First Insights From Swiss Pilot Cannabis Sales Show Shift To Safer Consumption Trend, Fewer Purchases At Illegal Market
The first data recorded from a pilot study on the controlled dispensing of recreational cannabis in the canton of Basel-Landschaft are now available.
This study, named the “Grashaus Projects,” is one of seven approved by the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH). The primary objective of these pilot projects is to understand the implications of regulated cannabis access. Insights derived will inform potential future cannabis regulations in Switzerland.
Under this pilot project set to last five years, cannabis stores opened in Allschwil in December with professional “budtenders”. These trained socialists are educating consumers on safer use and offering information and advice on various products, including dried flowers, hashish, edibles and extracts.
Sanity Group, a German entity and the sole non-Swiss company involved in the Swiss pilot projects brings the first data.
More than 700 people enrolled in the study, which is created to include up to 4,000 consumers, writes Cannabis Health. Approximately, 80% of participants are males and around a quarter …