Country profile · Central Europe
Germany
Europe's largest medical market, transformed by the 2024 MedCanG reform — and adult possession now legal.
Adult-useLegalAdults may lawfully possess cannabis under national law (the United States is counted at state level).
MedicalEstablishedSince Mar 2017
Latest milestoneApr 2024CanG / MedCanG
Last reviewedStatuses reviewed quarterly by our newsroom
The law in brief
Adult possession and home cultivation legal since April 2024 under the KCanG, with non-profit cultivation associations but no shops. Europe's largest medical market after the MedCanG made cannabis a standard prescription medicine.
Our classification for Germany: adult use legal, medical cannabis established.
Adult-use: LegalAdults may lawfully possess cannabis under national law (the United States is counted at state level).
Medical: EstablishedA functioning prescription market with domestic or imported supply.
Key dates and latest developments
Germany’s Cannabis Flower Patients Face Years of Litigation After Constitutional Shortcut Blocked
Medical Cannabis
German Cannabis Pioneer SynBiotic SE Files For Insolvency
Hemp Industry
Legal Medical Cannabis Means Better, Not Weaker, Health Protection
Medical Cannabis
UK vs Germany – Medical Cannabis Products & Prices (2026 Update)
Data & Analysis
CanG / MedCanG
Law and policy
Medical prescribing
Law and policy
