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PRESS RELEASE - German Cannabis Association (DHV) 12.04.2016

With it's decision on April 6th the German Federal Administrative Court (Bundesverwaltungsgericht) has set a new milestone for cannabis patients. The right of patients to ensure their medical care through self-cultivation, was strengthened with this ruling. The Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte - BfArM) will now be forced to give out the first license for home growing of cannabis in Germany, although they can still apply some additional rules for safety. Weiterlesen $uuml;ber: German Court forces government to give out first license to grow medical cannabis

Press release of the German Hemp Association (Deutscher Hanfverband, DHV)  from 01.11.2015

The German Hemp Association welcomes the announcement by the federal government in Germany to set up a cannabis agency. This paves the way for the first cultivation of medicinal cannabis in Germany, helping not only the patients, but allowing  also new economic prospects for Germany. Weiterlesen $uuml;ber: German Hemp Association welcomes the announcement by the federal government to set up a cannabis agency in Germany

Press release: Appeal in Cannabis Verdict of Cologne - Cannabis clients on hunger strike


22nd of July, the Cologne Administrative Court had decided that home growing of cannabis is principly still illegal, but may be permitted as a 'stopgate' under certain conditions for medical use, if the patients are not able to pay the exorbitant prices in pharmacy.
The Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Products (Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte) now appealed against that judgemanet. For this reason home growing of cannabis in Germany stays illegal also for medical reasons.
In protest against this appeal, six chronically ill patients from different parts of the country went into hunger strike. They demand a fast solution for the question if and under which conditions patients are allowed grow medical cannabis at home. Weiterlesen $uuml;ber: Cannabis patients on hunger strike!

Original: Tod durch Cannabis? Eine kritische Betrachtung by Maximilian Plenert, translated by Tim Gluckman.

On 25.2.2014 the article ‘Cannabis erstmals als Todesursache nachgewiesen’ (Cannabis proven for the 1st time to be cause of death) appeared in the Rheinischen Post (major German regional daily newspaper). In it Dr Benno Hartung, coroner and co-author of the underlying case-report which appeared in the specialist journal ‘Forensic Science International’, is quoted with the words, ”To the best of our knowledge these are the first cases of cannabis-caused death worldwide which have been examined entirely in accordance with state-of-the art scientific standards.’ He and his colleagues came to this conclusion after they found THC in the blood of the corpses; all other causes were in their opinion ruled out. The resonance of their report in the media was formidable, it even gained international attention. On closer examination the would-be proof evaporates and (such cases) are also not new. Weiterlesen $uuml;ber: Death from Cannabis? – A critical reflection