General Practitioner Physicians in Germany Rarely Prescribe Medical Cannabis | Where to order Skittles Moonrock online

This is one of the key results of a DocCheck survey of 500 physicians published Oct. 6, 2025. DocCheck is the largest community for physicians, medical assistants, pharmacists and other health care professionals in Europe.

Additionally, a parallel survey conducted by Bloomwell Group, which operates Germany’s largest platform for medical cannabis therapy, of patients utilizing its digital health services yielded a similar conclusion: Primary care doctors remain reluctant – even resistant – to prescribe medical cannabis.

Despite clear indications of patient need, many specialists and general practitioners either refuse cannabis therapy outright or initially insist on prescribing narcotics, often with strong side effects and a high potential for addiction. This occurs even though 90% of patients report they were able to significantly reduce – or completely discontinue – other medications through cannabis therapy.

This has led to people turning away from the public insurance market and accessing medical cannabis prescriptions as self-paying patients via digital health services. According to Bloomwell’s data, compared to March 2024, the last month before medical cannabis was reclassified as a non-narcotic, the number of monthly patients had increased by more than 1,700% by September 2025. Even with the dramatic rise in patients, prices remain affordable for self-paying patients, with the majority of flower prescribed costing less than 6 Euros per gram.

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