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Hemp 🇧🇬 Bulgaria

Bulgaria's parliament rejects a bill on processing hemp

A bill by Rosen Kosturkov of the Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria alliance to amend the drug control act and allow industrial hemp to be processed was defeated at first reading by 81 votes to 49, with 31 abstentions. Only his own alliance voted for it. Farmers may grow licensed hemp but may process only the stems and seeds.[1][2]

Listed for context. No score change is recorded for Bulgaria here.

References

  1. BTA — Bill allowing industrial hemp processing rejected (10 April 2024)archived
  2. Schoenherr / Mondaq — Growing cannabis in Bulgaria, legal but still stigmatised (30 July 2019)archived

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