On the night of July 31st, the government majority approved the amendment included in the Security Bill which equates the industrial hemp to the amazing one, inserting it into the Consolidated Law on Narcotics. But what does it mean?
Given that the amendment it has not yet entered into force, but must respect the entire legislative framework (House and Senate), if approved it would raze the entire hemp sector in Italy, made up of 3 thousand companies and almost 11 thousand workers.
Because the text doesn't just outlaw cannabis light, but all industrial hemp. As it would prohibit the production of inflorescences in general. E any hemp plant, even intended for industrial use for fiber or seed, still produces an inflorescence.
"The Meloni government has just killed the light cannabis sector in our country", he commented Riccardo Magi of +Europa. "In the throes of ideological fury, the government cancels an all-Italian supply chain, 11 thousand jobs. And they also think they have fought against drugs."
Hemp: an amendment that would destroy the entire Italian sector
"Despite the opposition of all the national agricultural associations, and not just those of hemp, which were united in condemning the measure - it happens that for the ideological will to limit this plant, we go to block the entire supply chain, banning the production and processing of the flower - stopping an entire agricultural sector and free enterprise", declared the lawyer Giacomo Bulleri a DolceVita Magazine.
And if this rule would prevent Italian companies from operating, consumers will be able to address the foreign market.
Because as established by the European Court of Justice in 2020, CBD cannot be considered narcotic and "uno Member State cannot prohibit marketing of cannabidiol (CBD) legally produced in another Member State".
In fact, the government's (unmotivated) move would be a sensational own goal. Because the hemp sector in Italy is worth an annual turnover of over 500 million euros.
But the response from the sector associations did not take long to arrive. Among all that of Canapa Sativa Italia (CSI), which "invites all operators in the legal hemp sector to participate in one collective complaint at the European Union against the Italian Government, due to amendment 13.6 to the Security Bill".
All the information to participate HERE.
