Canadian medical hashish exports expanded dramatically in 2024 amid the fast enlargement of markets throughout Europe.

Based on the newest figures from Well being Canada, which incorporates knowledge as much as June 2024, the primary six months of the yr noticed the very best quantity of medical hashish flower exports by some margin.

From January to June 2024, 67,475.28 kg of dried hashish flower was exported from Canada, a 98% enhance on the 34,115.13 kg bought within the first six months of 2023.

In March, one month forward of the enactment of Germany’s CanG hashish reform invoice, Canada exported a document 14,015 kg.

This dipped to eight,330 kg in April, earlier than rising to new information of 14,364 kg and 14,671 kg in Could and June, respectively.

Whereas the European increase continues to drive Canada’s export market ahead at tempo, its home medical hashish market is much less optimistic.

On one hand, the variety of medical shopper registrations with federally licensed sellers declined by 1% from March 2023 to June 2024, from 180,878 to 179,931, remaining comparatively secure.

Alternatively, registrations for private and designated cultivation of hashish for medical functions elevated by 6% over the identical interval, from 15,726 to 16,609.

Well being Canada has expressed concern over the rising common every day quantities licensed by healthcare practitioners for people registered for private or designated manufacturing.

Nationally, this common every day quantity has reached 34.6 grams per day, considerably increased than the two.4 grams per day licensed for these accessing hashish from federally licensed sellers.

This disparity has led to worries about potential misuse of the medical hashish framework and the danger of diversion to the illicit market.

In response to those considerations, Well being Canada has begun sharing knowledge with provincial and territorial medical regulatory authorities to help their oversight of authorizing practices.