The cannabis is illegal in Denmark for recreational use, but medical cannabis can be prescribed in the form of Sativex, Marinol or Nabilone. Starting in 2018, Denmark will provide cannabis in natural form to a select group of patients for a 4-year full-scale test.
Denmark is also known for its free city of Christiana, near Copenhagen, where anyone could buy cannabis. Since a gunfight in 2016, the neighborhood has strongly urged Christiana to stop selling cannabis. In fact, there are still a few stalls selling cannabis, but far fewer than before.
On February 2, 2026, Denmark quietly crossed a symbolic threshold. In the heart of Copenhagen, the country's first Cannabis Social Club, reserved exclusively for patients...
Denmark has officially passed a law that makes its medical cannabis pilot program permanent in its national healthcare system, in what...
The Danish government has announced its intention to make its medical cannabis pilot program permanent. The decision, taken by the Minister of the Interior and...
Bedrocan, one of Europe's largest and longest-established suppliers of pharmaceutical and medical cannabis, has announced plans to market a new strain of...
Residents of the free city of Christiania, in Copenhagen, Denmark, have taken steps to dismantle the notorious »Pusher Street», a major...
The Danish authorities, under the leadership of Justice Minister Peter Hummelgaard, have announced their intention to permanently close the notorious...
The Danish Medicines Agency has published a full report on the results of its medical cannabis pilot program, covering the period from 2021 to 2022....
Much of the medical cannabis produced as part of Denmark's medical cannabis experiment has not been brought to market and has been...
The residents of Christiania's free district have decided to close Pusher Street, known for its free sale of cannabis and psychedelic mushrooms...
Copenhagen's autonomous Christiania district has once again been rocked by violence and the tragic loss of a young person. In a statement issued by...
Canadian producer Aurora Cannabis is closing its last facilities in Denmark and will resume European sourcing from Canada, a move that should help reduce...
The free district of Christiania may soon be undergoing radical change. The mayor of Copenhagen, Sophie Hæstorp Andersen, has indicated that she plans to close...
Bedrocan, the Dutch company and European flagship in medical cannabis, is to expand its production capacity with the creation of a new GMP-certified site...
As regular Newsweed consumers will have noticed, we've been on hiatus for the past 2 weeks. But since there's no news to wait for us, here's a...
Medical cannabis companies in Denmark have attracted more than 1.5 billion Danish kroner (about 200 million...
Danish officials from five political parties have proposed a plan for a pilot project to legalize cannabis. The proposal was presented to...
After an absence of two and a half years, medical cannabis oils are back in the Danish program, which should give a boost to the...
A large Danish parliamentary majority has decided to continue the medical cannabis trial program, which was due to expire at the end of 2021. The agreement provides for the trial program,...
The legal medical cannabis market in Europe was worth around €240 million in 2019, according to the report «Medical cannabis in Europe: markets...
The Danish environmentalist party, Alternative, is proposing to decriminalize the use of all drugs, as Portugal has done, in response to the failure of repression. Sikandar Siddique,...
