Uruguay’s Legal Cannabis Exports Continue To Increase
Uruguay will forever hold the title of being the first country to adopt a national adult-use cannabis legalization measure. Lawmakers in...
Author: Hazel Norman
Denmark Announces Plan To Make Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Permanent
The government in Denmark recently announced its plans to make its medical cannabis pilot program permanent. The pilot program, first...
Czech Cabinet Moves To Allow Cannabis Possession And Cultivation
The Czech Republic’s cabinet recently approved a plan that would permit adults in the European nation to cultivate multiple plants...
Advocates Urge German Government To Prioritize Industrial Hemp Liberalization Act
Last week, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced the firing of Finance Minister Christian Lindner, effectively ending the ruling...
Parliamentary Report: Cannabis Reform In NSW Is “Only Rational Course”
A new parliamentary report issued in New South Wales calls for cannabis reform in the Australian state. The 148-page report, which was...
UK Government Announces Reforms To Hemp License Regulations
Government officials in the United Kingdom announced this week that regulators are changing hemp licensing regulations in the country....
Turkey Sets Hemp Quota For Medical Products
In 2016, hemp cultivation became legal in 19 provinces in Turkey for industrial purposes. Aspiring hemp producers must obtain the...
62% Of Canadians Still Approve Of Cannabis Legalization
Canada became the second country on the planet and the first G-7 nation to adopt a national adult-use legalization measure in 2018. The...
How Many Countries In Africa Have Legalized Commercial Cannabis Cultivation?
As cannabis policy modernization has spread across the globe, one continent that has experienced a significant amount of reform in recent...
German Survey Finds 80% Would Rather Open A Specialty Cannabis Store
Earlier this year, on April 1, 2024, Germany adopted the historic CanG law that legalized cannabis possession, cultivation, and use by...
EU Court Of Justice Approves Indoor Hemp Cultivation
Humans have cultivated hemp under the sun for centuries, making use of their hemp harvests in several ways from making rope to paper to...
Spain’s Ministry Of Health Publishes Medical Cannabis Draft Royal Decree
The road to properly regulated medical cannabis in Spain has been long and full of twists and turns. However, the effort to bring...
Ukraine Approves List Of Qualifying Medical Cannabis Conditions
Earlier this year, in August 2024, Ukraine’s medical cannabis program officially launched. Ukraine’s Parliament first approved...
Legal Home Cultivation Coming To Manitoba In 2025
Canada legalized cannabis for adult use in 2018, making it the first G-7 nation to do so, and only the second country worldwide to make...
Guyana Attorney General Directs Law Enforcement To Not Jail Cannabis Offenders
Guyana’s Attorney General Anil Nandlall recently cautioned law enforcement not to jail cannabis consumers in possession of less...
BvCW Poll Finds 88% Support For Legal Cannabis Plant Sales In Germany
The German Cannabis Business Association (BvCW) recently conducted a poll asking the question “Should the commercial trade in...
Africa’s Industrial Hemp Industry Projected To Be Worth Up To $2.4 Billion
Policies and regulations pertaining to industrial hemp cultivation and commerce are being modernized around the globe to permit...
Italian Government Continues Push For Ban On ‘Cannabis Light’
Cannabis products that are low in THC, often referred to as ‘cannabis light,’ have grown in popularity among consumers in...
Volkswagen To Research And Develop Hemp Materials
The hemp plant has been used by humans for many centuries for various purposes before it was prohibited in the 1900s. Thankfully,...
What Is Holding Back Zimbabwe’s Hemp Industry?
Humans harnessing hemp is far from being a new thing. Hemp fiber was used as far back as 10,000 years ago during the Early Jomon Period...
Guyana Lawmaker Authors Op-Ed About Legalization’s Benefits
The Republic of Guyana, a country in South America, is home to cannabis prohibition policies that may not be as harsh as in other...
Calls For Senate Approval Of Medical Cannabis Bill In The Philippines
Earlier this year the Philippines House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved HB 10439, a measure that would legalize certain...
Thousands Of Farmers In Morocco Have Received Authorization To Cultivate Cannabis In 2024
The climate in parts of Morocco is well-suited for large-scale cannabis production, which is why the North African nation has long served...
Malta Regulatory Chief: Cannabis Reform Is Working
In 2021 Malta became the first European nation to adopt a national adult-use cannabis legalization measure. The only countries to adopt a...
Medical Cannabis Legalization Officially Launches In Ukraine
Ukraine’s Parliament first approved medical cannabis reform in December 2023, with President Volodymyr Zelensky signing the measure...
Colombia Exported Over $10.8 Million Worth Of Cannabis Products In 2023
Colombia’s emerging legal cannabis industry exported over $10.8 million worth of cannabis products in 2023 according to recently...
Dutch Cannabis Pilot Trial Could Be Extended
Regional adult-use cannabis commerce pilot trials are an interesting public policy experiment. The trials are permitted under EU law and...
German Medical Cannabis Imports Rose 51% In The Last Year
Germany’s legal medical cannabis industry was already the largest in Europe before the first provisions of adult-use legalization...
Legal Global Cannabis Products Are Becoming More Diverse
As the legal cannabis industry continues to expand to nearly every corner of the planet, the variety of products available to medical...
Thailand Reverses Course And Will Regulate Cannabis Instead Of Prohibit It
In recent years Thailand has served as arguably the wildest nation on earth from a cannabis public policy observer standpoint. For many...
Court Case Challenges Japan’s Strict Cannabis Laws
When it comes to cannabis policy reform efforts, there is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach. The most straightforward way to...
Israel May Apply Import Fees On Canadian Cannabis
Israel’s government is considering imposing import fees on medical cannabis products imported from Canada. Israel previously...
German Federal Ministry Of Food And Agriculture Publishes Draft Industrial Hemp Bill
According to the German Cannabis Business Association (BvCW), the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture has published a draft...
Cannabis Cultivation Associations Moving Forward In Lower Saxony
Cannabis cultivation associations appear to be moving forward in Lower Saxony, with local media outlet Frankfurter Allgemeine...
Thailand Committee Votes To Reclassify Cannabis As A Narcotic Effective January 1st
The wild cannabis public policy ride continues in Thailand where a key committee voted this week to officially reclassify cannabis and...
German Legal Cannabis Market Projected To Reach $4.6 Billion By 2034
The legal German cannabis market is projected to reach an estimated $4.6 billion in value by 2034 according to a new market analysis by...
Brazil’s Supreme Court Decriminalizes Personal Cannabis Possession
Brazil’s top court issued a landmark ruling this week, determining that the nation’s cannabis prohibition policies toward...
44% Of German Adult Cannabis Consumers Plan To Join A Social Club
In a recent nationwide survey conducted in Germany by Pronova BKK, 44% of self-reported ‘regular’ cannabis consumers...
Mexico Regulators Authorize The Cultivation Of Low-THC Hemp
Mexico’s Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (COFEPRIS) has reportedly authorized the cultivation of...
Cannabis Pilot Trial Program Expands In The Netherlands
Regional cannabis commerce pilot trials are popping up in Europe, including in the Netherlands where the official launch of more pilot...
Italy’s Hemp Industry Seeks European Commission Intervention
Much of Italy’s public cannabis policies are shaped by legal decisions. In late 2019, Italy’s Supreme Court ruled that laws...
Thailand Issues Draft Regulation To Reclassify Cannabis As A Narcotic
Lawmakers in Thailand continue to move forward with their plan to reclassify cannabis as a narcotic, unveiling a draft regulation this...
EMCDDA Releases The ‘European Drug Report 2024’
The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction has released its annual European Drug Report, in which it determines that...
South Africa’s President Signs ‘Private Setting’ Cannabis Legalization Measure
Back in 2018, South Africa’s Constitutional Court issued a landmark ruling that deemed cannabis prohibition as it pertained to...
Cannabis Shops In Thailand Expected To Close By April 2025
Thailand made a historic shift in cannabis policy in June 2022 by becoming the first country in the Southeast Asia region to remove...
Signature Drive In Switzerland Seeks To Legalize Cannabis For Adult Use
Europe is currently home to three nations that have adopted a national adult-use cannabis legalization measure, and if cannabis advocates...
Canada Received $1.9 Billion From Legal Cannabis Sales In 2022/2023
Canada became the first G-7 nation on the planet to pass a national adult-use legalization measure in 2018, and only the second country...
Germany Imported A Record Amount Of Cannabis In 2023
Germany continues to serve as the largest legal medical cannabis market in Europe, and not just for domestically produced medical...
Japan’s Cannabis Market Expanded Sixfold Between 2019-2023
Japan’s emerging cannabis industry expanded sixfold during four years spanning from 2019 to 2023 according to a new report by...
Clinging To Failed Prohibition Practices Is The Wrong Move For Hamburg
Germany implemented the first components of its national adult-use cannabis legalization measure (CanG) on April 1, 2024. The historic...
