
Public Data is No Longer Enough to Understand the German Medical Cannabis Market
Germany’s medical cannabis market, which has long been the engine powering Europe’s wider market growth, once again finds itself in

Germany’s medical cannabis market, which has long been the engine powering Europe’s wider market growth, once again finds itself in

Ever since the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) became the largest party in Germany’s ruling coalition government in February 2025, the

Today’s visit by Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer, part of the CDU, a party known for its critical stance on cannabis, to Grünhorn in Leipzig marks a significant milestone in the political recognition of cannabis as a plant-based medicine.

Mere hours after the results of the US election became clear, sending North American cannabis stocks into freefall, Germany’s ruling traffic light coalition all but collapsed, throwing the future of Europe’s largest and most promising cannabis market into uncertain territory.