In Basel, legal cannabis consumption has improved Stoners’ psyche. They had fewer depressive symptoms and fear, as the ‘weedcare’ study demonstrated. Addiction behavior also decreased.
The cannabis consumption itself remained the same among approximately 300 consumers. A total of 87 kilograms of cannabis was sold in Basel in the first two years. These would have a value of CHF 900,000 on the illegal market (the equivalent of around 945,000 euros). A third of them were products with a THC content of less than 13 percent. This is less than with usual products that are available on the black market.
The cannabis caring in the city of Basel was the first of its kind in Switzerland. Since September 2022, people who had already consumed drug genep and were able to legally buy cannabis products in various pharmacies. The gram cost between eight and twelve francs (equal to between 8.40 and 12.50 euros). Similar studies in Zurich, Lausanne, Bern, Biel and Luzern have now been launched.
The Basel Cannabis study runs until January 2027. A report is then drawn up. Cannabis products are officially only permitted in Switzerland if they contain less than one percent of the active ingredient THC. Such products have been available in stores since the summer of 2016. The acquisition, preparation and possession of cannabis is also impunity if the amount does not exceed ten grams.
Source: Krone
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