Yes. Medical cannabis should be legally clearly separated from cannabis for non-medical purposes. Medical cannabis is therefore not regulated in the Cannabis Act, but in a separate Medical Cannabis Act. The content of the existing regulations on medical cannabis remains essentially unchanged. Medical cannabis may continue to be prescribed as a medicine in accordance with the applicable social law requirements. However, a prescription for a special narcotic prescription will no longer be necessary in the future. A regular recipe is sufficient here.
42. Does the law now allow any company to grow medical cannabis?
No. The cultivation of cannabis continues to be carried out by companies that were selected in a Europe-wide tender process and commissioned by the Cannabis Agency at the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices. This cannabis is grown exclusively for medical purposes in accordance with pharmaceutical quality requirements. The prescription requirement remains.