This past weekend, I was finally able to attend the renowned International Cannabis Business Conference (ICBC) here in Barcelona, Spain. The event had been cancelled for two consecutive years due to the pandemic.
I attended interesting panels on everything from cannabis 3.0, to cannatech, to the current challenges of cannabis clubs in Spain. I want to focus on that latter issue today, and the related questions of 1) whether cannabis should be available for the public instead of through exclusive licensing and exporting processes; and 2) how Spanish regulation of cannabis would treat legacy cannabis operators and production. I’ll also touch on cannabis legalization in Europe more generally.
New draft bill of Integral Regulation and Control of Cannabis
The new draft bill of Integral Regulation and Control of Cannabis in Adults (122/000169 Proposición de Ley de regulación integral y control del cannabis en personas adultas), was presented on October 15, 2021, for debate and enactment in the Spanish Congress by the Confederal Group of UP-ECP-GEC.
As discussed here on this blog many times (here, here and here), Spain has a thriving cannabis culture with a great commercial potential. There is also much public support for legalization.
Unfortunately, Spain has no
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