Greece bans buying and using dried hemp flower
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Greece bans retail sale ofbuying and using dried hemp flower
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Greece bans retail sale ofbuying and using dried hemp flower
Prescription pharmaceutical cannabis products. Hemp foods, cosmetics and supplements within set THC limits are legal, and the hemp limit rose from 0.2% to 0.3% THC in May 2026. The same law banned sellingprohibits retail sale, distribution, purchase and use by consumers of dried hemp flower to consumers, and aeven at 0.3% THC or less; an industrial-processing exception remains. Prescribed pharmaceutical cannabis is regulated separately. A July 2026 law banned smokable or vapable plant products with added cannabinoids.
docs/research/issue-corrections-186-204-2026-10-27.md +10 @@ -103,2 +103,12 @@ registration, accredited academic cannabis training and registered digital signa article 7 also requires bilateral informed consent. Removed the any-doctor opening. No new diagnosis-list restriction or numerical score change inferred. + +## #198 — Greek consumer-side dried hemp prohibition + +Read Law 5302/2026 article 43(2), reproduced by Taxheaven, lines naming purchase +and use by consumers and the industrial-processing exception. The AADE landing +page itself did not expose the statute text. Profile now names consumer activities, +keeps dried flower (≤0.3% THC) distinct from food/cosmetics and prescribed medicines, +and preserves the industrial exception. Existing May 2026 history already described +buying/using correctly; clarified its title. No unverified criminal tariff inferred. +No score change: ordinary non-medical consumption remains unlawful in its existing band.
scripts/profile-claims.test.mjs +9 @@ -413,2 +413,11 @@ test('REPROCANN requires qualified, digitally registered prescribers (#197)', () for (const rule of ['REFEPS','accredited academic training','digital signature','bilateral informed consent']) assert.ok(ar.includes(rule),rule); }); + +// Issue #198 +test('Greek dried hemp restrictions cover consumers and preserve product scope (#198)', () => { + const gr = country('gr').context.products.text; + assert.match(gr, /purchase and use by consumers of dried hemp flower/); + assert.match(gr, /industrial-processing exception/); + assert.match(gr, /Prescribed pharmaceutical cannabis is regulated separately/); + assert.match(events().find(e=>e.id==='greece-hemp-flower-ban-2026').description, /consumers buying or using/); +});