Report from Chemnitz Just a short walk from the imposing Karl Marx monument in Chemnitz —a 7-meter-high bronze head—sits a smaller sign of social change: Founded in 2022, Klub Karl is one of Germany’s first Cannabis Social Clubs (CSCs), but it can not grow a single plant yet, due to administration process. What the club […]
Be Part of the Green Shift: Professional Training for Germany’s Cannabis Clubs
Germany’s cannabis sector is entering a new era. With the regulation of Cannabis Clubs underway, the time has come to educate and professionalize those who will lead this transformation. Join us on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in Berlin for “Be Part of the Green Shift: Professional Training for Germany’s Cannabis Clubs”—a unique event that brings […]
Malta and Cannabis: Changes on the horizon
Malta set to decriminalize up to 7 grams of cannabis and to allow the establishment of Cannabis Associations. In the past weeks, the Government of Malta tabled a Bill in the Maltese House of Representatives detailing a plan for a partial decriminalised system for the adult personal non-medical use of cannabis. Bill No. 241 to […]
Recommendations for regulating the recreational use of cannabis in the European Union
TEMPLATE LETTER TO THE MEPs Situational analysis Every week, 90.2 million European citizens risk being sold a synthetic cannabis product or cannabis contaminated with pesticide and other harmful substances. Every day, criminal organisations continue to strengthen their market monopoly. Every hour, 1% of European citizens risks being arrested by the police. Rationale The […]
Rolling into the future: Recreational cannabis legislation in the EU
Dear friends and members, On Monday 19th of April at 10.30 (CET) we are inviting you to watch the conference organised by MEP Cyrus Engerer and ENCOD about the future of recreational use of cannabis in the European Union. At the conference, we will look into the different kinds of policies currently in place across […]
Freispruch für den Cannabis Social Club Maribor wegen Drogenhandels in Slowenien
Anfang 2015 überfiel die Polizei den CSC Maribor auf der Grundlage einiger Berichte eines oder mehrerer Bürger, die besagten, dass Sanjin Jašar Cannabis verkaufe und kranke Menschen glauben mache, dass Cannabis eine Heilung für ihre Krankheit sei. Die Polizei fand etwa 7 Kilo Cannabis, 200 ml THC und CBD-Extrakt, 44 Pflanzen und Geräte für 6 […]
Encod and the Italian Draft of the Parliamentary Intergroup Legal cannabis
A personal note from Enrico Fletzer Some of our Italian Encod members have asked the Steering Committee to comment on the first parliamentary proposal of more then 300 Members of the Italian Senate and of the Chamber of Deputies where the proposal is numerically at the strongest with about 220 subscribers.
Sell cannabis to over-18s in licensed shops, says Lib Dem panel
8 March 2016
Verdict Mambo Social Club raises more questions than answers
6 February 2016 Press release of Trekt Uw Plant
Vonnis Mambo Social Club roept meer vragen op dan het beantwoordt
6 februari 2016 Persverklaring van Trekt Uw Plant