International Cannabis Business Conference Blog

Malta’s Parliament Approves Changes To Adult-Use Cannabis Laws

Written by Johnny Green on May 12, 2025. Posted in Policy.

Malta became the first country in Europe to adopt a national adult-use cannabis legalization measure back in 2021. The only countries to approve national recreational cannabis legalization before Malta...

Analysis Finds Legal Canadian Cannabis Has Largely Displaced Unregulated Market

Written by Johnny Green on May 12, 2025. Posted in Business, Policy.

A major goal of every jurisdiction that has modernized its cannabis policies to permit adult-use cannabis activity is to help combat the unregulated market, including in Canada, where lawmakers adopted...

Armenia’s Parliament Speaker Says Cannabis Should Be Legalized

Written by Johnny Green on May 12, 2025. Posted in Policy.

Alen Roberti Simonyan has been President of the National Assembly of Armenia since August 2021. During his recent participation in the Deep TALKS program, Mr. Simonyan expressed support for modernizing...

Australia’s Legal Cannabis Growers Urge Support Of Nation’s Producers

Written by Johnny Green on May 11, 2025. Posted in Business.

Australia’s legal cannabis farmers are banding together and warning the nation’s government of looming “catastrophic failures” and a “bleak reality” for the emerging...

Industrial Hemp’s Market Potential Is Nearly Double Consumable Cannabis’ Potential

Written by Johnny Green on May 11, 2025. Posted in Business.

One of the most insightful moments for me at the recent International Cannabis Business Conference in Berlin occurred during leading international cannabis economist Beau Whitney’s presentation....

Belgian Researchers: Cannabis Not Associated With Sedentary Lifestyle

Written by Johnny Green on May 10, 2025. Posted in Science.

Historically, one of the most common stereotypes perpetuated by cannabis opponents, mainstream media, and films is that cannabis consumers are lazy and unmotivated. However, the results of a recent...

South Africa To Release New Cannabis Food Regulations After Backlash

Written by Johnny Green on May 9, 2025. Posted in Business, Policy.

South Africa is on a short list of countries that have adopted national adult-use cannabis legalization measures, along with Uruguay, Canada, Malta, Luxembourg, and Germany. Courts in other nations...

Swiss Study Finds Legal Cannabis Access Reduces ‘Problematic Consumption’

Written by Johnny Green on May 9, 2025. Posted in Policy.

Roughly two years ago, Switzerland launched what was then a unique approach to science-based cannabis commerce research. The European nation launched the first of what has eventually become a series...

Robust Legal Sales Are Vital For Achieving Europe’s Cannabis Goals

Written by Johnny Green on May 7, 2025. Posted in Business, Policy.

The current level of excitement and interest in Europe’s emerging legal cannabis market is remarkable in many ways, as is the interesting public policy model that has developed in Europe in recent...