here is the decree for the authorization, from cultivation to trade
An expected decree, a year and a half from law on the matter. A step forward on the road to making operational a sector that has long been indicated as an investment opportunity. for theSan Marino Cannabis Control Agencyad hoc established within theHealth Authority, months of work which led, among other things, to independence from Italy with respect to the annual production quotas and therefore to a direct relationship with the INCB in Vienna, to which the single States are obliged to communicate annually the prediction of the need for drugs, and therefore of the respective share of cannabis, which one intends to produce for the following year. 14 articles designate the criteria for the authorization (it will be the same Control Agency to release it) for the cultivation, transformation, trade of hemp, semi-finished products, inflorescences and derivative medicines. They range from the rules on cultivation, with the obligation to describe the variety permitted by EU directives; the annual quantity to be produced; keeping a cultivation manual compliant with the European directives on “good cultivation and harvesting practices for medicinal plants”. Again, the characteristics of the systems, complete with an indication of the security systems authorized by Gendarmerie. Plants, which will be greenhouse with aero, hydro or aquaponics.
For processing: one asks, among other things. compliance with EU directives on good manufacturing standards, in addition to the presence of a conferment agreement for the supply of the starting plant material, as well as the authorization for a pharmaceutical workshop issued by a drug regulatory agency of the Union. For the wholesale trade of cannabis-based medicines, the opinion of the sale provided by the Health Authority will be needed. Monitored the entire production process which must be traceable, up to the sale, with the obligation of labeling and coding on the product packaging. The requirements of personal and professional integrity have also been defined for the owner of the company, the Technical Director, but also for the employees, with particular regard to any crimes against them in the field of narcotic substances.
Only a a step forward, it was said, but an important onealso in the direction of harmonizing legislation: it is the Director of the Authority himself, Claudio Muccioli to deem necessary a revision of the law, or alternatively new implementing decrees, with respect to an evolved context. In finance, we recall, the mandate is given, again by decree, to the regulation of the recreational use of cannabis, while it is still Muccioli who recalls how the San Marino law considers cannabidiol (CBD) as a narcotic substance, forbidding its use and sale in any form, unless prescribed by a doctor.