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MEDCAN regularly informs you about everything you need to know about “medical cannabis”.

"We, The Patients"-our first patient-for-patient event in Zurich was a complete success!

March 10, 2025

On Saturday, March 1, 2025, the first “We, The Patients” event took place in Switzerland-organized by patients for patients. Around 60 participants ...

Cannabis in medicine- specialist and patient organizations must also be active!

March 03, 2025

Since the amendment of the Narcotics Act in August 2022, all doctors in Switzerland have been able to prescribe cannabis medically - without a son ...

How can you get cannabis medication coverage?

January 25, 2025

If your health insurance or accident insurance does not want to cover the costs for your cannabis medication, you will find some strategies here that you have ...

"We, The Patients" - First event in Zurich on March 1, 2025

January 25, 2025

After our successful start in October in Madrid, we are very happy to be able to announce the first “We, The Patients” event in Zurich! This EV ...

Make a note now: General Meeting will take place on April 26, 2025

January 22, 2025

Medcan cordially invites you to this year's general assembly on Saturday, April 26, 2025 from 2:00 p.m. in Zurich. Please remember the date now ...

Newsletter now in 4 languages

January 19, 2025

From 2025 we will send our newsletter in 4 languages: German, English, French and Italian. This is an important step for Medcan to patient ...

Buds and Beats Festival 2025

January 17, 2025

On May 31, 2025, a unique cannabis festival will take place in Zurich. The Buds and Beats Festival celebrates its premiere in Hall 622 and promises ...

PHYTOMED AG: Further training on cannabis in medicine 2025

January 8, 2025

The company Phytomed AG, a long -time member of our Association S, will also be in 2025 for the further training of medical specialists in the area of cannabis in ...

A question that got under our president's skin and still doesn't let go of her to this day.

January 8, 2025

«How would I feel if I were a French patient who was recorded in the pilot project for medical cannabis and now learn that i ...

Press release: 10 years of the Medical Cannabis Association Switzerland

December 17, 2024

A few years ago, the Federal Office of Health estimated the number of seriously ill people who illegally mediate with cannabis themselves, over 100 '...

Interprofessional training: “Cannabis as a medication – From Plant to Patient”

December 17, 2024

Cannabis as a medication is increasingly gaining relevance in modern medicine. This interprofessional training offers medical specialists ...

Annual review MEDCAN 2024

December 14, 2024

The year 2024 was a special year for our Association : in December 16, we celebrate our tenth anniversary. Medcan was founded in 2014 by Brun ...

10 years Association MEDCAN – A decade in the fight against prejudice and for patient rights

December 14, 2024

On December 16, 2024 we celebrate a very special anniversary: 10 years Association medcan! What started as an idea of a few committed cannabis activists has ...

Modern medicine needs to seriously rethink pain management

December 9, 2024

Chronic pain affects millions of people worldwide and pose enormous challenges as well as the health system. The previous ...

Driving with cannabis medicine – a complex challenge

December 2, 2024

The medical use of cannabis is a blessing for many chronically ill people. It helps to relieve pain, to cope with sleep problems and to do everyday life ...

“We, The Patients” – webinars and events for patients, by patients

November 18, 2024

We look forward to introducing you to our new social media platform and initiative “We, The Patients”! This project offers people who make cannabis from medical ...

Press release: Administrative court decision highlights the stigmatization that cannabis patients still have to contend with

August 4, 2024

The Medical Cannabis Association Switzerland expresses its concern about the latest decision by the Bern Administrative Court, who dismissed a patient's complaint ...

Cannabis as medicine – permitted since 2022

July 31, 2024

On August 1, the law, which allows the unrestricted medical use of cannabis, for the second time. Since this important step ...

How does cannabis work medicinally?

July 31, 2024

In recent years, Cannabis has gained worldwide attention as a potential medical drug. Despite the historical stigmatization and right ...

Visit us at the Hemparade on August 31, 2024!

July 31, 2024

On Saturday, August 31, 2024, the Hemparade in the Zurich Oberland will take place again in the Wetzikon cultural factory. This cozy event offers you the creation ...

Letter for information – if your doctor does not want to help with the cannabis prescription

July 29, 2024

With the amendment to the law on August 1, 2022, an important step in Switzerland towards medical care for cannabis was taken. Med…

Summer break at MEDCAN – time to recharge and optimize

July 8, 2024

After an intensive and successful first half of the year, MEDCAN is taking a summer break. We will be there for you again in September.

Cannabis on prescription for chronically ill people – why MEDCAN is still needed even after the change in the law

July 8, 2024

Since August 1, 2022, medical specialists in Switzerland have been able to prescribe cannabis like an opiat. This change in the Narcotics Act offers CH ...

MEDCAN at CannaTrade 2024

May 31, 2024

The Cannatrade - international hemp fair and festival - took place for the 18th time and brought over 10,000 visitors from May 24th to 26th, 2024: inside to Z ...

Visit us at CannaTrade 2024: International Hemp Fair in Zurich!

April 27, 2024

Soon the time has come and now the conference program will be there! Secure your ticket and be there from May 24th to 26th, 2024 if the Cannatrade for the 18 ...

Germany decriminalizes cannabis and allows legal consumption

March 22, 2024

In a pioneering decision, the German Federal Council announced today that the call of the mediation committee regarding the Legalisi ...

MEDCAN Annual Report 2023

March 16, 2024

The first year after the change in the law was very busy for the board of the Association S Medcan. On August 1, 2022, the Narcotics Act was changed ...

Patients in Vienna are demanding fair access to the medical use of cannabis

March 13, 2024

The IACM Patient Council is on the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs for a fair and equal access to the medical cannab ...

The new MEDCAN website is online

February 20, 2024

Medcan is happy to present our new website. On the page you will find all the relevant information on how to now in Switzerland a receprot ...

Cannabis as Medicine – From Plant to Patient

February 14, 2024

This interesting training is aimed at health specialists who want to deepen their knowledge of the medical use of cannabis. Dive…

CannaTrade – International Hemp Fair and Festival

February 13, 2024

The Cannatrade takes place for the 18th time. This year again in Hall 622 in Zurich. As every year, the Association Medcan is there and clarifies ü ...

Invitation to the AGM on the 420th

February 13, 2024

Medcan will organize the general assembly in Zurich this year on April 20, 2024. After several digital events in recent years, we look forward to ...

Calling cannabis patients stoners is wrong and inappropriate

February 13, 2024

It is important to address a problem that concerns everyone that takes medical use at cannabis. In the past few weeks, unsightly incidents have been in our medication ...

A look back at 2023 and an outlook on our 10th anniversary

December 3, 2023

The year 2023 is coming to an end and we would like to take this opportunity to use the progress and challenges in the field of medical application ...

Further training in focus: cannabinoids in medicine

November 26, 2023

The company Phytomed AG also organizes an exciting training series on cannabis in medicine in 2024. From January to March you will find interesting ahead ...

The Doctor – Franjo Grotenhermen

October 26, 2023

The documentary “The Doctor - Franjo Grotenhermen” illuminates the life and the pioneering work of Dr. med. Franjo Grotenhermen, a doctor, researcher and ...

Cannabis terpenes and their diverse effects

October 17, 2023

The cannabis plant contains many different ingredients. Terpenes, the aromatic connections, play a crucial role in the specific ...

The cannabis story – between prohibition and legalization

September 11, 2023

This article illuminates the multi -layered history of cannabis, the reasons for his ban and today's struggle of patient organizations worldwide ...

PHYTOMED AG offers further training on the medical use of cannabis

July 26, 2023

Phytomed AG is a long-time expert in the manufacture of plant active ingredients and provider of an extensive training and further education program ...

One year after the BtmG was changed, MEDCAN takes stock of medical cannabis in Switzerland

July 24, 2023

Medcan sent a media release on the occasion of the anniversary of the amendment to the law. A year later, the Association is still happy about this miles ...

MEDCAN – 10 years of tireless commitment to cannabis as medicine

July 23, 2023

Medcan is about to have an important anniversary: next year our patient organization will be ten years old. For almost a decade we have been setting up ...

Swiss ADHD patients have major problems with the medical prescription of cannabis

July 23, 2023

In the past few months, the Association Medcan has received an above-average number of inquiries from ADHD patients: the difficulties in prescribing ...

Summer break at MEDCAN – it continues in September

June 25, 2023

The Association Medcan has worked intensively and is now treating itself to a well -deserved break. But we stay active in the background and continue to sit down for the M ...

MEDCAN information platform on Telegram for the medical use of cannabis

May 31, 2023

On August 1, 2022, the Narcotics Act in Switzerland changed. Doctors are now allowed to prescribe cannabis directly. Unfortunately there is still a egg ...

Hemparade in the Zurich Oberland

May 25, 2023

The first hemparade will take place in the Wetzikon cultural factory on Saturday, June 3, 2023. The Association Medcan is also on site and advises on the medical application ...

CannaTrade 2023 – International hemp trade fair and festival for business and end customers

April 24, 2023

From 12th to 14. The Cannatrade takes place in May - again in Hall 622 in Zurich this year. Medcan is already looking forward to the international hemp fair, which ...

Medical prescription of cannabis – a review after 258 days

April 14, 2023

The Narcotics Act changed in Switzerland on August 1st. Cannabis can now be prescribed uncomplicated. Is access for the patients and ...

Cannabis flowers from the neuro login - a first experience report

January 30, 2023

Wow! Almost incredulously I read the following in the newspaper in December 2022: «Medical cannabis flowers are new to Swiss pharmacies for patients and ...

Finally there are cannabis flowers for medical use in Swiss pharmacies

December 28, 2022

The Narcotics Act changes 2022. Doctors can directly prescribe cannabis. This change was already for the Swiss cannabis patients ...

Cannabinoid Conference 2022

September 25, 2022

On October 20 and 21, the 12th IACM Conference on Cannabinoids will take place in Medicine in Basel. This is the place to be to be the latest about the medically ...

A day to celebrate!

July 31, 2022

From August 1st is not only the Swiss National Holidays but also a special holiday for the cannabis patients. The narcotics ...

SRF Puls: Cannabis – From hippie drug to medical hype

April 27, 2022

At the end of summer, cannabis becomes a legal drug from the forbidden intoxicant. The active ingredient THC is only recognized as effective in a few areas. About at CH ...

Cannabidiol ban in Switzerland: CBD oil must be made inedible.

April 9, 2022

The Association of Swiss Cantonal Schemists have in February about supposed health risks in taking CBD-containing lives ...

IACM Patient Council – an international coalition for cannabis patients

March 26, 2022

The website is online – the work can begin

Pitch Night Tsüri: Perspectives on Health

September 26, 2020

On September 23, 2020, Tsüri organized a pitch night in the cosmos in Zurich. At the start of its focus month “Health”, the online newspaper invited interesting ...

SRF Reporter: My second life with quadriplegia

September 1, 2020

Franziska Quadri has been paralyzed from the neck for a paraglider accident ten years ago. For a long time she struggled with her fate, then she has it in her own ...

MEDCAN in 10vor10: We need affordable medicines immediately!

September 1, 2020

Yesterday 10 reported 10 about the Medical Cannabis Association Switzerland and its members. The Swiss Medical Cannabis Act is slowly progressing. The…

Cannabis patient has to go to hospital in an emergency because of “fake cannabis”.

August 1, 2020

Medcan has been drawing attention to dangerous development on the black market for a long time. CBD cannabis flowers that are sprayed with synthetic drugs, we ...

The situation on the black market is becoming increasingly dangerous for cannabis patients

July 20, 2020

As Medcan has observed for a long time, legal CBD cannabis flowers are sprayed with synthetic drugs and sold as THC-containing flowers. Through…

MEDCAN also has its say internationally

March 8, 2020

The Medical Cannabis Network magazine invited Medcan in its second edition, which will be released in April 2020, an article about the situation of the Cann ...

The entourage effect – the therapeutic interaction of cannabis ingredients

January 10, 2020

If you find out about the medical application of cannabis, sooner or later you come into contact with the term "entourage effect". What is that? We…

Cannatrade panel discussion

September 21, 2019

The Cannatrade took place in Zurich four months ago. In the discussion round on “cannabis as medicine”, the President of Medcan, Franzisk ...

What is clinical endocannabinoid deficiency?

June 3, 2019

Some researchers believe that many causes of inflammation, pain syndromes or autoimmune diseases with a disorder of the Endocannabinoid system (ECS) ...

A situation analysis from the perspective of Swiss cannabis patients

January 24, 2019

The medical use of cannabis is now a much discussed topic all over the world. The need for information in Switzerland is great. Vie ...

The endocannabinoid system is not taught in medical school

November 6, 2018

The ECS is an important neurotransmitter system in the human body that interacts with various active ingredients (cannabinoids) of the cannabis plant. E ...

The Medical Cannabis Social Club

March 25, 2018

A report from a Swiss cannabis patient who spends the winter in Spain or how medical care would work.

Seniors and cannabis

February 14, 2018

In recent years, cannabis has experienced a renaissance in medicine. The scientific knowledge about the therapeutic potential of cannabis products ...

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Franziska Quadri, President MEDCAN

Entourage effect

Endocannabinoid system

Cannabinoids

Volatile connections

How cannabis strains work

Forms of intake

FAQs: What you need to know about cannabis in medicine

Well -deserved summer vacation

Open letter to the Health Commission-for a fair cannabis regulation

Review: Medcan at the Buds & Beats Festival 2025

Home Growing Workshop - a successful start

Home Growing Workshop - from patients for patients

Medcan's thoughts on current price development in medical cannabis

Clear separation between medicine and Recreational Consumption

Association Medcan in the media - visible, asked and more important than ever

We, The Patients - Workshop Cannabis Home Cultivation

"We, The Patients"-our first patient-for-patient event in Zurich was a complete success!

Our 10th anniversary

Our board

Our mission

Our partners

Our demands

Our supporters

Information

Our stories

News & Press

Well -deserved summer vacation

Open letter to the Health Commission-for a fair cannabis regulation

Review: Medcan at the Buds & Beats Festival 2025

Home Growing Workshop - a successful start

Home Growing Workshop - from patients for patients

Medcan's thoughts on current price development in medical cannabis

Clear separation between medicine and Recreational Consumption

Association Medcan in the media - visible, asked and more important than ever

We, The Patients - Workshop Cannabis Home Cultivation

"We, The Patients"-our first patient-for-patient event in Zurich was a complete success!

Cannabis in medicine- specialist and patient organizations must also be active!

How can you get cannabis medication coverage?

"We, The Patients" - First event in Zurich on March 1, 2025

Make a note now: General Meeting will take place on April 26, 2025

Newsletter now in 4 languages

Buds and Beats Festival 2025

PHYTOMED AG: Further training on cannabis in medicine 2025

A question that got under our president's skin and still doesn't let go of her to this day.

Press release: 10 years of the Medical Cannabis Association Switzerland

Interprofessional training: “Cannabis as a medication – From Plant to Patient”

Annual review MEDCAN 2024

10 years Association MEDCAN – A decade in the fight against prejudice and for patient rights

Modern medicine needs to seriously rethink pain management

Driving with cannabis medicine – a complex challenge

“We, The Patients” – webinars and events for patients, by patients

Press release: Administrative court decision highlights the stigmatization that cannabis patients still have to contend with

Cannabis as medicine – permitted since 2022

How does cannabis work medicinally?

Visit us at the Hemparade on August 31, 2024!

Letter for information – if your doctor does not want to help with the cannabis prescription

Summer break at MEDCAN – time to recharge and optimize

Cannabis on prescription for chronically ill people – why MEDCAN is still needed even after the change in the law

MEDCAN at CannaTrade 2024

Visit us at CannaTrade 2024: International Hemp Fair in Zurich!

Germany decriminalizes cannabis and allows legal consumption

MEDCAN Annual Report 2023

Patients in Vienna are demanding fair access to the medical use of cannabis

The new MEDCAN website is online

Cannabis as Medicine – From Plant to Patient

CannaTrade – International Hemp Fair and Festival

Invitation to the AGM on the 420th

Calling cannabis patients stoners is wrong and inappropriate

A look back at 2023 and an outlook on our 10th anniversary

Further training in focus: cannabinoids in medicine

The Doctor – Franjo Grotenhermen

Cannabis terpenes and their diverse effects

The cannabis story – between prohibition and legalization

PHYTOMED AG offers further training on the medical use of cannabis

One year after the BtmG was changed, MEDCAN takes stock of medical cannabis in Switzerland

MEDCAN – 10 years of tireless commitment to cannabis as medicine

Swiss ADHD patients have major problems with the medical prescription of cannabis

Summer break at MEDCAN – it continues in September

MEDCAN information platform on Telegram for the medical use of cannabis

Hemparade in the Zurich Oberland