{"id":28868,"date":"2022-03-03T13:09:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T13:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nukaseeds.cz\/?p=28868"},"modified":"2023-05-16T22:14:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T21:14:17","slug":"zurich-testing-marijuana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nukaseeds.cz\/en\/zurich-testing-marijuana\/","title":{"rendered":"Zurich to start testing recreational marijuana use this year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Switzerland will finally carry out a long-awaited pilot test examining recreational marijuana use.<\/h3>\n\n\n
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This was made possible by legislative changes last year. Swiss cities can now create their own marijuana markets<\/strong>, and what’s more conduct their own studies<\/strong> on the impact on citizens and user behaviour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project, dubbed Z\u00fcri Can<\/strong>, will begin in autumn 2022 and will test cannabis products with varying levels of THC and CBD. In order to ensure quality standards, producers must be authorised by the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health. The psychiatric clinic at the University of Zurich<\/a> has taken on the supervision of the experiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Swiss experiment will be closely watched<\/strong> around the world. Also because it is the result of a very rapid turnaround in public opinion and legislation, so that it follows the North American reform by about 7 years. In 2008, almost two-thirds of Swiss voters opposed the decriminalisation of marijuana for personal use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Positive (and negative) sides of the experiment <\/h2>\n\n\n
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At the moment, the public debate on recreational use is negative in the whole DACH region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland), and consequently in Europe as a whole. For this reason, any federal effort to regulate recreational use in these countries can be considered a success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, the plan for the Swiss experiment smacks a little of the lingering stigma of marijuana<\/strong>. Just the fact that psychiatrists are supervising the experiment. And another catch is that only “experienced” users<\/strong> are allowed to take part in the study. What exactly is an “experienced” user will be revealed by hair tests. A potential participant must show that he or she has smoked so much marijuana that it has left traces throughout the body, not just in the urine or blood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the aim of the study is clear:<\/p>\n\n\n\n