
Germany’s Drug Commissioner Backs Cannabis Pilot Projects in Break With CDU Party Line
Ever since the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) became the largest party in Germany’s ruling coalition government in February 2025, the

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

‘The way is clear’ for Germany’s growing list of municipalities, universities and cannabis businesses to launch model research projects into

While little common ground was found during Friday’s debate, the well-trodden rhetoric from each side emphasised that the implementation of CanG remains a controversial and divisive issue in Germany.

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.

Last week, Hanover and Frankfurt published ‘letters of intent’ to launch controlled cannabis sales to thousands of participants through new model projects, designed to gather data and inform future drug policy in Germany.

Germany’s flourishing medical cannabis market is now forecast to top €420m this year, according to Prohibition Partners’ upcoming German Cannabis

Germany’s long-anticipated ‘Pillar 2’ is in danger of being abandoned by the government amid ongoing political roadblocks both domestically and

Germany’s highly anticipated ‘Pillar 2’, which would seek to implement a Switzerland-style adult-use cannabis pilot project model, is now being