The Italian government has placed CBD on the country’s list of narcotic drugs, in defiance of a regional administrative court ruling, and in contravention of European Union law.
The Ministry of Health said the designation is in line with Italian Presidential Decree 309/1990, the cornerstone of drug legislation in Italy. But that contradicts a ruling by a regional court last year which was based on a legally binding ruling applicable across the European Union.
The attack is only the latest by the Italian government on CBD. The Ministry of Health first classified CBD as a narcotic and banned the compound from the market in October 2020 – only to rescind the order shortly thereafter.
Later, in a separate attempt in early 2022, the State-Regions Conference – a platform for dialogue and cooperation between the central and regional governments – updated language in a 2018 decree to classify hemp as strictly a medicinal plant.
In that case, four cannabis associations filed suit, and the decree was annulled one year later by the Regional Administrative Tribunal of Lazio, which ruled it went against European law.
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