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No to the CBD. A Dijon "coffee shop", selling products derived from cannabis, was searched on Tuesday the day after its opening and its manager placed in police custody, it was reported Wednesday to the public prosecutor. Police intervened on Tuesday around 17:00 and the manager, a man of 23 years was put in custody for "detention, transport, offer or transfer of narcotics", said the public prosecutor in Dijon, Éric Mathais, confirming Information from Good Public .
The shop, which announced on Facebook its opening on Monday, proposed products based on cannabidiol (CBD), displaying a rate supposed to be authorized THC (component of cannabis
"Narcotics"
Investigators seized cannabis herb, oil, syrup, pollen, and crystals, a majority of which reacted positively to a THC test. "So these are really narcotics," said the prosecutor at the end of the day in a statement. The suspect, who was to be presented to an investigating judge, "has already been the subject, between 2011 and 2015 of convictions, including for offenses against the legislation on narcotics," said the statement.
The Prosecutor's Office opened a judicial inquiry and "solicited placement under judicial control of the manager, including the prohibition to exercise the professional activity related to the offenses and (…) the closure of the shop for a period of 6 months "
Gray area of the law
The police recently increased, throughout France, searches of establishments that market these products taking advantage of a legal uncertainty that allows the CBD when the THC content does not exceed 0.2%. In mid-June, the Minister of Health Agnès Buzyn warned that its services would clarify this "gray area of the law."
But according to the parquet of Dijon, which promises to diligently "systematically investigations to verify the respect of the law within such shops ", the threshold of 0.2% only concerns the cultivation of hemp and" the finished product can (…) never contain THC, even below 0.2% ".
With 700,000 daily cannabis smokers according to official figures, France ranks among the largest users of cannabis in Europe: 22% of 15-34 year olds smoked at least one "joint" in 2016, according to the most recent study on the subject
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