Author: Hazel Norman

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

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

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

Canadian Ministers Release Final Report On Cannabis Act

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

Canada became the second country on earth to pass a national adult-use cannabis legalization measure back in 2018. The only other country to have done so prior to Canada was Uruguay, which passed its...

Japan Sets Record For Arresting Young Cannabis Consumers

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

Cannabis use by young people is a very serious topic that is worthy of a serious conversation and public policy approach. It’s a topic that should be driven by science and logic, and not by fear-mongering....

Cabinet Approval For Thai Cannabis Ban Expected Later This Month

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

Thailand made regional history in 2022 when lawmakers in the Southeastern Asian country implemented a cannabis decriminalization measure. Unfortunately, less than two years after the measure took effect,...

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Morocco Reports First Legal Cannabis Harvest

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

According to Morocco’s Agence Nationale de Réglementation des Activités relatives au Cannabis (ANRAC), the nation’s first legal cannabis crop totaled 294 metric tons. The legal harvest...

Cannabis Advocates Demand Action In The Philippines

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

The cultivation and/or use of cannabis is currently illegal in the Philippines, per Republic Act 9165 and the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. The level of penalty depends on the amount involved...

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

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

France’s medical cannabis public policy experiment received initial approval from the nation’s Senate back in 2019, however, the launch of the trial was delayed until the spring of 2021...

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

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

In late 2021, Malta became the first European nation to pass a national adult-use cannabis legalization measure. Before Malta’s legalization measure was approved, only Uruguay and Canada had...

Cannabis Commerce Experiment In The Netherlands Will Not Include Amsterdam

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

Cannabis trials, which permit consumers, growers, and retailers to participate in legal cannabis commerce for research purposes, were first proposed in the Netherlands in 2017 as part of a governing...