Medical cannabis is not legal in France, but a prescription trial is due to begin in 2020. The terms of the medical cannabis experiment are known and fairly restricted: it will concern only 3,000 people, with defined pathologies (neuropathic pain, epilepsy, supportive care in oncology, palliative situations or painful spasticity) and in predefined CBD:THC ratios.
The experiment was passed in October 2019 by the National Assembly and included in the 2020 Finance Act. Although it was expected to start at the end of 2019, it is not scheduled to begin before September 2020.
According to a survey conducted by the Norstat institute on April 13 and 14, 2026 for the patient association Apaiser S&C, 92 % of French people say they are in favor...
Patients currently benefiting from medical cannabis as part of the French experiment have been granted a temporary reprieve. The French Minister of Health, Stéphanie Rist,...
After countless and incomprehensible postponements, the French health authorities have announced a new timetable for the pre-deployment of medical cannabis. At the heart of...
France has once again (we stopped counting...) extended its medical cannabis experiment in order to avoid an interruption of treatment for patients who...
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As France prepares to take the next step towards legalizing medical cannabis, a groundbreaking report, the fruit of months of work, has just been published....
As the legalization of medical cannabis in France seems closer than ever, Newsweed and Augur Associates will publish a groundbreaking report to take stock...
France has taken a giant step towards the generalization of medical cannabis by notifying the European Commission of its draft decrees and order...
After years of waiting, France has taken a key step towards the authorization of medical cannabis, both for production and dispensation. The 2 decrees...
The French government has announced a one-year extension to the medical cannabis trial, to ensure that patients currently benefiting from the program do not have their treatment interrupted....
The French Minister of Health, Yannick Neuder, has announced that the government will leave it up to the Haute Autorité de Santé (HAS) to decide whether or not...
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Bad news hidden inside good news. Or the opposite. The French Ministry of Health has announced a six-month extension of the cannabis experiment...
Patient associations have begun warning patients taking part in France's medical cannabis trial that they may soon be faced with an interruption of their...
In a manifesto carried by lobbying agency Nile, the «CannabiSanté» coalition mobilizes and calls for structured, secure and long-term access to medical cannabis...
After 3 years of experimentation and a one-year extension obtained by amendment to the PLFSS 2024, medical cannabis experimentation had once again been «forgotten» in the PLFSS...
As in 2024, medical cannabis is absent from the PLFSS. Unlike in 2024, which MPs will be able to table an amendment in Committee to include it in the...
Will France succeed in legalizing medical cannabis? At the beginning of the year, France's Agence Nationale de Sécurité du Médicament (ANSM) assured us that medical...
Launched in 2021, the medical cannabis experiment in France has reached its participation target with 3,035 patients now joining the program, including...
