Spain was one of the first European countries to decriminalise the personal use and cultivation of cannabis for self-consumption. However, while cannabis is used by individuals and the regulation of cannabis consumption in Spain is fairly liberal, Spanish patients can’t access medical cannabis legally.
Spain does not have an official government medical cannabis program and the prescription and commercialisation of medical cannabis are still illegal in Spain. When recently questioned about the absence of a medical cannabis program by a member of the Congress of Deputies, Josune Gorospe, a government spokesperson responded that the level of “available evidence” is “insufficient to recommend its generalised (medical) use”.
Spanish law does not state the difference between recreational and medical cannabis use. This means that if a patient needs medical cannabis that contains above 0.2% THC, they can’t acquire an official prescription (as it is not permitted for physicians…
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