Tag: spain

Spanish Cannabis Reform: A Rumble On The Horizon

Written by Marguerite Arnold on January 11, 2022. Posted in Politics.

The entire cannabis conversation has moved forward, dramatically, over the last year in Europe. Where does this leave Spain? As anyone who has watched the American market, in particular, jolt slowly...

Spain Needs To Take Its Rightful Place As A Global Cannabis Leader

Written by Johnny Green on January 6, 2022. Posted in Politics.

Spain, particularly Barcelona, has been home to a vibrant cannabis community for many years. Cannabis is very easy to acquire throughout most of Spain where roughly 1 out of every 10 adults consumes...

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...

Spanish Court References European Decision On CBD

Written by Marguerite Arnold on July 13, 2021. Posted in Medical.

A Spanish lawsuit acquitting a CBD store owner in Spain becomes the first legal judgment in the country to reference the EU decision that the cannabinoid is not a narcotic. Legal eagles are paying attention...

Spanish Agricultural Cannabis Redevelopment Project In Suspense

Written by Marguerite Arnold on July 6, 2021. Posted in Medical.

A large roses to cannabis production facility in Garrray Spain, Europe’s largest greenhouse of red roses, now sits empty as AEMPS delays on granting medical cannabis authorization. Once upon a...

Spanish Government Moves To Formally Consider Medical Efficacy Of Cannabis

Written by Marguerite Arnold on May 18, 2021. Posted in Medical.

Last week, the Spanish Congressional Health and Consumer Affairs Commission Committee met to consider exploring the medical efficacy of cannabis. Will this finally move the needle on some type of formal,...

First Cannabis Patient Makes Bid For Home Grow In Spain

Written by Marguerite Arnold on May 4, 2021. Posted in Politics.

A 49-year-old male patient has made his application for medical home grow to the Spanish Medicines Agency public Juan Manuel Rodriguez, a Gen X Spanish citizen, has just made his application for a cannabis...

Is Spain On The Verge Of Regulating Cannabis Clubs?

Written by Marguerite Arnold on March 30, 2021. Posted in Business.

As a monumental challenge to the current law loses in Strasbourg, organizers including political parties are challenging the government to regulate the sector (as well as fully legalize it). Things...

Basque Region Cannabis Clubs Throw Down Gauntlet To Reopen

Written by Marguerite Arnold on March 9, 2021. Posted in Business.

After being devastated by Pandemic shutdowns, clubs in the Basque region of Spain petition their government to let them reopen for business. Basque region cannabis clubs have now petitioned their government...