The Association said that while it expects a much anticipated federal Cannabis Act will once and for all clarify that hemp products are legal in Germany, the existence of an outdated “intoxication clause” currently on the books means traders and farmers must continue to be careful in how they respond to searches of business premises by police and customs agencies.
Deletion of the intoxication clause, which describes the theoretical possibility that a person can become intoxicated by consuming large quantities of industrial hemp, would relieve stakeholders of persistent headaches from German enforcement agencies, which have often instituted bans, raids and criminal lawsuits regarding hemp foodstuff and hemp-derived products such as CBD.
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German group tells hemp companies what to do when the cops arrive
