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Italy’s cannabis light market fears legal buzzkill

(27 Jun 2019) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4217815 IT'S BEEN CALLED ITALY'S "GREEN GOLD RUSH." BUT A RECENT COURT RULING THREATENS TO UNDO THE BUDDING INDUSTRY. SO-CALLED "CANNABIS LIGHT" IS LOW IN THE HIGH-INDUCING CHEMICAL THC, AND IT'S PUT ITALY ON THE INTERNATIONAL WEED MAP. HUNDREDS OF STORES ACROSS ITALY THAT SELL THE NON-BUZZY MARIJUANA HAVE CROPPED UP IN THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS. THAT'S WHEN A LAW WAS PASSED THAT WAS MEANT TO RESTORE THE COUNTRY AS A TOP PRODUCER OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP. HEMP AND MARIJUANA ARE BOTH CANNABIS PLANTS. THE DIFFERENCE IS THE THC. HEMP HAS ALMOST NONE. EUROPEAN UNION LAW ALLOWS NO MORE THAN 0.2% THC IN HEMP. BUT IN 2016, ITALY APPROVED A LAW ALLOWING MORE THAN THREE TIMES THAT AMOUNT TO OFFER FARMERS FLEXIBILITY DURING CULTIVATION. THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE WAS THE BIRTH OF THE "LIGHT CANNABIS" INDUSTRY. SHOPS SELL PRODUCTS THAT CONTAIN ABOUT 25 TIMES LESS THC THAN LOW-BUZZ MARIJUANA SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES. SINCE RECREATIONAL CANNABIS IS ILLEGAL IN ITALY, SHOPS LABEL THEM AS "COLLECTOR'S ITEMS" NOT INTENDED FOR CONSUMPTION. ITALY'S HIGH COURT LAST MONTH BANNED THE SALE OF ANYTHING DERIVED FROM CANNABIS THAT HAS A QUOTE "DOPING EFFECT." ONE DAY AFTER THE RULING, POLICE RAIDED THREE LIGHT CANNABIS SHOPS IN SOUTHERN ITALY. OFFICIALS CALLED IT A "PRECAUTIONARY SEIZURE" TO VERIFY THE CANNABIS DIDN'T HAVE A DOPING EFFECT. BUT INDUSTRY OFFICIALS WORRY IT'S THE START OF A WIDER CRACKDOWN. KRYSTA FAURIA ASSOCIATED PRESS Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...