Malta Officials To Confiscate HHC Products, UK’s Medical Marijuana Private Sector Booms, Germany Advances Licensing
Over the past several years, Europe has become more open-minded about medical and recreational marijuana. Here are some of the latest cannabis developments from Malta, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
Malta: Officials Will Confiscate HHC Products
Malta officials confirmed recently in a press conference that police and officials from the Superintendence of Public Health will start confiscating HHC products in the coming days, writes Times of Malta.
The ban on HHC products was recently confirmed by Joey Reno Vella,the CEO of Authority for the Responsible Use of Cannabis (ARUC). Reforms Junior Minister Rebecca Buttigieg said that “the ban means the shops must immediately cease importing HHC products.”
HHC is a semi-synthetic cannabinoid and a hydrogenated form of THC. To bypass the law and offer psychoactive products to buyers some chemists are using legal THC from hemp. Sellers of HHC products claim it provides euphoric sensations, but also mental and physical relaxation. HHC can be found in the form of dried flowers, resins, oils and vaping concentrates.
“I’m not usually keen on bans as I believe in the individual’s freedom to choose, but in this case, expert advice made it clear that banning the products was the safest option for all. It was dangerous to allow them to be sold on the market,” Buttigieg added.
ARUC-licensed cannabis associations were never permitted to manufacture or sell any HHC-infused products or market them, she said.
Vella highlighted that these products were “being sold in a manipulating way as a legal alternative to cannabis. …