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Home Grow In Italy: Just Around The Corner?

Written by Marguerite Arnold on July 11, 2022. Posted in Policy.

The country is poised to follow a trend seen in multiple European countries – namely introducing recreational reform with a limited home grow option Italy may join the European club of countries allowing home grow by the end of the year. A bill to allow home cultivation of up to four plants...

Why Is It Taking So Long To Legalize Cannabis Cultivation In Italy?

Written by Johnny Green on July 4, 2022. Posted in Policy.

Formal talks to explore legalizing cannabis home cultivation nationwide in Italy are officially underway. Per Corriere delle Alpi as of last week (auto-translated to English), “The general discussion on the cultivation, sale and consumption of cannabis and its derivatives begins in the Chamber.” Before...

Italian Ministry Of Défense Publishes Pre-Bid Call For New Cannabis Cultivation Companies

Written by International Cannabis Chronicle on May 24, 2022. Posted in Archives, Business, Policy.

The Ministry is trying to identify qualified cultivators to cultivate in Florence The Ministry of Defense has just published an “expression of interest” to identify companies that are able and qualified to grow medical cannabis plants. The call was designed to increase production for...

Sardinia Begins Regulated Hemp Production To Remediate Polluted Land

Written by Marguerite Arnold on April 27, 2022. Posted in Science.

Italy’s second-largest island has passed a measure to create a regulated hemp market to help clean up the environment A new law designed to increase phytoremediation of polluted land may well put hemp production on steroids on Italy’s second-largest island – Sardinia. The measure,...

Milan’s City Council Calls For Cannabis Legalization In Italy

Written by Johnny Green on March 18, 2022. Posted in Politics.

Italy is home to one of the most inspiring cannabis activism efforts of all time. Last year activists in Italy gathered enough signatures to put national legalization before voters. Over 630,000 signatures were gathered in just a matter of weeks. The signatures were gathered so quickly and abundantly...

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Italian Supreme Court Nixes Constitutional Mandate On Cannabis

Written by Marguerite Arnold on February 22, 2022. Posted in Politics.

In a blow to forward reform in Italy, the Supreme Court blocks request to hold a referendum on the legalization of cannabis cultivation Cannabis reform may be coming to Europe in ever more advanced ways, but it still does not mean that the forces against it are giving way en masse. Indeed, in every...

Italy Struggles To Set Regulations For Home Grow

Written by Marguerite Arnold on September 15, 2021. Posted in Politics.

The European country is struggling to create regulations and guidelines for home grow after Italy’s top court decriminalized cannabis in late December 2019 In a sign that Covid might have slowed but cannot indefinitely delay the progress of cannabis legalization across the continent, and even...

Italian Health Ministry Reverses Course On CBD “Narcotic”

Written by Marguerite Arnold on November 4, 2020. Posted in Medical.

If you are confused about the state of regulation in the EU, don’t feel bad. Everyone is as the rules and regulations do a few 360’s in public in Italy over the course of mere days As frustrating as the drama is in the EU over the classification of cannabinoids, notably CBD, as a “narcotic,”...

Italy’s Supreme Court: Cannabis Cultivation For Personal Use Is Legal

Written by Johnny Green on December 29, 2019. Posted in Politics.

Italy’s Supreme Court has ruled that cultivating cannabis for personal use is not illegal. Italy’s current cannabis prohibition policies were first enacted in the 1990s. In its ruling, Italy’s Court determined that the crime of cultivating cannabis should exclude “small amounts...

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