Optimism after last week’s news did not last very long.  The Italian Senate just approved its version of the Italian Budget Law for 2020 (still subject to the Italian House of Representatives’ vote) striking out the amendment clarifying that products with THC contents under 0.5% should not be considered as having a doping or psychotropic effect.

This quick turnaround was likely due to the highly political nature of the debate surrounding the whole industry, which may have influenced the Senate’s final decision on light cannabis business and, on a very different field, may as well still impact on the slow progress of the increase of the Italian production of therapeutic cannabis.