The Court of Cassation ruled en banc that selling leaves, flowers, oil and resin from industrial hemp falls outside Law 242/2016, whose permitted products are exhaustively listed, and is an offence unless the products are devoid of narcotic effect. The information note of 30 May 2019 followed prosecutions of shops openly selling cannabis-light flowers and extracts as collector items; judgment 30475 was filed on 10 July.[1][2]
Listed for context. No score change is recorded for Italy here.
References
- IDPC — Italy and Sweden, court decisions on low-THC cannabis products (1 August 2019, via EMCDDA)30 May 2019 information note; leaves, inflorescences, oil and resin outside Law 242/2016; offence unless devoid of narcotic effectsarchived
- ADVANT Nctm — Cannabis, even if light, is illegal (2 August 2019)Criminal Supreme Court en banc, judgment No. 30475, filed 10 July 2019archived
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