Our interest: THC

Many people use THC containing products medicinally or recreationally. But hash and weed are still illegal. Therefore, THC users face a variety of problems. We, the Legalize it! association, help people who use THC products with legal questions. For this purpose we offer personal consultations and written information.

We follow the political development surrounding hemp in Switzerland and publish our evaluations of it. Ultimately, we want to achieve the complete legalization of hemp - even if the path there remains long.

Our main topics can be reached via the six headings in the navigation at the top of the page (or in the hamburger menu on your cell phone). The quick navigation leads to the respective sub-topics of a main topic (here to the latest news from our association, the prosecution and politics). Below you will find all current information from the Legalize it! association.

News

12.01.2026 – Here's to a new one!

After some vacation days and administrative work, we are available again as usual: Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays (in the afternoon) you can reach us by telephone (079 581 90 44).

The next dates:

Member Meeting Politics: Friday, February 6
Association meeting 2026: Friday, March 20
CannaTrade: May 29 to 31

16.12.2025 – Winter break office from December 22 to January 9

Our office will be closed for the vacations from December 22 to January 9.
It is now time for our winter break, during which we want to recharge our batteries for 2026 and carry out various preparatory work – this is the only way we can stay on top of our topics.
During this time, we will not be able to take any calls or provide legal advice. We will try to answer inquiries by e-mail – but more complex inquiries will not be answered until January 12.
From January 12, you can reach us again as usual on Monday, Tuesday and Friday (in the afternoon): 079 581 90 44 or li@hanflegal.ch

We wish everyone happy winter days and a happy new year!

09.12.2025 – Magazine Legalize it No. 108 is published & No. 107 is online

These days, our members have received the latest issue 108 of our magazine Legalize it!
The winter issue mainly contains an overview of the draft Cannabis Products Act (CanPG). On eight pages you'll find a summary and our position plus information on consumption, cultivation/production, sale and the incentive tax – with both positive and negative points clearly outlined.
Other topics include the 25th anniversary of the CannaTrade hemp trade fair and our association meeting.

We have also published another issue of our magazine Legalize it! as PDF. The Issue 107 is now available for download both as a whole and as individual articles in the Politics, Justice and Scene sections. The current issue (#108) is still reserved for our members.

03.12.2025 – 30 years of Sven as secretary – Thanks to all!

I started as secretary of our association in January 1996. I was 26 years young. It was the time of the scented bags (hemp herb not for narcotics production) and the hemp shops. It was also the beginning of the last big political cycle that wanted to make hemp legally available in Switzerland. After a wild period with hundreds of hemp shops, this approach failed in 2004 because the National Council simply did not want to debate it. Then came the dark years, as I call them: repression, repression, repression.

I have experienced a lot in these 30 years: What prosecution can do, what is (not) legally possible. Also the introduction of the fixed penalties for observed consumption, the fight for exemption from punishment for small quantities, the hemp seed prosecutions from 2015, the gradual easing of restrictions for medicinal hemp and the start of the pilot projects, where we run a dispensary and I received a license to sell legally. The next big political cycle is now underway and I'm very excited to see where it leads!

I have been able to help many people: With our Shit happens on the legal situation and our legal information on hanflegal.ch. In addition, there were countless personal consultations on how to deal with repression, where I was able to explain the legal situation to many people and help them to make better statements or develop a different, less conspicuous way of dealing with hemp. It was also very satisfying that we managed to clarify the non-confiscability of a small quantity before the Federal Court.

There have also been many very difficult moments in these 30 years. Financially in particular, it was always extremely tight. But we have avoided these pitfalls every time, albeit by the skin of our teeth. I would like to thank all our members for this: for their membership fees and donations. I would especially like to thank the members who dug deep into their own pockets and helped out with large donations at times of crisis. None of this would have been possible without you!

I am now 56 years old. Will we manage to legalize it by the time I retire? It's not certain that the CanPG will pass. But maybe at least part of it will come into force? It will remain interesting in any case. It would be nice if we could finally consign this wretched prohibition regime to the dustbin of history. It's about time!

25.11.2025 – Want an anti-Black Friday special? 🌀

 This Friday, November 28, the Super-Crazy-Early-Bird day ticket for the CannaTrade 2026 is available for CHF 15. 🎟️💥

Instead of making the ticket even cheaper, the CannaTrade has come up with the following: half of the proceeds will be donated to Legalize it! to support the campaign for progressive cannabis policy in Switzerland. 🌿🇨🇭✨

Get your ticket and set an example - for the cannabis legalization! 💚✊

Here you can buy the Super Crazy Early Bird day ticket (on 28.11.25) 🔗

18.11.2025 – Thoughts on fall

Autumn is coming to an end, it's getting cold. The plants outside have been harvested, most of them have probably already dried. I hope only a few have run into legal problems. Repression is a lot weaker than it used to be, even though it still affects thousands of people every year.

Some harvests are now legal: the production for the pilot trials is a first sign that the entire use of hemp could become legal. The draft Cannabis Products Act CanPG is now available. Even if it proposes a very cumbersome regulation: The entire process from cultivation to sale would thus be legally possible.

The evaluation of the consultation responses will show next year whether majorities can be found for this. In any case, nothing is in the bag yet. I hope that everyone will manage to work towards its success. Even if not everyone likes everything.

Ultimately, the CanPG will only be one step towards legalization, albeit an extremely important one. A few more steps will have to follow. It is a long process to leave the decades-old ban behind us.

11.11.2025 – Companies and associations

We list company members on our company list: both here electronically and in our magazine Legalize it! on paper. We are happy to offer exchange membership to associations.

Now the gift-giving season is upon us. We ask you to consider companies that support us at first!

03.11.2025 – Our statements on the CanPG

We have uploaded our consultation response, which concludes the first part of the political process for us.

You can find our detailed response in the original table, the summary of our amendment requests and our short version at hanflegal.ch/canpg.

29.09.2025 – Deadline extended until 2027

The consultation on the Cannabis Products Act is currently underway, but the deadline for dealing with the 20.473 issue would actually expire at the end of September 2025. On September 26, the National Council has now extended the deadline, leaving time until September 2027.

22.09.2025 – Paying without guilt

Today an extremely special story from road traffic. It shows that even if you don't consume anything, you still have to pay high costs if the police have suspicions: A driver is checked, all tests are negative, medical examination positive, but costs of around 1,500 francs and the legal expenses insurance doesn't really want to take action…

But read for yourself: Road traffic: Paying without guilt. A really unpleasant story!

16.09.2025 – Initial conclusion

Last Saturday, we discussed the draft Cannabis Products Act from 12 noon to 7 pm.

The provisions on consumption are pretty good: consumption is free, possession and cultivation are legal with limits. However, the maximum of three plants and cultivation only in one's own home is restrictive.

Commercial cultivation and production is possible with a permit, as is already the case today for pilot projects. The first big catch is the sale: this will only be possible with a license, which is very restrictive. A company receives a permit if it meets the conditions. A license, on the other hand, can be refused even if the conditions are met.

The biggest problem, however, is the level of the incentive tax: this is determined and adjusted by the Federal Council in an ordinance. The amount is therefore not laid down in the law. However, there is an illustrative table in the report that contains such high rates that a gram of weed or hash with 20 % THC would cost over 20 francs. This is hardly a serious threat to the black market (and, incomprehensibly, this goal is not mentioned anywhere in the law).

We are now working on our consultation response in detail until the end of September.

29.08.2025 – Consultation on the Cannabis Products Act

The documents have now been published. The following documents are available to read (in German, French is also available):

Draft Cannabis Products Act

Explanatory report

The consultation homepage contains links to further documents

There are currently no drafts of the ordinances that would contain important clarifications.
Everyone should read the texts as quickly as possible and give feedback if they are interested. What do you think is good, what is bad? In which direction should our consultation response go?

26.08.2025 – Current documents on the criminal prosecution

Many people cannot imagine being involved in criminal proceedings for THC. Most of the time, everything goes well: be it consumption, sale, driving… However, well over 10,000 people are involved in such criminal proceedings for hemp every year. We have posted some current documents from 2025 that show how such criminal proceedings can end.

We are always interested in documents (summary penalty orders, decrees, protocols, investigations and experience reports). Because the law is one thing, but the actual implementation can only be seen in the sentencing orders issued by the public prosecutor's offices. You are welcome to email them to us, bring them to us or send them to us via WhatsApp or Threema (see the information in the footer of this page).

18.08.2025 – Two years of Hanfstübli

On August 22, 2023, we started selling cannabis to our study participants. In the past two years, we have sold over 32 kilograms of different varieties weed and hash - guaranteed clean (laboratory-tested) and from Swiss organic cultivation!

Our picture shows the strains currently available. We now have over 130 members and can take on a few more people (from the city of Zurich). The trial will run until at least October 2026, with the aim of extending it for a further two years.

We report on our findings on an ongoing basis in the magazine Legalize it!, most recently in Magazin Legalize it!, zuletzt in issue 104 (Winter 24/25). For registration and further information: Hanfstübli

12.08.2025 – Our new meeting room

Since the end of 2024, we have been able to rent a meeting room right next door to our office space in an open-plan office. After a few purchases (computer, projector, table, chairs, coffee machine and, most recently, a fan to combat the summer heat), it is now almost fully equipped.

This dedicated room is very well suited for legal consultations, political meetings, discussions with the media, quiet reflection and vaporizer consultations. We can also connect participants there online, for which we have a special device with a microphone and 360-degree camera. In recent months, Fabian has also digitized our archive there (over 8,000 documents).

We are very happy about these new possibilities and thank the Hanfstübli for taking over the rent!

30.07.2025 – Parliamentary initiative: start of the consultation process

On July 3-4, the National Council's Social Security and Health Committee (SSHC-N) once again discussed the draft for a new Cannabis Products Act (business 20.473). It has now completed its work and the consultation process is due to begin at the end of August.

It is asking the National Council to extend the deadline for dealing with the matter by a further two years (press release). We will post the links for the PDFs on our hanflegal.ch website as soon as we know them.

Our policy group will meet in both August and September to begin formulating our consultation response.

Become a member and help shape the future of Swiss cannabis policy!

We wish everyone a great rest of the summer!

26.06.2025 – Open letter to the SSHC

Together with MedCan, we have sent an open Letter to the Commission for Social Security and Health of the National Council(SSHC-N).

We are pleased about the growing cooperation between MedCan and Legalize it! and hope that the committee will pass a workable bill at the end of next week. We are all very excited!

06.05.2025 – Pilot project also in Aargau!

A cannabis pilot project should also be set up in Aargau. This is the demand of a petition by the Young Liberals: Cannabis Pilotprojekt jetzt! We hope you will sign the petition and that it will meet with a positive response.

It's quite extraordinary that a large proportion of the cannabis for the pilot projects is grown in Aargau, but no such project is planned there.

13.04.2025 – Narcotics statistics 2024: Preview

The Federal Statistical Office (FSO ) had already published the narcotics statistics (BMS) for 2024 at the end of March. In the meantime, we have been able to update our documents and in Legalize it! No. 106 we will publish a first article with these figures. As has been the case for years, this will be a general overview with initial estimates. A more specific analysis of, for example, the differences in the prosecution of weed and hashish is planned for the fall (LI107).
But this much can already be revealed at this point: The figures have fallen by around three quarters since the highs in 2015 – but there were still just under 15,000 criminal offenses reported in Switzerland in 2024! And this is without the figures from the fixed penalties published by the FSO only up to 2021. This means that 40 cannabis-related offenses are still reported every day in this country! The future will show how far these figures will fall before the trough or legalization is reached.

Become a member and stay up to date – also with regard to repression and how to avoid it!

You can find the archive of all contributions in the section Association.