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Cannabis Europa 2024 Mainstage E3 | State of Play Session: Greece

Episode Summary

Recorded live at the Barbican Centre, June 2024.

Episode Notes

State of Play Session: Greece

Jacqueline Poitras, Director & Founder, MAMAKA - Mothers for Cannabis
Adonis Georgiadis, Minister of Health, Hellenic Republic
NIKOS BEIS, CEO & Vice President of the Board, Tikun Olam Europe
Ben Stevens, Editor, Business of Cannabis / Business of Cannabis | Europe

In February this year, Greece officially made medical cannabis available to patients for the first time, bringing a frustrating seven-year wait to an end. Now first medical cannabis products have been available to patients with a prescription in what the companies involved said marked ‘a new era for healthcare in Greece’. It follows a seven-year battle to make medical cannabis readily available to Greek citizens after Greece became one of Europe’s first countries to reschedule medical cannabis in 2017. With contributions from those instrumental in pushing this landmark legislation through, alongside the first movers in the fledgling market, the panel will explore the potential of this new European market for both businesses and patients #CE2024!

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