After the news we saw earlier today  I just came across this on Linked in penned by Lukas Hurt publisher of magazine, Konopi & Cannabis Therapy Magazine

Contact Lukas here, he obviously knows hios onions…. https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukas-hurt-a9565815/

He writes

Recently, I’ve been approached by quite a few companies asking me again to help them sell HHC or establish their semi-synthetic businesses in #Czechia. It seems there’s a significant misunderstanding regarding recent legislative changes in Czech drug policy, which lead to the creation of new category of so-called psychomodulatory substances.

To clarify, this new piece of legislation (which has just passed 3rd reading in the Chamber of Deputies, but still needs to be voted on in Senate and then signed by the president) is rather general and does not mention ANY specific substances. Instead, there will be a comprehensive list created and attached, and each discussed substance will have to undergo rigorous scientific and medical reviews. A governmental body (still not clear which one) will then decide if this given substance (kratom, HHC or god knows what) will fall under the new legislation (i.e. become strictly regulated) or remain banned narcotic, as HHC currently is! And what sources close to government keep whispering is that exactly this may actually happen – HHC could stay banned “forever” because of its undeniable psychoactive effects.

It’s been quite tiresome to explain this repeatedly in messages, so I’m publishing this post to shed some light on the subject. Please understand that while the new concept of psychomodulatory substances is quite revolutionary in terms of drug policy, it does not mean that HHC is again legal in Czechia.

Also, what I am focusing on with all my energy now is trying to free the herb from the shackles of prohibition, and I don’t really care for semisynthetic cannabinoids and similar stuff.

125 cannabis convicts released from prison As of: May 5, 2024 according to the following report

https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/cannabis-haftentlassungen-100.html

Anyone serving a sentence for cannabis offenses can hope for leniency after partial legalization.

At least 125 people have already been released from prison. This was the result of a request from the ARD capital studio.

Moritz Rödle By Moritz Rödle, ARD Berlin The new cannabis law has been in force for a month. It regulates the partial legalization of cannabis and also includes an amnesty for offenses that would no longer be criminal offenses under current law.

As a result of this new regulation, at least 125 people across the country have been released from prison. This emerges from a request from the ARD capital studio to all federal states. For example, there were 24 prison releases in Bavaria, 13 in Rhineland-Palatinate and two in Lower Saxony.

The Ministry of Justice in North Rhine-Westphalia only announced figures for the area of the Hamm Public Prosecutor’s Office. Accordingly, 50 people were released from prison there.

However, the number can also increase across Germany because some federal states have not yet completed the review of the procedures in question.

Also see this Business of Cannabis report saying 216K cases have already been reviewed

https://businessofcannabis.com/speedy-amnesty-for-cannabis-convictions-in-germany/?utm_medium=email&_hsmi=87474669&utm_content=87474669&utm_source=hs_email