British Cannabis Chronic Pain Study Hits Setbacks
Plans for the second British medical cannabis study hit the skids after concerns it would “soften” criminal laws against cannabis use The British have seen many roadblocks on the way to...
International Cannabis Business Conference Berlin 2022 Preview
The International Cannabis Business Conference is coming back to Berlin, Germany on July 19-20, 2022. Offering world-class industry networking opportunities, the Berlin International Cannabis Business...
South Africa Approves First Cannabis Pharmacy
The pharmacy, located in Johannesburg, supplies card-carrying medical cannabis patients and is registered with federal authorities South Africa is powering forward with its cannabis reform plans. The...
Sardinia Begins Regulated Hemp Production To Remediate Polluted Land
Italy’s second-largest island has passed a measure to create a regulated hemp market to help clean up the environment A new law designed to increase phytoremediation of polluted land may well...
Australian Researchers Examine Motivation Behind Increased Support For Legalization
Support for adult-use cannabis legalization is stronger now at the global level than at any other time since the start of international cannabis prohibition. Now that Uruguay, Canada, and Malta have...
Which Country Has ‘The Best’ Cannabis Legalization Model?
Cannabis prohibition, thankfully, has not always existed. For thousands of years, humans used the cannabis plant for various purposes, and it was only in the 1900s that cannabis prohibition first became...
Social Organizations Receive Medical Cannabis Cultivation Licenses In Mexico
The road towards adult-use cannabis legalization in Mexico has been full of twists, turns, detours, and in some cases dead ends. In late 2018 Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled that cannabis prohibition...
Putting ‘Europe’s Biggest Cannabis Farm’ Bust Into Context
Historically, I have always shied away from writing about cannabis busts. Having been present at no less than 3 no-knock raids in my youth, and having guns pointed at my face during the course of the...
Taiwan’s Lowered Cannabis Penalty Does Not Go Nearly Far Enough
Lawmakers in Taiwan moved this week to lower the mandatory sentence for people convicted of cultivating cannabis for personal use from five years to one year. The previous fine, NT$5 million (roughly...
