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The government, with an amendment to the security bill being examined by the House, proposes to change the law to support the hemp supply chain for industrial use, i.e. with quantities of THC lower than 0.2%.
The proposed amendment, once approved, will ban the cultivation and sale of flowers except for certain industrial uses. Thus, if the proposal passes, the trade and sale will be punished with the rules of the Consolidated Law on narcotic substances, making light cannabis equal to non-light cannabis.
Law 242 of 2016 allowed the cultivation of hemp for industrial use in Italy, with a THC content of less than 0.2. In the absence of an explicit ban on the sale of inflorescences, shops for their sale have since been opened. Now the clarification has arrived. But in fact the amendment goes in the opposite direction from what many in the sector hoped for and could bring – it is feared – a harsh backlash to companies and shops.
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