The case is a biggie – and given movements in Germany on the legislative side – namely the statements of the traffic light coalition to normalize the entire industry – is likely to solve the issue nationally.
Removing Cannabis from The German Narcotics Act
As with just about everything in this industry, this is a critical matter of timing. It is not just hemp that needs to be removed from the Narcotics Act. A compromise on the THC side of the equation is also in the offing with the entire legalization discussion.
While this hemp case is not going to solve that, it is very likely, given both decisions at the EU level and most recently in France, that this legal clash will start to set definitive case law in Germany.
If not, it is also very likely, given the lawyers as the cannabis firms involved, that this challenge will not be defeated.
Change Is Afoot in The Entire German Cannabis Market
Germany is clearly going to see fairly comprehensive cannabis reform this year and on multiple fronts.
What is interesting about this case, however, is not only its timing, but the fact that any decision on hemp legally, will then have to be enshrined in the recreational cannabis law now floating around the Bundestag.
