Marguerite Arnold, Author at International Cannabis Business Conference

German Study Shows Dramatic Increase In Cannabis Consumption

Written by Marguerite Arnold on October 4, 2021. Posted in Cultural.

A study by UKE-Hamburg shows that the number of cannabis users in Europe has increased more than 25% over the second decade of the century. According to a study conducted by the Centre for Interdisciplinary Addiction Research at the University of Hamburg and the Technical University of Dresden, evaluated...

Which Way Are The Winds Of Recreational Cannabis Blowing In Europe?

Written by Marguerite Arnold on October 4, 2021. Posted in Politics.

Several countries have decided to delay their plans for recreational markets – apparently in response to the German national elections In a strange response apparently to the results of the German elections, both Portugal and Luxembourg have just announced delays and review of their decisions...

Scotland Decriminalizes Drug Possession

Written by Marguerite Arnold on September 27, 2021. Posted in Politics.

Scotland’s new policy covers all ‘illegal drugs” including cannabis in a surprise turn of events. In a surprise announcement, Class A substances have been effectively decriminalized in Scotland. This includes cannabis. According to the lord advocate, Dorothy Bain QC. this is a “diversion...

The German National Elections Will Forward Cannabis Reform – But How Much?

Written by Marguerite Arnold on September 27, 2021. Posted in Politics.

Germans went to the polls last Sunday, returning a not-so-surprising result. What will this new government mean for cannabis reform? There is a new day in Germany. For the first time in 16 years, Angela Merkel is no longer the Chancellor of the largest and most powerful country in Europe. Beyond this,...

South Africa Gets Its First Cannabis Pain Patient

Written by Marguerite Arnold on September 21, 2021. Posted in Medical.

Kwanda Mtetwa has become South Africa’s first legal cannabis patient – receiving the prescription to treat his chronic pain – he won’t be the last. The first South African patient has now been prescribed medical cannabis for chronic pain. The 32-year-old activist had to obtain...

What Role Will Cannabis Social Clubs Play In European Recreational Reform?

Written by Marguerite Arnold on September 21, 2021. Posted in Business.

The continued popularity of this kind of gathering point has spread far from Spain and is now increasingly looked to as a model for recreational trials in places like Switzerland and South Africa There is one thing that Spain, if not the early caregiving days in places like the US and Canada has given...

Cannabis Reform Moves Forward In UK’s Islands

Written by Marguerite Arnold on September 14, 2021. Posted in Politics.

Support for cannabis reform if not actual cultivation is moving ahead on the many islands ringing the mainland From Guernsey, where cultivation is finally proceeding officially, to the Isle of Man’s upcoming election where candidates are talking openly if not enthusiastically for the need for...

Italy Struggles To Set Regulations For Home Grow

Written by Marguerite Arnold on September 14, 2021. Posted in Politics.

The European country is struggling to create regulations and guidelines for home grow after Italy’s top court decriminalized cannabis in late December 2019 In a sign that Covid might have slowed but cannot indefinitely delay the progress of cannabis legalization across the continent, and even...

Lidl Supermarket Faces Issues Over CBD Products Across Europe

Written by Marguerite Arnold on September 7, 2021. Posted in Business.

One of the world’s largest grocery stores faces repeated problems over “cannabis” products in its European outlets The going has not been easy for Lidl this summer on the cannabis front. The supermarket giant, with over 12,000 brick and mortar stores across Europe and the United...

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