Berlin German authorities say they expect to have a cannabis-growing program up and running in 2019 after the country approved legislation allowing some patients to get the drug as a prescription medication.
Germanys Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices said Friday that its setting up a cannabis agency to oversee the growing program. It plans to solicit bids from throughout the European Union to find companies to run it.
The programs first cannabis is expected to be available in 2019. Until then, prescriptions will be fulfilled with imported marijuana, which currently comes from the Netherlands and Canada.
The government has stressed Germanys new rules dont mean marijuana will be legal for non-medical purposes.
Patients in Germany previously had to seek special authorization to use the drug. About 1,000 people did so.
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