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Six months after legislation was passed for its medicinal use, there is a massive shortage of cannabis in Germany’s pharmacies. The five Tweed strains sold out weeks ago, and the earliest delivery date is a week away.
Numerous media reports confirm that shortages mean supply to cannabis patients cannot be guaranteed, a good six months after medicinal cannabis was legalised. Currently, only small stocks of the Pedanios 22/1 strain remain available. However, the current batch contains seeds, and so has only 19.5 rather than the standard 22% THC. The Dutch medicinal cannabis producer Bedrocan cannot meet total demand either, and some of its six strains are simply not available. Patient forums say that only pharmacies that have pre-stocked cannabis have any chance of supplying to patients.
Bedrocan states that supply shortages are not because of lack of availability of their products, but for bureaucratic reasons:
“The German Federal Government has asked the Dutch government to supply 700 kg of cannabis this year. The Dutch…
