Security Decree and CBD: what is really happening?

By Isabella Torta

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May 2025 Update – The new Security Decree, approved by the Government and signed on April 11, 2025, is creating enormous confusion and concern in the industrial hemp sector and among all those who use CBD for therapeutic purposes.

Let us look together, in a clear and updated way, at what the infamous article 18 of the decree provides, why it is considered unconstitutional, and why therapeutic CBD remains legal and not subject to restrictions.

The regions are calling for clarity: "Protect the hemp supply chain!"

All Italian Regions have spoken out unanimously to ask the Ministry of Health for a revision of article 18. The request is clear: do not harm a legal productive sector, with thousands of certified companies, public investments, and tens of thousands of jobs.

What the new article 18 provides

The Security Decree amends Law 242/2016, imposing:

  • A total ban on the production, processing, sale, and distribution of hemp inflorescences, even with THC < 0.2%

  • No distinction between CBD, CBG, or THC

  • The criminalization even of derivatives such as oils, extracts, and resins

  • The inclusion of these activities among the crimes provided for by the Consolidated Act on Narcotics

This regulation hits the entire industrial supply chain of hemp hard, not just cannabis shops.

The serious inconsistencies in article 18

  • Absence of distinction between cannabinoids

    • No difference between inflorescences with THC (psychoactive) and CBD (non-psychoactive).

    • Paradoxical, because CBD is recognized by science as non-intoxicating and therapeutic.

  • The seed "trick"

    • The use of the flower would only be permitted if "proven" for seed production. A vague clause, almost inapplicable in practice.

  • No protection for existing stock

    • Companies find themselves overnight with products that have become illegal, without instructions on what to do or any possibility of a refund.

An unconstitutional decree

The Constitutional Court will rule on May 26, 2025. Numerous jurists and associations (including Canapa Sativa Italia and Imprenditori Canapa Italia) have already filed an appeal.

Reasons for unconstitutionality:

  • Violation of the hierarchy of sources: Italian law cannot prevail over European law.

  • Lack of notification to the European Commission: an obligation for all "technical regulations" that affect the internal market.

  • Contradiction with EU Court of Justice rulings: low-THC cannabis is legal and cannot be banned without scientific evidence of risks.

🌍 Europe defends the hemp sector

  • The European Court of Justice, with judgment C-793/22, ruled that:

    "Member States cannot prohibit the cultivation or sale of industrial hemp inflorescences."

  • The European Commission has opened an investigation into article 18.

  • The European Parliament may intervene in case of violation of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU.

💊 Therapeutic CBD: what changes?

Nothing.
The use of isolated CBD for therapeutic purposes remains legal, safe, and supported by scientific evidence. The decree affects the cultivation and trade of inflorescences, but does not prohibit medical use, nor legally certified derivative products free of THC, such as those from AgriLab.

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🔚 Conclusion

The security decree is currently a hot, debated, and fragile topic, but it has not outlawed therapeutic CBD.

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