Last week, the first Cannabis Health Symposium to take place in Germany saw the local industry’s leading telemedicine and pharmacy voices pull apart the rationale behind proposed medical cannabis restrictions.
Dr. Julian Wichmann, MD, Co-Founder and CEO of Bloomwell GmbH Germany has, without question, the most progressive regulation of medical cannabis in the EU.
Over the last decade, the European medical cannabis landscape has seen a significant surge of new products entering the market, providing patients, especially in the UK and Germany, with a greater variety than ever before.
Germany’s coalition government has retreated further on its controversial medical cannabis reimbursement reforms as it faces mounting questions over how and why the law came to be.
This article was originally published in February 2026, and was most recently updated on September 22, 2026.
Is cannabis legal in Germany? No, not in the way it is in the majority of US states or Canada.
Whilst expressing empathy with patients impacted by the recent German crackdown on cannabis flower, the head of the country’s leading wholesaler is bullish about its prospects – with orders up 50% since its purchase by Canadian cannabis giant High Tide.
CANOPY Growth is primed to cull a host of existing brands as it looks to build a multi-market, seed-to-patient model and distance itself from a ‘false starts’ legacy, says CEO Luc Mongeau.
The imminent launch of the first new European cannabis-based pharmaceutical for over five years could not have been better timed, it seems.
