Since April 1st, cannabis is no longer considered a narcotic, but rather a prescription medication. An initial consultation via video call and an e-prescription is sufficient.
Several telemedicine platforms appear to be well prepared for this change. Being a patient is currently the only way to get cannabis outside of the black market. The company Algea Care is now advertising cannabis recipes for 1 euro. If you're currently growing grass, you won't be able to harvest until June at the earliest. Most seem to be successful with this information, as can be seen from the comments on the Reddit forum "German Trees''. "What did you give as your diagnosis?" asked a user on April 6th. The answer: "Sleep problems." "WHAT DID YOU GIVE AS YOUR DIAGNOSIS?' – "SLEEP DISORDERS.' " "Many of them seem to use this reason. The disorder is easier to fake than, say, an ADHD diagnosis, but it could be the truth. Since April 1st, pharmacies have observed a sharp increase in private prescriptions for cannabis issued by telemedicines. The Association of German Cannabis Patients (BDCan) is sounding the alarm. “We're pissed off," says Michael Kambeck, the association's political spokesman. 'As a result, real cannabis patients will probably no longer be able to get the strains to which they are precisely prepared in a few weeks,' says Kambeck. Since the campaign, the company has receivedincreasingly poor reviews on the independent review portal Trustpilot. Algea Care also calls its 1 euro campaign, which it launched in April, a "sign against the ongoing stigmatization" of medical cannabis. Initial consultations therefore only cost one euro for a month instead of the previous 50 euros. The rapper Xatar promotes the campaign on Instagram. His video has more than 12 000 views (as of April 12). Neither Xatar nor its management would like to comment on this.