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The World From Here: Cannabis Reform Europe Roundup 2021

Written by Marguerite Arnold on December 28, 2021. Posted in Politics.

The discussion has moved forward increasingly faster this year, in large part after September because of the new German government’s decision to enact federal recreational reform as of 2022 In...

Removing Cannabis From The German Narcotics Act – Is It A Pipe Dream?

Written by Marguerite Arnold on December 28, 2021. Posted in Politics.

Thailand has just done it, why can’t Germany? With all the celebratory hoopla that came with the news that Germany would, finally, after experimenting with the medical question during the last...

Fiji Plans To Move Forward On Hemp Reform

Written by Marguerite Arnold on December 20, 2021. Posted in Politics.

The island nation is going to move forward on basic cannabis reform as early as next year. The 300 island archipelago nation of Fiji is moving forward on cannabis reform. The nation’s president...

Organizing For National Cannabis Reform: A New Spanish Advocacy Group Gets Going

Written by Marguerite Arnold on December 20, 2021. Posted in Business, Politics.

The Cannabis Industry Guild (or GIC) has just been formed to create an advocacy group for the nascent industry across the country In yet more of a sign of how large the ripple effect of the German announcement...

Malta Becomes First Country In EU To Legalize Adult Use Cannabis

Written by Marguerite Arnold on December 15, 2021. Posted in Politics.

The country will edge out Luxembourg, Germany, and Portugal to create a fully functioning, federally legal cannabis market Malta has just become the first EU country to formally legitimize an adult-use...

Relative Majority Favors Legalizing Cannabis In Germany For The First Time

Written by Johnny Green on December 14, 2021. Posted in Politics.

Cannabis reform has more momentum on the European continent right now than ever before since the start of prohibition, and Germany is at the heart of it. Medical cannabis is already legal in Germany,...

Former President Of France Francois Hollande Supports Adult Use Cannabis

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

While not willing to say he is “in favour” of consumption, he does believe that better control of the drug can be handled by legalization In a sign that things are changing on the cannabis...

Former National Leaders Call For Global Cannabis Reform

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

Nick Clegg, the former Liberal Democratic leader, calls for legalization in the UK, following global trends Citing the German and American cannabis market reforms, Nick Clegg, the former British Prime...

Is The FDA Going To Issue Commercial CBD Regulations Soon?

Written by Johnny Green on December 7, 2021. Posted in Politics.

Three years ago the United States Congress, via the 2018 Farm Bill, legalized hemp nationwide, and with it, cannabidiol (CBD) products derived from hemp. Given how long domestic hemp cultivation was...