When lawmakers in Germany agreed to legalize cannabis for adult use they planned on rolling out German legalization in two phases, or ‘pillars.’ The first pillar involved legalizing the...
Recapping The Historic 2024 International Cannabis Business Conference In Berlin
Written by Johnny Green on . Posted in Business, Entertainment, Policy, Science.
Thousands of leading international cannabis investors, entrepreneurs, inventors, policymakers, regulators, and industry service providers descended upon Berlin, Germany for the annual International...
Signature Drive In Switzerland Seeks To Legalize Cannabis For Adult Use
Written by Hazel Norman on . Posted in Policy.
Europe is currently home to three nations that have adopted a national adult-use cannabis legalization measure, and if cannabis advocates in Switzerland succeed in their effort, their country could...
Will Cannabis Rescheduling In The U.S. Impact The International Cannabis Industry?
Written by Johnny Green on . Posted in Business, Policy.
News broke yesterday in the United States regarding the cannabis plant’s status at the federal level. After decades of outright cannabis prohibition at the national level in the U.S., the DEA...
Canada Received $1.9 Billion From Legal Cannabis Sales In 2022/2023
Written by Hazel Norman on . Posted in Business, Policy.
Canada became the first G-7 nation on the planet to pass a national adult-use legalization measure in 2018, and only the second country to ever do so. The only country to have passed a national adult-use...
German Patients Report Improvements Following Use Of High-THC Flower
Written by Frank Schuler on . Posted in Science.
Doctors in Germany started legally prescribing cannabis to suffering patients in 2017, and since that time the nation’s medical cannabis program has grown in size by a considerable amount. Germany...
Slovenia Cannabis Referendum Votes Set For June 9th
Written by Johnny Green on . Posted in Policy.
Slovenia’s Freedom Movement, the largest party of the current ruling coalition, was successful in its push to place consulting referendums related to medical and non-medical cannabis use before...
Germany Imported A Record Amount Of Cannabis In 2023
Written by Hazel Norman on . Posted in Business, Policy.
Germany continues to serve as the largest legal medical cannabis market in Europe, and not just for domestically produced medical cannabis products. Germany reportedly imported a record amount of medical...
Japan’s Cannabis Market Expanded Sixfold Between 2019-2023
Written by Hazel Norman on . Posted in Business, Policy.
Japan’s emerging cannabis industry expanded sixfold during four years spanning from 2019 to 2023 according to a new report by Euromonitor International. Japan’s emerging legal cannabis industry...