Author: Hazel Norman

Push For Legalization Continues In Costa Rica

Written by Hazel Norman on December 16, 2023. Posted in Policy.

Multiple countries on different continents are making meaningful pushes to modernize their cannabis policies in ways that would permit adults to cultivate, consume, and/or sell cannabis for recreational...

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German Commissioner Visits The Netherlands To Learn About Cannabis Trials

Written by Hazel Norman on December 11, 2023. Posted in Policy.

The European continent is home to a handful of interesting local cannabis public policy experiments often referred to as cannabis pilot trials or programs. The trials are designed, in theory, to collect...

Medical Cannabis Access Continues To Be Hindered In Greece

Written by Hazel Norman on December 10, 2023. Posted in Policy.

A Member of the European Parliament from Greece is urging the European Commission (EC) to adopt legislation that would bring some long-needed uniformity to medical cannabis access on the continent....

Japan Lifts Ban On Cannabis-Derived Medications

Written by Hazel Norman on December 6, 2023. Posted in Policy.

Japan’s parliament approved a reform measure on Wednesday that legalizes cannabis-derived medical products. The newly approved public policy measure also imposes stiff penalties for the use of...

Grenada Expected To Pass Cannabis Decriminalization Measure In 2024

Written by Hazel Norman on December 6, 2023. Posted in Policy.

Grenada may not be the first nation that you think of when contemplating cannabis policy modernization efforts, however, the Caribbean nation is expected to pass a cannabis decriminalization measure...

Parliamentary Assembly Of Bosnia And Herzegovina Host Medical Cannabis Meeting

Written by Hazel Norman on November 27, 2023. Posted in Policy.

Medical cannabis reform has swept the European continent, with many countries already having medical cannabis programs up and running in some form. European medical cannabis programs fall on a spectrum...

Venezuela’s AG Is Wrong To Criticize Cannabis Reform Efforts

Written by Hazel Norman on November 27, 2023. Posted in Policy.

Cannabis modernization efforts are spreading across the globe, and where adult-use policies are already in place cannabis legalization is succeeding by every measure. Humans will always consume cannabis,...

Registration Opens For Cannabis Pilot Projects In Bern And Biel

Written by Hazel Norman on November 26, 2023. Posted in Policy.

Switzerland is home to a very interesting public policy experiment. In May 2021, an amendment to Switzerland’s Federal Narcotics Act went into effect which permitted adult-use cannabis commerce...

No Changes Expected To Luxembourg’s New Cannabis Law

Written by Hazel Norman on November 20, 2023. Posted in Policy.

Luxembourg became the fourth nation to ever pass a national adult-use cannabis law when it did so earlier this year. Luxembourg joined its European counterpart, Malta, which passed a national measure...