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Here Comes Portugal: Adult Use Bill Brought Before Parliament

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

Cannabis reform is not staying still across the EU As Europe begins to wake up to the reality that two countries within and just outside its border (Luxembourg and Switzerland) are about to give the region its “Colorado and Washington State” moment – Portugal appears to want to up...

Portuguese Authorities Set Retail Price For Medical Cannabis

Written by Marguerite Arnold on March 2, 2021. Posted in Medical.

Infarmed, the Portuguese medicines and medical devices agency, has now set a reference retail price for medical cannabis patients in pharmacies that equals the black-market price – but still no word on whether health insurers will reimburse the costs. Portuguese patients can look forward to...

Portugal Moves Forward On Regulating Domestic Hemp Market

Written by Marguerite Arnold on August 11, 2020. Posted in Business.

On August 4, the Portuguese government issued a regulatory document that authorizes the cultivation and exploitation of the domestic hemp market. According to the document, translated from Portuguese, the law “establishes the conditions, authorizations and inspection that apply to the cultivation,...

What Is Going On With Portugal’s Cannabis Industry?

Written by Marguerite Arnold on October 22, 2019. Posted in Business.

Licensing is underway in Portugal, although the competition is as fierce as it is in many other markets. The government changes rules, slowly, then opens up the gates and then everyone rushes (or tries to rush in). The interesting thing about Portugal right now from an international perspective (certainly...

Tilray’s Portuguese Facility Ships To Germany

Written by Marguerite Arnold on September 7, 2019. Posted in Business.

In one of the more intriguing cross-European canna developments this summer, Tilray announced its first cross-European shipment. The shipment was estimated to be worth more than $3 million and shipped from Portugal to Germany in late August. The German distributor that Tilray is working with is also...

More EU Nations Moving Toward Regulating Cannabis

Written by Marguerite Arnold on January 25, 2019. Posted in Business, ICBC Barcelona, ICBC Berlin, ICBC Zurich, Politics.

The third week of January brings fresh signs that wide-spread cannabis reform is afoot across the European Union. Several countries are already announcing that this year will probably be a watershed year for reform both on a country-by-country basis as well as a regional one, although so far, it appears...

Portugal Legalizes Medical Cannabis, Must Improve Law Soon

Written by Anthony Johnson on July 31, 2018. Posted in Uncategorized.

Portugal has been a leader in reforming the failed War on Drugs, decriminalizing the personal use of all drugs back in 2001. By all accounts, ending draconian Drug War penalties and treating drug use as a health care issue, instead of a criminal justice issue, has been a raging success for Portugal....

Israel Decriminalization Continues International Marijuana Progress

Written by Amber Iris Langston on March 13, 2017. Posted in ICBC Berlin.

This past week, another significant milestone was achieved in the international cannabis world. The State of Israel, which has likely contributed more legitimized scientific research on the cannabis plant than any other country in the world, including the discovery of THC itself, has officially decriminalized...

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