Giroud C, Broillet A, Augsburger M, Bernhard W, Rivier L, Mangin P
Institut Universitaire de Médecine Légale, Lausanne.
Praxis (Bern 1994). 1999 Jan 21;88(4):113-21.
In March 1995, a decision about cultivation of cannabis was issued by the Swiss Federal Offices of Public Health, Police and Agriculture in order to satisfy the growing interest of farmers and other people in hemp farming. It pointed out that 1)... each hemp plant contains THC and must be therefore considered a drug, 2)... no permission is required for those who grow hemp without the intention to produce drugs ... meaning that the choice of the plant variety was not restricted to those which are characterized by a low THC concentration and grown in a few countries belonging to the European Union. Claiming that natural hemp must contain significant amounts of THC and thanks to the Swiss legislation, areas dedicated to hemp cultivation develop considerably. Most hemp plants which are submitted to our laboratories by the police for THC quantification belong to the drug-type. Nowadays, a great deal of goods (food and beverages, cosmetics, drugs) made of hemp are marketed in Switzerland. Strong suspicions exist however that several of these products could be used as a screen for the illegal market of cannabis. For instance, despite financial support from the state, fiber hemp cultivation remains unsuccessful. No advantage with regard to seed productivity, edible seed and essential oils qualities and yields have been found for drug hemp over fiber hemp by agricultural research stations up to now. Several clues about the possible illicit use of hemp goods rich in THC, especially hemp tea made of flower tops and "therapeutic" pillows filled with cannabis exist. Recently, two Federal edits were issued in order to restrict the selling of hemp seedlings and of hemp foods and beverages to those containing only low amounts of THC. However, the marketing of hemp plants used for decorating remains free partly explaining the recent success of these "beautiful" plants. Broadly speaking, the Swiss and European legislations about hemp have approached mutually during the last years.
1995年3月，瑞士联邦公共卫生、警察和农业办公室发布了一项关于大麻种植的决定，以满足农民和其他人士对种植大麻日益增长的兴趣。该决定指出：1）……每株大麻植物都含有四氢大麻酚（THC），因此必须被视为毒品；2）……对于无意生产毒品而种植大麻的人无需许可……这意味着植物品种的选择并不局限于那些THC含量低且在少数几个欧盟国家种植的品种。由于声称天然大麻必定含有大量THC且得益于瑞士的立法，专门用于大麻种植的面积大幅增加。警方提交给我们实验室进行THC定量分析的大多数大麻植物都属于毒品类型。如今，瑞士市场上销售大量由大麻制成的商品（食品和饮料、化妆品、药品）。然而，人们强烈怀疑其中一些产品可能被用作大麻非法市场的掩护。例如，尽管有国家的财政支持，但纤维大麻的种植仍然不成功。到目前为止，农业研究站尚未发现毒品大麻在种子产量、可食用种子以及精油质量和产量方面比纤维大麻有优势。有若干线索表明，富含THC的大麻制品可能被非法使用，特别是由花顶制成的大麻茶以及填充大麻的“治疗用”枕头。最近，发布了两项联邦法令，以限制大麻幼苗以及THC含量低的大麻食品和饮料的销售。然而，用于装饰的大麻植物的销售仍然不受限制，这在一定程度上解释了这些“漂亮”植物最近为何大获成功。总体而言，瑞士和欧洲在过去几年中关于大麻的立法已逐渐趋同。
