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FRANCE is set to become the latest European country to ban the increasingly prevalent semi-synthetic cannabinoid and ‘legal high’ hexahydrocannabinol, better known as HHC.
The ban, which is expected to be implemented in the coming weeks, will make France the 11th European country to take action to either ban or regulate the new substance this year.
It comes just weeks after the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) published a new report on the substance, which warned that it has now been reported in 20 EU member states and Norway, but at the time of writing was ‘not controlled’ in most of them.
Despite the growing international crackdown, the ease at which the substance can be created using legally sold CBD and hemp mean its regulation still threatens to have an impact on wider parts of the cannabis industry.
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