Legal Cannabis Management: Online Course with Internship Agreement
Legal Cannabis Management teaches you to read European cannabis rules: hemp, CBD and medicinal cannabis as separate regimes, Germany's CanG, the Novel Food and Cosmetics Regulations, the GACP→EU-GMP chain and national THC thresholds. It is for people moving into compliance at hemp, CBD or medical cannabis businesses. The course runs 100 % online for 180 days at your own pace, includes an internship agreement and costs €200.
- 180 days of access
- 100 % online, at your own pace
- Level: beginner · No prior legal training required
- Assessment: 10 quizzes (50 questions) and a final project
- Internship agreement included
- Certificate with a verifiable QR code
- Languages: Spanish, English, French
- Price: €200
Who it is for
- People aiming for a compliance or regulatory role at a hemp, CBD or cosmetics brand
- Staff at medical cannabis producers or processors who handle supplier and batch documentation
- Consultants and advisers who answer client questions about cannabis law across EU countries
- Anyone who needs to separate cannabis headlines from what the law actually allows
What do you need to start?
Prior knowledge
- No prior knowledge of law or the cannabis sector is needed
- Comfortable reading regulatory texts and official documents in English
- Able to compare documents and spot missing information
Software and equipment
- A computer with an internet connection
- No specialist software is used in the course materials
What you'll be able to do
- Distinguish the medicinal, industrial hemp and CBD regimes and say which rules apply to a product
- State which activities are lawful in Germany under the CanG and what the stalled second pillar would require
- Explain what the Kanavape judgment C-663/18 settled for CBD trade and what it left open
- Tell apart ingestible CBD under the Novel Food Regulation and CBD cosmetics on the market
- Check whether incoming cannabis has the documentation needed for the GACP→EU-GMP chain
- Assess whether club, retail or seed activities are lawful in Malta, Luxembourg and the Czech Republic
- Decide, batch by batch, whether one CBD product can ship to markets with different THC thresholds
- Describe how the Dutch closed-chain experiment replaces tolerance with licensed, supervised production
Skills you will practise
- EU hemp and CBD regulation
- CanG / KCanG
- Novel Food Regulation 2015/2283
- Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009
- GACP and EU-GMP
- Kanavape ruling C-663/18
- THC threshold verification
- Certificates of analysis
- Cross-border compliance checks
Syllabus
- What EU law regulates: medicinal, industrial hemp and CBD — Why medicinal cannabis, industrial hemp and CBD are three separate legal regimes, and why one country's reform need not change the others.
- Germany's two-pillar model: CanG and clubs vs commercial retail — What is legal under the CanG — possession, three plants, one non-profit club — and why licensed commercial retail remains unenacted.
- Kanavape (C-663/18) and the EU CBD single market — How this Court of Justice judgment underpins cross-border CBD trade, and which questions it left untouched.
- The Novel Food freeze on ingestible CBD — Regulation 2015/2283, why edible CBD needs authorisation while cosmetics do not, and France's 2026 enforcement against gummies and oral oils.
- The GACP→EU-GMP certification chain — Why medical cannabis must be grown and dried under documented GACP conditions before EU-GMP processing, and why non-EU licences such as GPP are not enough.
- Legalisation without retail: Malta, Luxembourg, Czech Republic — Malta's licensed non-profit associations, Luxembourg's no-club model and the Czech reform in force since 1 January 2026, including seed rules.
- Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009 and the pending THC threshold — Why two hemp-derived ingredients with similar THC readings can differ in legal status for cosmetics sold in the EU.
- The Dutch closed-chain experiment — From tolerated coffeeshops with an illegal supply side to licensed growers checked repeatedly under the 2019 enabling law.
- Cross-border compliance: divergent national THC thresholds — Reconciling one batch and one certificate of analysis with general retail, pharmacy compounding and non-EU distributor channels.
- Career paths in cannabis compliance — What compliance postings ask for — certificate tracking, Novel Food status, THC paperwork — and how to read job-market statistics critically.
Internship agreement
An intern with this course could support a regulatory compliance team at a hemp, CBD or cosmetics brand: tracking certificates of analysis, recording Novel Food status and preparing country-by-country THC paperwork. At a medical cannabis processor or a regulatory consultancy, tasks could include checking incoming batch documentation for GACP evidence or drafting summaries of what clients may legally do in a given country.
The internship can run at the same time as the course, within the 180 days of access.
Frequently asked questions
What kind of job does the Legal Cannabis Management course prepare me for?
Legal Cannabis Management prepares you for compliance and regulatory support work in the hemp, CBD and medical cannabis sector, such as a junior compliance analyst role. The materials describe that work concretely: tracking certificates of analysis, monitoring Novel Food status, verifying THC thresholds country by country and checking whether supply-chain documentation meets GACP and EU-GMP requirements. You also learn to tell clients precisely what is and is not lawful in Germany, the Netherlands, Malta, Luxembourg and the Czech Republic.
What could I actually do during the internship with this course?
You arrange the host company yourself, for example a CBD or hemp brand, a cosmetics company, a medical cannabis processor or a regulatory consultancy. The school issues the internship agreement and annex, which the company signs electronically, usually within one or two working days. Tasks matching the course include reviewing supplier files and certificates of analysis, keeping a register of THC thresholds per market, and checking whether ingestible products fall under the Novel Food Regulation.
Which laws and standards does the course cover?
The course works with Germany's cannabis act (CanG/KCanG, including §16 on club membership), the Kanavape judgment C-663/18, the Novel Food Regulation 2015/2283, the Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009, GACP and EU-GMP for medical cannabis, Malta's Chapter 628 on licensed associations, Luxembourg's and the Czech Republic's reforms, and the Dutch closed-chain experiment. It also covers how national THC thresholds differ across retail, pharmacy and non-EU channels.
Is enthusiasm for the cannabis industry what employers look for?
According to the course's career module, no. Compliance postings in this sector ask for specific skills: knowledge of the EU regulatory framework, THC threshold verification and Novel Food status tracking. Applications built on enthusiasm for a booming 'green rush' industry tend to miss what the role involves. The Legal Cannabis Management course focuses on that precise regulatory reading, and also shows how to treat headline job-market figures with caution rather than taking them at face value.
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Content updated: 07/10/2026