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State Agency for Medical Cannabis

According to Act No. 167/1998 Coll., on Dependency Producing Substances, as amended, the State Institute for Drug Control performs the tasks of the State Agency for Medical Cannabis (hereinafter the “Agency”). The activities of the Agency include granting of licenses to grow medical cannabis, purchase of grown and harvested medical cannabis and its distribution, as well as export outside the Czech Republic, where relevant. In addition, according to the above mentioned act it also fulfils all reporting obligations towards the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic and the Police of the Czech Republic.