a team-up with CannaTrade in Zurich, Switzerland. Immediately establishing itself as the top business-to-business...

Step by Step, Switzerland Moves Closer to Legalizing Cannabis

Written by Marguerite Arnold on May 13, 2019. Posted in Policy.

Just as the European market could not get any more interesting, the Swiss Federal Commission for Addiction Issues has called for cannabis to be decriminalized and the market to finally be regulated....

Swiss Federal Commission for Addiction Issues Endorses Legal Cannabis

Written by Anthony Johnson on May 1, 2019. Posted in ICBC Zurich, Politics.

Drug policy reformers in the United States have long looked to Europe as an example of progressive policies to end the harms of the failed Drug War. Switzerland has been an innovative pioneer, but has...

European Medical Cannabis Sales Doubled from 2017 to 2018

Written by Anthony Johnson on April 16, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC Barcelona, ICBC Berlin, ICBC Zurich, Medical, Politics.

Unless you are living under a rock, you know that cannabis legalization, for both medical and adult use purposes, is moving forward nation-by-nation across Europe and around the world. European medicinal...