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New Zealand Approves Sale Of Domestic Cannabis Products

Written by Marguerite Arnold on September 22, 2022. Posted in Business, Policy.

The island nation has relied on exports to treat patients so far. Allowing the dispensation of domestically cultivated cannabis will help the nascent industry grow and lower overall costs Last week, New Zealand officials approved the beginning of the domestically sourced medical cannabis market. The...

Hong Kong Goes Backwards On CBD Policy

Written by Marguerite Arnold on September 22, 2022. Posted in Policy.

Hong Kong is planning on banning all cannabidiol (CBD) products, with the ban expected to go into effect in 2023. Will banning CBD really work? John Lee, the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region said on Saturday, September 17, that the government will specifically outlaw...

Scenes From German Cannabis Legalization In Progress

Written by Marguerite Arnold on September 20, 2022. Posted in Policy.

The German government is clearly moving forward with plans to legalize the plant. A delegation of Bundestag members is currently touring California – and last week two members of the SPD gave a progress report via Instagram If there was a portrait of the in-progress discussion over German cannabis...

Going Back Is Not An Option: From Germany To Thailand, Lawmakers Realize Cannabis Legalization Is On Horizon

Written by Marguerite Arnold on September 20, 2022. Posted in Policy.

In the last week, government officials from both Germany and Thailand have echoed a similar sentiment In every movement, there comes a so-called “tipping point” when the majority of people understand that there is no way to preserve the status quo. In his famous book of the same name,...

Is The Biden White House Waiting On Germany To Move Ahead On Recreational Reform?

Written by Marguerite Arnold on September 12, 2022. Posted in Policy.

The US president is putting off further conversation about American cannabis reform until after the mid-terms. Is he waiting for Germany if not Europe beyond that, to go first? President Joe Biden’s track record on cannabis reform is very poor. This has not changed since he entered public service...

Members Of German Bundestag Travel To North America To Examine Cannabis Legalization

Written by Marguerite Arnold on September 12, 2022. Posted in Business, Policy.

Eight members of the Bundestag’s Health Committee head to North America to educate themselves about how reform works in both California and Canada A delegation of eight members of the Bundestag’s Health Committee have landed in North America to examine cannabis legalization as it is done...

Political Clashes Over Legalization Continue From Bavarian Politicians

Written by Marguerite Arnold on September 12, 2022. Posted in Policy.

Lawyers for the Bundestag Scientific Service of the Bundestag issue analysis of cannabis legalization, claiming it violates EU law – and the cry is picked up, again, by the conservative state Health Minister in Bavaria The clash over legalization is getting nasty in Germany. In the last three...

CSU Critiques Of Traffic Coalition Plan To Legalize Cannabis Meets Wide Mockery

Written by Marguerite Arnold on September 12, 2022. Posted in Policy.

CSU leader Markus Söder and Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach trade barbs over current government drug policy – which goes viral on German Twitter It all began so innocently. Markus Söder, the leader of the “opposition” to the current parties comprising the Traffic...

German Insurers Begin To Take New Tact On Medical Cannabis

Written by Marguerite Arnold on September 5, 2022. Posted in Business, Policy.

AOK has begun a new program with German Society for Pain Medicine to decrease approval complexity, while Barmer has just issued a new digital section on its website on the medical efficacy of cannabis. Has the tide turned on insurer resistance to medical underwriting of cannabis claims? There is clearly...

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New Zealand Approves Sale Of Domestic Cannabis Products

Hong Kong Goes Backwards On CBD Policy

Scenes From German Cannabis Legalization In Progress

Going Back Is Not An Option: From Germany To Thailand, Lawmakers Realize Cannabis Legalization Is On Horizon

Is The Biden White House Waiting On Germany To Move Ahead On Recreational Reform?

Members Of German Bundestag Travel To North America To Examine Cannabis Legalization

Political Clashes Over Legalization Continue From Bavarian Politicians

CSU Critiques Of Traffic Coalition Plan To Legalize Cannabis Meets Wide Mockery

German Insurers Begin To Take New Tact On Medical Cannabis

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