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Attend CannaPortugal On May 19th And 20th

Johnny Green — Mon, 08 May 2023 00:39:35 +0000

It is a truly historic era right now for cannabis policy, industry, and research, particularly on the European continent. Adult-use legalization is receiving significant attention in Europe right now, and understandably so. However, there’s currently far more going on with the continent’s emerging legal cannabis industry than just the push to legalize adult-use sales. Europe’s […]

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Here Comes Portugal: Adult Use Bill Brought Before Parliament

Marguerite Arnold — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 17:14:43 +0000

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 the ante even more. In a […]

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Portuguese Authorities Set Retail Price For Medical Cannabis

Marguerite Arnold — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 03:33:28 +0000

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 a more regulated retail price for medical cannabis at pharmacies […]

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Portugal Moves Forward On Regulating Domestic Hemp Market

Marguerite Arnold — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 19:59:00 +0000

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, production, manufacture, employment, trade, distribution, import, export, introduction, dispatch, transit, possession for any purpose […]

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What Is Going On With Portugal’s Cannabis Industry?

Marguerite Arnold — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 03:00:11 +0000

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 in Europe) is how the country […]

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Tilray’s Portuguese Facility Ships To Germany

Marguerite Arnold — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 20:57:36 +0000

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 of note – Cannamedical, the second indie distributor […]

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More EU Nations Moving Toward Regulating Cannabis

Marguerite Arnold — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 17:15:28 +0000

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 that medical reform will be […]

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Portugal Legalizes Medical Cannabis, Must Improve Law Soon

Anthony Johnson — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 16:30:19 +0000

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. Despite a progressive […]

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Israel Decriminalization Continues International Marijuana Progress

Amber Iris Langston — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 16:42:42 +0000

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 and stopped arrests for public cannabis consumption. After decades of […]

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