Entheogens

The first medicinal cannabis company licensed in Greece has announced that it has completed its first export of product.

Tikun Olam, which runs a state-of-the-art facility in Kria Vrysi, outside Corinth, said the first overseas order was destined for Switzerland.

Its products have been available on prescription in the Greek market since March.

Police have uncovered a large cannabis plantation in a forest area near Tripoli in the Peloponnese. 

During a significant operation this week, authorities seized more than a ton of processed cannabis and 1,253 cannabis seedlings, each approximately 3.5 meters tall. The plantation covered around 35 acres. 

Researchers from five universities spread across the country have united forces and initiated a project to explore the effects of cannabis plants on schizophrenia, in an attempt to identify an active ingredient.

Three local residents—a man and two women—were arrested yesterday, Monday, September 23, at noon in Lamia for violations of drug laws and, in some cases, weapon laws.

Specifically, the man and one of the women were arrested because both in their possession and during a lawful search conducted at their home, the following were found and seized:

Greek police, with assistance from Israel, have arrested eight foreign nationals, dismantling a criminal ring that used yachts to traffic drugs from Europe to Israel.

The suspects, mainly from Israel and Ukraine, were arrested on Monday in Volos, central Greece, and appeared before a prosecutor on Wednesday, police said. Drug authorities are searching for more group members.

On the instructions of his Albanian stepfather and his Greek mother, a 16-year-old boy was going to water the hashish plantation they were cultivating in a rural area of the Municipality of Mylopotamos, who was arrested in the act by officers of the Rethymnon Narcotics Squad.

Several children hospitalized after consuming cannabis-laced biscuits have stabilized, with their conditions showing improvement, and doctors expect them to recover soon, BNT reports.

Initial findings on the effects of medicinal cannabis on Greek patients were presented at a recent conference

Two foreigners, aged 38 and 25, were arrested Tuesday afternoon in the Athenian district of Zografou for violating drug laws.

Police reported the suspects were apprehended on a Zografou street with 15 kilograms and 230 grams of processed cannabis, divided into 150 packages intended for immediate distribution.

As a part of research on medicinal plants in Bergama, İzmir's historic district where Galen once resided, academics are investigating the contributions of the renowned ancient Roman physician's prescriptions over the years.