CBD in Slovenia

Slovenia: Medical cannabis – production of which is expected to be state-organised – is among the plans in the programme of the new coalition government formed after the parliamentary elections of 24th April, according to local press. Slovenia currently allows medical cannabis, but lacks a specific regulatory framework that addresses the production and sale, which is governed by rules on medicinal products.

Slovenia: A bill amending the Drugs Production and Trafficking Act was rejected in the Health Committee of the National Assembly, according to local press reports. The bill would have replaced the entirety of the cannabis plant, including hemp, on the narcotics list with the definition of cannabis enshrined in the 1961 UN Convention on Narcotic Drugs and would have increased the maximum THC permitted in hemp cultivated for industrial purposes from 0.2% to 1%. During the debate, the state secretary expressed the government’s opposition to the bill, arguing that the bill was a disguised attempt to legalise cannabis and that it would serve as a backdoor for the use of cannabis for recreational purposes.