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“Judges and public prosecutors have a particular role as representatives of the rule of law and are therefore bound by principles of personal integrity not only“. (Deutscher Richtverbund. Judicial Ethics In Germany.) (1) The impact of the Judiciary on Hemp and CBD trials Hemp and CBD prosecutions in Germany saw an unusual form of ‘rough justice’. Rather…

Industrial cannabis is not a narcotic German prosecutors insist hemp products are narotics even when The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs 1961 ( “The Single Convention”) – says it isn’t. The Single Convention is the law under which Germany and most other countries prosecute narcotics. The “intoxication clause”, contrary to EU law, allows German prosecutors…

Please remember the prosecution and subsequent bankruptcy of the company Green Pioneers was based on the ” intoxication clause”, a clause now described as “senseless” and soon to be deleted from German law. The intoxication clause has caused hundreds, possibly thousands of business closures across Germany resulting in lost taxes and jobs – and all…

Over the last few years many have been disappointed by the vicious hemp prosecutions in Germany. There is no other way to describe them – vicious and mean and even worse – unnecessary. Germany has not been a pioneer of the hemp industry, rather the opposite. Germany has been an unwilling and belligerent participant in…

Prosecutions for CBD continue in Germany. Even though the law is about to change. https://blog.signature-products.com/hemp-legislation-germany-nutzhanfliberalisierungsgesetz/ Author: Luisa Pfau July 18 2024 We have borrowed the article written by Luisa Pfau. We are hoping to provide information about industrial hempmfrom many and varied sources. We trust they do not object to our using their article. Article:…

Author: Jule Steinbrück for TOM HEMPS. We have borrowed this article from the popular Berlin CBD retailer Tom Hemps. It’s a nice article written by Jule Steinbrück– we try to bring a view of the hemp and CBD situation in Germany from various sources. We hope they don’t mind us using it. ARTICLE No pause…

Freedom of speech is alive and well in Germany. It says so on the Internet. In the Bunte Blüte CBD trial, a possible freedom of speech issue was identified by the Leipzig court, Bundesgerichtshof. An expert witness for the police was described by Bunte Blüte not as an expert, but as a ‘self proclaimed’ expert….

The clause which permits CBD to be criminalised and punished – will soon be removed. But it is still used to convict people even though it’s recognised as unjust. The ” intoxication clause” has not only been seen as unjust but “senseless”, and because of this the German politician, Cem Özdemir has promised it will…

This is a case in which a young woman with NO LEGAL TRAINING analysed EU law better than GERMANY’S HIGHEST COURT – changing English law in the process. EU law in England Before BREXIT CBD Flower Prosecution in England was governed by EU law. Below, we have a copy of the original transcript used by…