Get Weed in Cannes, France

How to get weed in Cannes, France. Home to the Festival veterans reveal their tips about the best locations to acquire marijuana, but police in Cannes aren’t exactly on the hunt for it. So the big questions; is smoking weed legal in Cannes? Where can i buy cannabis in Cannes? At 2014’s enormous beach event honoring the 20th anniversary of Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino famously encouraged the Cannes audience to ingest some cannabis: “Now rip out a joint and light it up!”

Is Smoking Weed Legal in France?

France began testing medical marijuana in 2021, with a two-year pilot trial involving 3,000 patients. Given the success of their current pilot research, it comes as no surprise that the French government legalized medicinal marijuana on March 1, 2022. Specifically, the decree changed the French Public Health Code to allow for the legal cultivation, production/manufacture, transit (including import/export), and possession of marijuana for medical purposes.

That decree will result in the formation of a French medicinal marijuana sector, but only once it is implemented and the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products (ANSM) builds the supply chain.

The ANSM must also establish an 11-member committee that will advise on a variety of medicinal cannabis issues, including track and trace, acceptable routes of administration, and cultivar identification.

Where to Get Weed in Cannes?

Marijuana, medical or otherwise, is banned in France, but cops in Cannes aren’t exactly looking for it. “It’s known that they don’t go into the parties, and they don’t make such a big deal out of it,” says one festival veteran.

Where may potential tokers find some product? Hang out under the awning of the farmers market Marche Gambetta after closing time, or at the dusty and often deserted petanque court on Rue Louis Braille, says a programming executive who started out on the Croisette as a young man promoting indie films from quirky label Troma by day and partying in the cheap apartments past the train station by night.

“It’s still a little sketchy,” he warns. “Don’t go flashing a lot of cash.” Leave your festival badge at the hotel.

Another popular site is the fountain area near McDonald’s; simply rest against the fountain and folks will approach. For approximately €25 ($28), you can get a “barrette,” 10 grams (? oz.) of heavy-duty Moroccan hash (more available in the South of France than the green items, which cost nearly twice).