{"id":2182,"date":"2019-07-20T08:53:13","date_gmt":"2019-07-19T22:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/italy-and-sweden-court-decisions-on-low-thc-cannabis-products\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T21:02:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T10:02:13","slug":"italy-and-sweden-court-decisions-on-low-thc-cannabis-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/italy-and-sweden-court-decisions-on-low-thc-cannabis-products\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy and Sweden: court decisions on low-THC cannabis products"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong style=\"background-color: inherit; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;\">Italy\u2019s highest court says low-THC cannabis cannot be sold<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On 30 May 2019, Italy\u2019s highest court, the Court of Cassation, published a note of information on the legality of selling low-THC cannabis. This followed attempts to prosecute entrepreneurs who were openly selling cannabis flower and other extracts. The products were marketed in a way to avoid the attention of law enforcement by using labels such as \u2018collectors item\u2019 or \u2018not for consumption\u2019. The sellers claimed that these cannabis products contained less than 0.2 % THC (the main psychoactive chemical in cannabis) and therefore were not controlled under the narcotics law. The Italian Law 242 of 2016 states that cultivation of certain varieties of hemp plants containing less than 0.2 % THC is permitted without any licence, and the plants could be used to produce various specified products including food and cosmetics. The court\u2019s note of information stated that \u2018the marketing of&nbsp;<em>Cannabis sativa L.<\/em>&nbsp;and, in particular, of leaves, inflorescences [flowers], oil, resin, obtained from the cultivation of the aforementioned hemp variety, does not fall within the scope of application of Law 242 of 2016\u2019, which exhaustively lists the products that may be marketed. Therefore, sale and marketing to the public of products derived from cannabis is an offence under the Italian drug control law \u2018unless the products are in practice devoid of narcotic effects\u2019 (\u2018privi di efficacia drogante\u2019). It is not yet known how this last phrase will be interpreted.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cortedicassazione.it\/cassazione-resources\/resources\/cms\/documents\/cannabis.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more (Italian, PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italy\u2019s highest court says low-THC cannabis cannot be sold On 30 May 2019, Italy\u2019s highest court, the Court of Cassation, published a note of information on the legality of selling low-THC cannabis. This followed attempts to prosecute entrepreneurs who were openly selling cannabis flower and other extracts. 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