Author: Hazel Norman

Will 2024 Be An Active Year For German Cannabis Reform?

Written by Hazel Norman on January 14, 2024. Posted in Policy.

With 2024 now in full swing, the eyes of the international cannabis community remain fixed on Germany where lawmakers continue to work to pass the nation’s adult-use CanG cannabis law, an effort...

Medical Cannabis Legalization Stalls In Ukraine

Written by Hazel Norman on December 30, 2023. Posted in Policy.

Roughly a week ago lawmakers in Ukraine passed a measure that would legalize cannabis for medical use in the country under certain circumstances. Unfortunately, before the nation’s president...

Japanese Health Ministry Bans Six Synthetic Cannabinoids

Written by Hazel Norman on December 30, 2023. Posted in Policy.

Japan’s Health Ministry moved to pass a ban on certain synthetic cannabinoids this week, citing reported illnesses by consumers who stated they consumed gummy products infused with synthetic...

Ukrainian Medical Cannabis Legalization Awaits Presidential Signature

Written by Hazel Norman on December 25, 2023. Posted in Policy.

Lawmakers in Ukraine gave final approval this week to a measure that would legalize cannabis for medical purposes in certain instances. The medical cannabis legalization measure now awaits the signature...

Guernsey Cannabis Prescriptions Top 13,000 In Last Year

Written by Hazel Norman on December 17, 2023. Posted in Policy.

Guernsey, a self-governing British Crown dependency island in the English Channel near the French coast, only has a population of roughly 65,000 people. Yet, three private clinics on the island have...

Cannabis Trials Begin In The Netherlands After Long Delay

Written by Hazel Norman on December 17, 2023. Posted in Policy.

Limited adult-use cannabis commerce trials finally launched this week in the Netherlands after several delays. Cannabis trials, which permit consumers, growers, and retailers to participate in legal...

Malta Approves More Noncommercial Cannabis Clubs

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

Malta became the first European nation to pass an adult-use cannabis legalization measure back in 2021. The passage of a national legalization measure in Malta made the country the third nation on...

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...