Germany Adopts MMJ Program
December 10th, 2008 by Perry
Joining Canada, Israel, Holland and the United States, Germany just became the fifth country to adopt a medical marijuana program. So far only a handful of patients have been certified by the government’s program, which will distribute medical marijuana grown by the Dutch, for special cases only.
The International Association for Cannabis as Medicine reports only four patients will receive actual marijuana buds, while several others will be eligible for a liquid extract form of THC.
The German program is similar in size to the United States federal program which has been around for over 30 years, but closed to new applicants since March 1992. Only four surviving patients remain, and continue to receive pot from the U.S. government. Since 1996, 13 states have ignored a federal ban on medical marijuana, passing laws allowing its use.
For more information about federal MMJ programs in the four other countries that allow it:
