🇨🇭Wholesale CBD in Switzerland

In Switzerland, hemp with a total THC content below 1% is not subject to the Narcotics Act — the highest threshold in Europe. Each product category then follows its own legislation: flowers intended for smoking are treated as tobacco substitutes, ingestible products fall under food law, cosmetics under the cosmetics regulation. It is within this stable framework that CBD-Exchange operates its control and dispatch hub.

Key points

• 2011 — The revision of narcotics law sets the decisive threshold at 1% total THC: below it, hemp falls outside the scope of the Narcotics Act.
• 2022 — Revision of implementing law: the single criterion of 1% total THC is confirmed for all forms, including resins and extracts; medical cannabis becomes prescribable without special FOPH authorisation (Narcotics Act amendment, August 2022).
• Novembre 2023 — The Federal Council publishes its report (Minder postulate 21.3280) clarifying the legal bases applicable to each category of hemp products.
• 2026 — A draft Cannabis Products Act (LPCan) is under discussion for THC-rich recreational cannabis; it does not call into question the regime for hemp below 1%.

Sources : OFSP — Situation juridique des produits à base de chanvre et de cannabis · OFSP / Swissmedic — Produits contenant du cannabidiol (CBD) : vue d'ensemble et aide à l'exécution · ch.ch — Cannabis : ce que dit la loi

Last reviewed: 2026-07