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return to the status quo in place before
the test program began. That means all
coffee shops would need to reconnect
with their illicit sources of cannabis.
Some other European countries also
but the overall market remains tiny. (See
chart " Sales of Medical Cannabis Under
the Danish Pilot Program. " )
During that six-month period, fewer
are moving forward with measures
that could legalize recreational
marijuana. Switzerland is preparing a
comparable, limited pilot project. And
the government of Luxembourg has
promised full legalization within the
current legislative period.
DENMARK
2019 Population: 5.8 million
2019 GDP: $348.1 billion
2020 Projected GDP (% Change):
-6.5%
Sources: World Bank and International
Monetary Fund
Denmark's recently launched medical
cannabis pilot program so far has
generated lackluster sales. And there's
little indication the situation will
improve.
than 350 patients per quarter received
one or more prescriptions for cannabis
products included in the pilot scheme.
Doctors wrote an average of 250
The pilot began in January 2018 and is
expected to finish at the end of 2021.
Unless the number of approved
products and patients' access to medicine
increase, the data collected from the trial
will likely be too small to justify making
definitive reforms.
That could have negative implications
for the experiment's renewal or the
approval of legislation providing access to
medical cannabis in Denmark. Moreover,
cannabis opponents in neighboring
countries could use the lackluster results
to lobby against major cannabis reform.
Sales in the first quarter of 2020 grew
slightly over the fourth quarter of 2019,
Sales of Medical Cannabis Under the Danish Pilot Program
prescriptions per month for medical
cannabis during the same time frame.
That's far fewer than were written in
mid-2019, when the pilot program
was at its sales peak with about 1,000
patients receiving 1,800 prescriptions
per quarter.
The number of patients sharply
declined in the second half of 2019 and
has not shown any signs of regaining
previous levels.
Only four medical cannabis products
were available in Denmark as of
mid-2020: Three varieties of Bedrocan
flower imported from the Netherlands
and one form of capsules sold by Aurora
Cannabis of Alberta, Canada.
Source: The Danish Health and Medicines Agency's database of health data (eSundhed) and Marijuana Business Daily estimates
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