France’s highest administrative court has temporarily overturned a ban on the sale of cannabidiol (CBD) flowers and leaves in France, less than a month after it was introduced by the government. This is just the latest stage in France’s convoluted history with cannabis.
A recent decision by the European Court of Justice which prevents France from classifying cannabis-derived products (CBD) as narcotics has led to dozens of CBD wellness shops springing up all over France.
As the French people are being asked whether they favour legalising cannabis for recreational purposes, half of the mayors in Paris region are in favour, a new survey shows.
A group of French economists have recommended legalising marijuana, arguing it would add billions to state coffers, but President Emmanuel Macron's government again ruled out letting recreational users get legally high.
Will France join the list of countries that allow cannabis for therapeutic purposes? For Prime Minister Édouard Philippe, it would be "absurd" to refrain from studying the possibility.
Paris prosecutors said Friday that three people have been charged over illicit drugs following raids on two shops at the centre of an "ultralight" marijuana craze.
An investigation has been opened into whether one of Paris' new cannabis-selling 'coffee shops', which have started popping up across the French capital, is operating within the law.
The French government announced on Thursday that it will slash fines on those caught smoking pot, despite cannabis use being on the rise in the country. Their aim is to lessen the work load on the overburdened police and the justice system.
Police in the French city of Lyon were left red faced after destroying a 400 square metre art installation that they mistook for an illegal cannabis plantation.
France will introduce a law by year's end that will end prison terms for cannabis use, although consuming the drug will
remain a criminal offence, a government spokesman said on Friday.
Customs officials seized more than seven tonnes of cannabis in three vehicles parked in an upmarket area of Paris, France's finance minister said on Sunday, in what is thought to be the biggest ever such haul in the capital.
A French supermarket butcher has been handed a suspended prison sentence after he gave his colleagues a cannabis-laced chocolate cake, a move that caused the shop to close and five people to be hospitalized.
A man in central France has been hauled in by the police after he reportedly gave out flyers advertising his product - together with a free sample of cannabis resin.
French police discovered nearly six tonnes of cannabis resin, known as hashish, in a villa in the southern city of Marseille and arrested three men, the interior ministry said on Monday.
