Medical cannabis to be sold in Greek pharmacies from 2022

In an interview with the Greek Reporter, the Minister of Development and Investment, Adonis Georgiadis, maintained that medical cannabis would be produced and sold in Greece from 2022.

The Greece legalized medical cannabis in 2017 and repealed the cultivation and production ban in March 2018. It has been slow to set up a comprehensive program medical cannabis.

«The aim is for Greece to become the leading European country in medical cannabis production. Greece's environment is favorable to this particular plant and we believe we will have a natural advantage«, said Georgiadis. .

The Greece expects huge investments in the production of medical cannabis. The government hopes they will add up to 1.5 billion euros a year to state revenues, for local distribution and export.

Medical cannabis to be sold in pharmacies

Georgiadis said that a large investment from Τikun Εurope, near the city of Corinth, has already been completed and that two other investments, from the UK and Canada, are in the pipeline for medical cannabis production in the Greek region of Macedonia and near the city of Patra.

Tikun Europe was founded in Greece in 2018 and is a subsidiary of Israeli global player Tikun Olam in the research and development of medical cannabis products. It is the the first company to obtain a license for the cultivation, processing and production of medical cannabis in Greece.

The Greek minister revealed to Greek Reporter that foreigners will also be able to consume medical cannabis in Greece and will be allowed to buy it in pharmacies, «on the sole condition that they have a prescription from their doctor.»