International Cannabis Business Conference Blog

Cannabis Seminary For Doctors And Nurses To Be Held At University Of Ljubljana

Written by Johnny Green on September 25, 2023. Posted in Policy, Science.

Check out the upcoming event at the University of Ljubljana titled ‘Hemp and its Active Ingredients in Healthcare III’ on October 11th and 18th, 2023. The event is co-organized by the Research...

Changes Expected To Be Made To Thailand’s Cannabis Policy

Written by Johnny Green on September 25, 2023. Posted in Policy.

In June 2022, Thailand’s government made a fairly substantial shift in how it approaches cannabis policy. At the time the policy change was hailed as ‘legalization,’ however, it’s...

Prevalence Of Cannabis Use Among Canadian Youth “Unchanged” Per New Data

Written by Johnny Green on September 25, 2023. Posted in Policy.

Canada is home to the largest cannabis public policy and regulation experiment in history. Canada became the first G-7 nation to pass a national adult-use cannabis legalization measure in late 2018...

European Parliament Member Shares Pictures Of His Cannabis Plants On Social Media

Written by Hazel Norman on September 20, 2023. Posted in Policy.

A member of the European Parliament (MEP) recently posted pictures of cannabis he is cultivating for personal use. Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan, MEP for Ireland Midlands North West, shared the following image...

Cannabis Extracts Associated With Sustained Chronic Health Condition Improvements

Written by Frank Schuler on September 20, 2023. Posted in Science.

Anyone who has suffered from one or more health conditions knows that it can negatively impact a person’s quality of life. In some cases, one or more health conditions can completely debilitate...

Vaporized Cannabis Associated With Reduced Symptoms In PTSD Patients

Written by Frank Schuler on September 20, 2023. Posted in Science.

For many years, medical cannabis patients largely consumed cannabis by smoking flower. However, in recent years the different types of cannabis products and consumption methods have increased considerably. A...

Limited Legal Cannabis Sales Expected To Launch In The Netherlands This December

Written by Hazel Norman on September 18, 2023. Posted in Business, Policy.

A long-awaited cannabis public policy experiment is reportedly set to launch on December 15th in two different municipalities in the Netherlands. Limited cannabis sales will be permitted at certain...

Compassion Should Be The Goal Of Medical Cannabis Reform

Written by Johnny Green on September 17, 2023. Posted in Policy.

The goal of medical cannabis policy modernization efforts should be obvious – to help suffering patients. If a suffering patient benefits from one or more medical cannabis therapeutics, and the...

Survey Finds That Many Canadian Nurses Don’t Receive Medical Cannabis Training

Written by Frank Schuler on September 16, 2023. Posted in Science.

Humans have consumed cannabis for many centuries. It’s unknown when the first human discovered the therapeutic benefits of the cannabis plant, however, we know that it was at least several thousand...