Author: Hazel Norman

Thousands Of Farmers In Morocco Have Received Authorization To Cultivate Cannabis In 2024

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

The climate in parts of Morocco is well-suited for large-scale cannabis production, which is why the North African nation has long served as a leading source of unregulated cannabis, particularly as...

Malta Regulatory Chief: Cannabis Reform Is Working

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

In 2021 Malta became the first European nation to adopt a national adult-use cannabis legalization measure. The only countries to adopt a national recreational cannabis legalization measure before Malta...

Medical Cannabis Legalization Officially Launches In Ukraine

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

Ukraine’s Parliament first approved medical cannabis reform in December 2023, with President Volodymyr Zelensky signing the measure on February 15th, 2024. This week the law took effect in Ukraine,...

Colombia Exported Over $10.8 Million Worth Of Cannabis Products In 2023

Written by Hazel Norman on August 17, 2024. Posted in Business.

Colombia’s emerging legal cannabis industry exported over $10.8 million worth of cannabis products in 2023 according to recently released stats from ProColombia. ProColombia is a government agency...

Dutch Cannabis Pilot Trial Could Be Extended

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

Regional adult-use cannabis commerce pilot trials are an interesting public policy experiment. The trials are permitted under EU law and are designed to help policymakers and regulators gather information...

German Medical Cannabis Imports Rose 51% In The Last Year

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

Germany’s legal medical cannabis industry was already the largest in Europe before the first provisions of adult-use legalization took effect on April 1st, 2024, and thanks to the recent removal...

Legal Global Cannabis Products Are Becoming More Diverse

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

As the legal cannabis industry continues to expand to nearly every corner of the planet, the variety of products available to medical cannabis patients is also expanding. Raw medical cannabis flower...

Thailand Reverses Course And Will Regulate Cannabis Instead Of Prohibit It

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

In recent years Thailand has served as arguably the wildest nation on earth from a cannabis public policy observer standpoint. For many decades, Thailand had some of the harshest cannabis laws on the...

Court Case Challenges Japan’s Strict Cannabis Laws

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

When it comes to cannabis policy reform efforts, there is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach. The most straightforward way to achieve cannabis reform is when lawmakers draft, approve, and implement...