2023 has been a milestone year for European cannabis. Europe’s first fully legal adult-use cannabis stores have opened in Switzerland. The first Cannabis Harm Reduction Associations have been licensed in Malta.

The general authorisation of medical cannabis has moved a step closer with the French government granting it temporary status for five years – and scope for this to be renewed indefinitely.

The Assembly of French Polynesia recently voted to repeal the law of January 5, 2023, which aimed to pave the way for the legalization of therapeutic cannabis .

Following months of uncertainty and doubt, thousands of medical cannabis patients in France can now breathe a sigh of relief after the government finally confirmed that access to their treatment will continue.

The youngest prime minister France has ever known, openly gay and who admits to having used cannabis, that obviously doesn't happen every four mornings.