Italy Suspends CBD ‘Narcotic’ Labeling Until January
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Italy’s Regional Administrative Court of Lazio (TAR) has ruled to suspend a decree that would make CBD oil a narcotic substance until January 16, 2024.
In early October, Business of Cannabis reported that the TAR of Lazio, the same regional court responsible for overturning a similar decree making hemp flower a narcotic in February, had suspended the decree until October 24.
This initial suspension has now been extended by nearly three months, with a new hearing to consider the decree’s merits to be held in mid-January following the submission of an appeal by the Ministry of Health.
According to the TAR of Lazio, there are no ‘established concrete dangers of inducing physical or mental dependence’ from CBD and there ‘does not appear to be, as things stand, any imminent risks for the protection of public health’.
It continued that this means “the conditions exist for suspending the contested measure, with the decision on the merits to be made shortly, due to the matter’s relevance, at the first public hearing available in the section’s calendar.”