Man-Made Pot Isn’t a Drug, EU’s High Court Tells Germans
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Man-made pot got a boost after the European Union’s highest court thwarted German efforts to prosecute sellers of synthetic cannabis as peddlers of illegal medicines.
Synthetic cannabis sold in herbal mixtures doesn’t “have any immediate or long-term beneficial effects on human health” and can’t be classed as a medicinal product, the EU Court of Justice said in an e-mailed statement today.