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Radio France Internationale
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Sarah Elzas

Medical marijuana still not legal in France, despite successful experiment

A cannabis processing plant run by the Moroccan company Biocannat. France's experiment with medical cannabis depends on products from overseas, as no French companies are able - or allowed - to make them. © Fadel Senna/AFP

When France began its first large-scale experiment with medical marijuana, the expectation was that it could lead to legalisation. But three years on the experiment is ending with no clear path forward, leaving hundreds of patients who took part in the study in limbo.

In 2021, Nadine Attal was on the scientific committee that was putting in place France’s first large-scale experiment with medical marijuana, recruiting patients, doctors and pharmacists to see how it could be prescribed and used in the health system.

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