Ever since the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) became the largest party in Germany’s ruling coalition government in February 2025, the country’s booming cannabis industry has been bracing for a crackdown.
Cannabis remained Europe’s most commonly used drug in 2025, according to new wastewater analysis from the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA), suggesting around 8.4% of European adults have consumed cannabis within the last year.
Germany’s imports for 2025 surpassed 200 tonnes for the first time, exceeding the country’s already revised import quota for the second time in a year.
In 2017, when we launched Prohibition Partners, we set out with the goal to change the conversation around cannabis.
