Cannabis products are quite popular in Switzerland. They are considered legal if THC level does not exceed 1.0% per CBD product, which is higher than in most European countries, which set THC limit at 0.2% per product. To ensure high quality of CBD products, Swiss brands gain Bio Suisse certification. There are many CBD stores and cafes in Zürich, where you can try CBD oil, CBD flowers, CBD tea and many other cannabidiol-infused products. These are the top spots:
- – Smoking Grasshopper
- – Green Passion
- – Cannaflora Store Zürich
- – Heidi’s Garden
- – Wholy Rocket – CBD – Cannabis – Hanfladen
- – Biotop
- – Kon-Tiki Coffeeshop & Bar
- – CBD Swiss Cannabis Verkaufspunkt/CBD Shop Zürich | CBD Kaufen Zürich | Headshop Zürich
Zürich is the largest city in Switzerland and the country’s capital. It is located in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zürich. Zürich is a hub for railways, roads and air traffic. It is also a global centre for banking and finance. The official language of Zürich is German, but the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect is mainly used. The municipality is home to 434,335 inhabitants, the urban area (agglomeration) around 1.315 million, and the Zürich metropolitan area 1.83 million.
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Some of Zürich’s most notable tourist spots include its 12th-century cathedral, the Grossmünster; its 11th-century Fraumünster church complete with its characteristic Chagall windows; its Bahnhofstrasse high street lined with high-end shops, the Swiss National Museum and, of course, the beautiful Lake Zürich. For some of the most sublime views you could hope to see, there is also the Uetliberg mountain, from which you can gaze at the city’s skyline, lake and the Alps.
In terms of its cultural calendar, Zürich is host to the annual Theatre Spectacular every summer, which has transformed into one of the most important European festivals for contemporary theatre. The city has also put on the Zürich Film Festival since 2005.
Sporting highlights in Zürich’s event calendar include the “Ironman” Triathlon, the “Weltklasse Zürich” athletics meeting and the “Mercedes-CSI” horse show.
The traditional local “Sechseläuten” and “Knabenschiessen” festivals also take place in Zürich, along with the “Streetparade”, the “Dörfli-Fäscht”, the “Tropical Caliente” Festival, the “Longstreet Carnival”, the “Christopher Street Day” and the “Züri-Fäscht”. The long list of cultural and sporting events is what makes Zürich such an exciting city to visit.
Now that you have a flavour of what Zürich is like to visit, let’s turn our attention to its thriving CBD industry. We will be exploring all the best places to experience the green rush in the Swiss capital, so don’t go anywhere!
Zürich CBD Map
CBD is cannabidiol, a cannabinoid, or naturally-occurring compound taken directly from the cannabis plant. Not just any cannabis plant, though; cannabis Sativa.
Cannabis Sativa is made up of two classifications: hemp and marijuana. Both of these plants contain cannabidiol, in addition to over 100 other cannabinoids. Hemp has naturally higher concentrations of CBD than marijuana does, while marijuana has more of a cannabinoid known as THC. THC, short for Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, is the most abundant cannabinoid in cannabis. It is also psychotropic, meaning it induces euphoric, mind-altering effects on its user when taken in high doses.
In any hemp-derived CBD products, such as those we will be discussing shortly, there will only ever be trace amounts of THC – sometimes none at all. In short, no CBD product will ever cause a “high” as recreational marijuana does.
In recent years, the CBD industry has exploded, ushering in hundreds of new CBD brands all wanting to get in on the trend. One reason for its popularity can be attributed to its many therapeutic applications; there are hundreds of clinical trials that point to cannabidiol’s ability to manage various symptoms and boost wellness in a number of ways.
Sadly, even despite the spike in CBD sales, there remains a stigma around this cannabis constituent, because of its association with “stoner culture”, among other things. Hemp often gets clumped with its controversial counterpart, marijuana, meaning its derivatives like CBD have had to suffer the consequences of this stigma until relatively recently. Some countries are further ahead than others in terms of dismantling this stigma, fully acknowledging the wellness benefits of cannabis and adopting CBD into the mainstream. Others have yet to be convinced.
Let’s see where Switzerland positions itself on the matter.
The number of cannabis users in Switzerland is believed to be around 500,000 out of a population of 8 million. As in many other countries around the globe, recreational marijuana is illegal in Switzerland, though minor possession was decriminalised to a fine in 2012. In 2016, four cities expressed their intentions to pilot cannabis clubs.
Switzerland places its THC threshold at 1.0% THC per CBD product, which is slightly higher than many of its fellow European countries, which have their THC limit set at 0.2% per product. In Switzerland, any cannabis product that contains more than 1.0% THC, then, is classified as an illegal drug. Thus, according to the Federal Law on Drugs, the production, culture, use and possession of cannabis, are all prohibited. A person found guilty of committing this criminal infringement may face a fine and/or up to three years imprisonment.
Since 2017, legal cannabis, or “low-THC weed”, containing less than 1.0% of THC has been sold at nearly every tobacco store. In terms of medical usage, currently, only one narcotic cannabis drug preparation is officially approved for medical use in Switzerland. Since 2011, though, Swiss physicians can obtain a special permit from the Federal Office of Public Health for their patients, which allows them to prescribe medical cannabis for 12 months. Only two pharmacies in the country are permitted to dispense cannabis tinctures and cannabis oil concentrates for patients with serious or terminal illnesses.
So, to summarise:
- Hemp-derived CBD Oil is legal; providing the THC content does not exceed 1.0%.
- In terms of pharmaceutical cannabis – only Sativex (a drug typically used for MS spasticity, containing a mix of CBD and THC) can be legally prescribed.
- Medical cannabis is legal on a named patient basis.
- Cannabis containing more than 0.2% THC is illegal throughout most European countries however; in Switzerland, 1% is the legal THC limit.
- Low-THC (