Author: Hazel Norman

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Written by Hazel Norman on April 20, 2024. Posted in Policy.

Cannabis Decriminalization Measure Expected To Be Introduced In Jersey

Cannabis reform on the European continent is shaping up to look different than it does in the Western Hemisphere. In North and South...

Written by Hazel Norman on April 15, 2024. Posted in Business, Policy.

Morocco Unveils Logo For Legal Cannabis Products

Last month Morocco’s Agence Nationale de Réglementation des Activités relatives au Cannabis (ANRAC) reported the nation’s first legal...

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

Medical Cannabis To Be ‘Significant’ Part Of Jersey’s Economy According To Deputy

Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands between England and France, is an island nation and self-governing British Crown Dependency....

Written by Hazel Norman on April 13, 2024. Posted in Policy.

Industrial Hemp Bill Is Defeated In Bulgaria

Prior to cannabis prohibition being enacted across the globe, the hemp plant was widely used by many different societies around the...

Written by Hazel Norman on April 12, 2024. Posted in Policy.

Changes To Industrial Hemp Licensing Coming To The UK

The United Kingdom’s hemp industry is set to undergo some changes, with the UK government recently announcing changes to the...

Written by Hazel Norman on April 8, 2024. Posted in Policy.

Adult-Use Cannabis Commerce Pilot Project Begins In Bern, Switzerland

Back in November 2023, government officials in Bern, Switzerland announced that long-awaited registration was open for adult cannabis...

Written by Hazel Norman on April 8, 2024. Posted in Business, Policy.

60% Of Netherlands Residents Want A Regulated Cannabis Industry

Few places on earth, if any, have as long and as storied of a history with cannabis consumption as the Netherlands. Amsterdam, which was...

Written by Hazel Norman on April 7, 2024. Posted in Policy.

Thailand’s Government Changes Tone About Cannabis Ban

In June 2022, Thailand modernized its cannabis policies to permit adult-use cannabis cultivation and possession in instances involving...

Written by Hazel Norman on March 27, 2024. Posted in Policy.

Ireland Has Only Approved 53 Patients For Medical Cannabis In Recent Years

Ireland adopted a medical cannabis policy reform measure back in 2019, however, it took many years for patients to be permitted to safely...

Written by Hazel Norman on March 27, 2024. Posted in Policy.

Canadian Ministers Release Final Report On Cannabis Act

Canada became the second country on earth to pass a national adult-use cannabis legalization measure back in 2018. The only other country...

Written by Hazel Norman on March 21, 2024. Posted in Policy.

Japan Sets Record For Arresting Young Cannabis Consumers

Cannabis use by young people is a very serious topic that is worthy of a serious conversation and public policy approach. It’s a...

Written by Hazel Norman on March 18, 2024. Posted in Policy.

Cabinet Approval For Thai Cannabis Ban Expected Later This Month

Thailand made regional history in 2022 when lawmakers in the Southeastern Asian country implemented a cannabis decriminalization...

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Written by Hazel Norman on March 18, 2024. Posted in Business, Policy.

Morocco Reports First Legal Cannabis Harvest

According to Morocco’s Agence Nationale de Réglementation des Activités relatives au Cannabis (ANRAC), the nation’s first...

Written by Hazel Norman on March 18, 2024. Posted in Policy.

Cannabis Advocates Demand Action In The Philippines

The cultivation and/or use of cannabis is currently illegal in the Philippines, per Republic Act 9165 and the Comprehensive Dangerous...

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Written by Hazel Norman on March 13, 2024. Posted in Policy.

Flower Will Not Be Included In France’s Medical Cannabis Program

France’s medical cannabis public policy experiment received initial approval from the nation’s Senate back in 2019,...

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Written by Hazel Norman on March 10, 2024. Posted in Policy.

An Estimated 750 People Have Joined Malta’s Legal Cannabis Clubs

In late 2021, Malta became the first European nation to pass a national adult-use cannabis legalization measure. Before Malta’s...

Written by Hazel Norman on March 10, 2024. Posted in Policy.

Cannabis Commerce Experiment In The Netherlands Will Not Include Amsterdam

Cannabis trials, which permit consumers, growers, and retailers to participate in legal cannabis commerce for research purposes, were...

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Written by Hazel Norman on March 4, 2024. Posted in Business, Policy.

Pakistan Approves Creation Of Cannabis Regulatory Agency

Pakistan may not be the first country that you think of when it comes to the emerging international cannabis industry, however, the...

Written by Hazel Norman on March 3, 2024. Posted in Policy.

First Medical Cannabis Prescription Issued In Greece

Greece was one of the first European nations to reschedule medical cannabis back in 2017. The goal of rescheduling was to allow suffering...

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Written by Hazel Norman on March 3, 2024. Posted in Policy.

Is The Cannabis Experiment In The Netherlands In Trouble?

Regional adult-use cannabis commerce trials, which permit consumers, growers, and retailers to participate in legal cannabis commerce for...

Written by Hazel Norman on February 26, 2024. Posted in Business, Policy.

Canada Creates Forum To Discuss Cannabis Industry Challenges

Canada is currently home to the largest national adult-use cannabis market on earth. Lawmakers in Canada approved a national adult-use...

Written by Hazel Norman on February 21, 2024. Posted in Policy.

Smoking And Vaping Cannabis On Public Patios Now Permitted In British Columbia

Cannabis stigma is still an issue in Canada, even five years after the country passed a national adult-use cannabis legalization measure...

Written by Hazel Norman on February 18, 2024. Posted in Business.

Health Canada: Cannabis Samples Are Permitted

In nearly every industry built on consumables, from the food industry to pharmaceuticals, product samples play a vital role. After all,...

Written by Hazel Norman on February 12, 2024. Posted in Policy.

German Health Minister Defends Cannabis Legalization Measure

Germany’s Health Minister Karl Lauterbach recently appeared on the Markus Lanz talk show to discuss the looming adult-use cannabis...

Written by Hazel Norman on February 12, 2024. Posted in Business.

The Top Cannabis Firms In Germany In 2024

Germany continues to trend towards adult-use cannabis legalization, with the expected launch date for some components of Germany’s...

Written by Hazel Norman on February 11, 2024. Posted in Business, Policy.

Britain’s Cannabis Industry Still Hindered By Limited Policies

Medical cannabis became legal in Britain in November 2018 after the nation’s Home Secretary had rescheduled cannabis-derived...

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Written by Hazel Norman on February 11, 2024. Posted in Policy, Science.

European Union Approves Medical Cannabis Signature Drive

Medical cannabis reform is spreading across the European continent, which is great. However, the rate at which it is spreading is not...

Written by Hazel Norman on February 7, 2024. Posted in Policy.

Is Medical Cannabis Reform On Spain’s Horizon?

Last month officials in Spain announced that they would be resuming discussions to pass a domestic medical cannabis regulatory measure....

Written by Hazel Norman on February 7, 2024. Posted in Policy.

Why Is Cannabis Reform So Hard To Achieve In Ireland?

Back in December 2022, Ireland’s Oireachtas Justice Committee issued a report in which it recommended that Ireland consider...

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Written by Hazel Norman on February 7, 2024. Posted in Policy.

Recreational Cannabis Ban Expected Next Week In Thailand

A lot can change in two years in the world of cannabis policy, and a great, and unfortunate, example of that can be found in Thailand....

Written by Hazel Norman on January 29, 2024. Posted in Policy.

Denmark Has Not Identified Any Major Safety Issues With Prescribed Cannabis

Denmark has conducted a medical cannabis pilot program since 2018 in which select doctors are permitted to prescribe medical cannabis...

Written by Hazel Norman on January 29, 2024. Posted in Policy.

South Korea Is Moving To Ban Cannabis References In Products And Brands

Legal cannabis products are more widely available now in many markets around the world than at any other time since the dawn of global...

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Written by Hazel Norman on January 22, 2024. Posted in Policy.

Czech Republic Doctors Prescribed 210 Kilograms Of Medical Cannabis In 2023

Medical doctors in the Czech Republic prescribed roughly 210 kilograms of medical cannabis products last year according to new data from...

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Written by Hazel Norman on January 21, 2024. Posted in Policy.

Thailand Expected To Go Backwards On Cannabis Policy

In June 2022, Thailand reformed its cannabis policies to permit adult-use cannabis cultivation and possession in instances involving...

Written by Hazel Norman on January 15, 2024. Posted in Policy.

Federal Cannabis Reform Inches Closer In The United States

Historically, the United States has led the charge in prohibiting cannabis in all of its forms. Starting in the 1930s, the United States...

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

Will 2024 Be An Active Year For German Cannabis Reform?

With 2024 now in full swing, the eyes of the international cannabis community remain fixed on Germany where lawmakers continue to work to...

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

Medical Cannabis Legalization Stalls In Ukraine

Roughly a week ago lawmakers in Ukraine passed a measure that would legalize cannabis for medical use in the country under certain...

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

Japanese Health Ministry Bans Six Synthetic Cannabinoids

Japan’s Health Ministry moved to pass a ban on certain synthetic cannabinoids this week, citing reported illnesses by consumers who...

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

Ukrainian Medical Cannabis Legalization Awaits Presidential Signature

Lawmakers in Ukraine gave final approval this week to a measure that would legalize cannabis for medical purposes in certain instances....

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

Guernsey Cannabis Prescriptions Top 13,000 In Last Year

Guernsey, a self-governing British Crown dependency island in the English Channel near the French coast, only has a population of roughly...

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

Cannabis Trials Begin In The Netherlands After Long Delay

Limited adult-use cannabis commerce trials finally launched this week in the Netherlands after several delays. Cannabis trials, which...

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

Malta Approves More Noncommercial Cannabis Clubs

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

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

Push For Legalization Continues In Costa Rica

Multiple countries on different continents are making meaningful pushes to modernize their cannabis policies in ways that would permit...

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

German Commissioner Visits The Netherlands To Learn About Cannabis Trials

The European continent is home to a handful of interesting local cannabis public policy experiments often referred to as cannabis pilot...

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

Medical Cannabis Access Continues To Be Hindered In Greece

A Member of the European Parliament from Greece is urging the European Commission (EC) to adopt legislation that would bring some...

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

Japan Lifts Ban On Cannabis-Derived Medications

Japan’s parliament approved a reform measure on Wednesday that legalizes cannabis-derived medical products. The newly approved...

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

Grenada Expected To Pass Cannabis Decriminalization Measure In 2024

Grenada may not be the first nation that you think of when contemplating cannabis policy modernization efforts, however, the Caribbean...

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

Parliamentary Assembly Of Bosnia And Herzegovina Host Medical Cannabis Meeting

Medical cannabis reform has swept the European continent, with many countries already having medical cannabis programs up and running in...

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

Venezuela’s AG Is Wrong To Criticize Cannabis Reform Efforts

Cannabis modernization efforts are spreading across the globe, and where adult-use policies are already in place cannabis legalization is...

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

Registration Opens For Cannabis Pilot Projects In Bern And Biel

Switzerland is home to a very interesting public policy experiment. In May 2021, an amendment to Switzerland’s Federal Narcotics...