Germany imported a record of roughly 41 tons (37.2 tonnes) of medical cannabis during the first quarter of 2025.
That’s nearly 4.6 times the quantity that Germany imported in the same quarter last year, according to the nation’s Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM).
Germany imported most of its medical cannabis products – around 17.7 tons (16.1 tonnes) – from Canada in the first quarter.
A member of the European Union (EU), Germany is likely the largest medical cannabis market in the world because it’s easy for patients to get a prescription, according to Niklas Kouparanis, co-founder and CEO of the Frankfurt-headquartered Bloomwell Group.
“We are on track for 150 tons of cannabis to be imported into Germany for medical and scientific purposes by 2025,” Kouparanis said in a statement.
“The German model thus serves as a model for the entire EU in how to ensure safe, reliable and digitally powered access to medical cannabis and, above all, how successfully transform an illegal patient care system into a legal one on a large scale.”
After Friedrich Merze won the election for chancellor in February, Germany’s conservative and center-left parties agreed to form a new government in April that would likely leave the country’s progressive marijuana policies intact.
Germany legalized adult-use cannabis in February 2024, and the law allowed, among other things:
- Adults to possess up to 25 grams of marijuana and cultivate up to three plants per household.
- Set the stage for the opening of “cannabis cultivation clubs” – nonprofit organizations where members can be provided marijuana for recreational use.
