Medicinal cannabis becomes a permanent scheme
Official title (in Danish): Lov om ændring af lov om forsøgsordning med medicinsk cannabis og om ordning for dyrkning, fremstilling m.v. af medicinsk cannabis (Permanent ordning med medicinsk cannabis og genfremsættelse efter notifikation for Europa-Kommissionen)
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What changes:
- The act makes the scheme for medicinal cannabis permanent and changes the name of the act to "Act on the Scheme for Medicinal Cannabis".
- The act covers the cultivation and production of cannabis products for export and for treating people in Denmark.
- Who: The rules apply to companies with a licence from the Danish Medicines Agency that produce, distribute or import cannabis products, and to pharmacies and hospital pharmacies that produce and supply cannabis end products. Patients receive the products on a doctor's prescription. The Danish Medicines Agency grants the licences for production, distribution and import.
- When: The Act entered into force on 1 January 2026.
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The case at the Danish Parliament (ft.dk)
Source: Retsinformation.dk
Translated from Danish · The Danish version and the original source apply.
Summary by the Danish Parliament (in Danish)
Regeringen (Socialdemokratiet, Venstre og Moderaterne) indgik den 28. november 2024 en aftale med Socialistisk Folkeparti, Liberal Alliance, Danmarksdemokraterne, Enhedslisten, Dansk Folkeparti og Alternativet om at gøre forsøgsordningen med medicinsk cannabis permanent. Lovforslaget implementerer aftalen. Patienter, som oplever en positiv effekt af behandling med medicinsk cannabis, vil dermed fortsat kunne få ordineret medicinsk cannabis af deres læge. De praktiserende læger kan styrke patientsikkerheden ved at ordinere medicinsk cannabis frem for at overlade patienterne til det illegale cannabismarked. Patienternes behandlingsmuligheder med medicinsk cannabis sker inden for ordnede rammer i sundhedsvæsenet. Patienterne kan fortsat få tilskud ved køb af medicinsk cannabis, og tilskuddet videreføres i uændret form. Lovforslaget indebærer, at det bliver muligt at anvende bekæmpelsesmidler i dyrkningen af cannabis til medicinsk brug. Det bliver også muligt for erhvervet at importere medicinsk cannabis fra andre EU-/EØS-lande til videre forarbejdning, så virksomhederne kan importere til det danske marked og til videre eksport. Det foreslås, at loven træder i kraft den 1. januar 2026.
Source: Folketinget (ft.dk). Reproduced unchanged.
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- Introduced · 6 February 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: Fremsat
- Passed · 24 April 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: 3.beh./Vedtaget
- Stadfæstet · 6 May 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
- In force · 1 January 2026Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet