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The cannabis industry is undergoing an unprecedented metamorphosis. What just a few decades ago was a sector operating entirely in the shadows is today one of the most lucrative and regulated areas of pharmaceutical and biotech investment in the world. However, the transition to legality is an extremely demanding process. The barriers to entry are … Read more
Hemp is enjoying an unprecedented renaissance. Driven by the green transition and the search for sustainable raw materials, agriculture and the processing industry have turned their attention back to this ancient plant. However, despite its enormous agronomic and economic potential, projects based on non-psychoactive cannabis varieties face a bureaucratic and legal maze that can paralyse … Read more
The cannabis sector and its derivatives have undergone a radical transformation in recent years, moving from the margins to become one of the markets with the greatest economic potential worldwide. However, operating in Spain and the European Union means navigating a highly restrictive and constantly evolving regulatory maze. The barrier to entry is not commercial … Read more
Supreme Court judgment STS 301/2026 on hemp flowers and CBD: why it is not the end of the sector and where its reasoning can be challenged An important ruling, but not the CBD apocalypse Spanish Supreme Court judgment 301/2026 of 23 April has caused huge concern in the hemp, CBD and non-psychoactive flower sector. Some … Read more
Cannabis Social Clubs (CSCs) sit in a particularly delicate legal area within the Spanish legal system. From a strictly legal point of view, it is worth starting from a basic premise: in Spain there is no national law that generally and expressly recognises a fully authorised cannabis club model of the kind often presented in … Read more
Today Spain has taken the step that had been blocked for years: the Council of Ministers has approved the Royal Decree regulating the prescription, preparation, dispensing and use of standardised magistral formulas based on standardised cannabis preparations. This completes a political, parliamentary and technical journey that began more than four years ago. Publication in the … Read more
Statement following the publication of the ban on hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) and other cannabinoids in Spain After weeks of waiting, today the Official State Gazette (BOE) has published Order SND/380/2025 of 14 April, which updates annex 1 of Royal Decree 2829/1977 of 6 October, regulating psychotropic medicinal substances and preparations and the control and inspection of … Read more
Statement on Italy’s new public safety decree-law and its article 18 Which imposes restrictions on the entire production and sales chain for hemp flowers and CBD products Madrid, 9 April 2025. On Friday 4 April 2025, the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic approved a new decree-law on public safety that will hit the … Read more
Statement following the recent international ban on hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) Madrid, 13 March 2025. From 10 to 14 March, the 68th session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs is taking place in Vienna, Austria. One of the items scheduled for a vote was the inclusion of new substances in the schedules of the international … Read more
Medical cannabis regulation in Spain has taken an unexpected turn and, for the cannabidiol (CBD) sector, it represents a crucial victory. After intense pressure from associations, companies and legal experts, the Ministry of Health has removed from the draft Royal Decree the controversial article 3.1, which sought to classify cannabis flowering tops as narcotics regardless … Read more