Tag: Germany

German Cannabis Reform Moves Forward In Curious Ways

Written by Marguerite Arnold on June 8, 2021. Posted in Politics.

A new poll suggests a majority of Germans support the medical use of cannabis as the city of Dusseldorf removes its ban on hemp products. Is more reform on the way? The German cannabis reform discussion...

German Federal Hemp Tea Case Decided

Written by Marguerite Arnold on April 6, 2021. Posted in Business.

A hemp tea seller from Braunschweig was charged with federal narcotics violation charges – but just released after a German federal court decided that they were not trying to “intoxify”...

Aphria Announces First Cannabis Harvest For Germany

Written by Marguerite Arnold on January 19, 2021. Posted in Business.

The second growing facility for medical cannabis is about to deliver – but is this all going to be enough? Aphria, now merged with Tilray, is edging ever closer to actually delivering medical...

German Patients Continue To Have To Sue Insurers/Claim Approvers

Written by Marguerite Arnold on October 20, 2020. Posted in Medical.

Without a doubt, Germany is the largest medical cannabis market in Europe (so far). There have been approximately 100,000 applications so far to the public health insurers. And there are, depending...

The Continuing Importance Of The German Medical Cannabis Market

Written by Marguerite Arnold on October 13, 2020. Posted in Medical.

Even with the impact of Covid, the German cannabis market has continued to power forward. Several new distribution deals have been finalized in the last six months, and a German distributor for the...

Q’3 Overview Of The German Medical Cannabis Market

Written by Marguerite Arnold on October 6, 2020. Posted in Medical.

As the leaves begin to turn this year and the days grow shorter, a period also known as Q’3 2020, what and where is the status of the German medical cannabis market? That is a very good question,...

Rumbles In The German Cannabis Distribution Jungle

Written by Marguerite Arnold on June 16, 2020. Posted in Business.

As Germany opens up its economy again, cautiously, of course in the aftermath of the first COVID-19 scare, there are certainly moves afoot in the cannabis industry on the B2B side. Most of this is also...

Where Goes The Canadian-German Export Market?

Written by Marguerite Arnold on June 16, 2020. Posted in Business.

For the past several years (since 2016), Canadian exporters have sent ever-larger amounts of medical cannabis to Germany. The amount grew from a mere 44 kilograms to 3,740 by the end of last year according...

Is There A Medical Cannabis Price War Brewing In Germany?

Written by Marguerite Arnold on May 4, 2020. Posted in Medical.

Germany is undisputedly the market leader in Europe when it comes to sales and overall numbers of cannabis consumers. However, prices have remained high here for a number of reasons. That is now coming...