Author: Hazel Norman

Advocates Urge German Government To Prioritize Industrial Hemp Liberalization Act

Written by Hazel Norman on November 12, 2024. Posted in Policy.

Last week, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced the firing of Finance Minister Christian Lindner, effectively ending the ruling government’s coalition of Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD), Lindner’s...

Parliamentary Report: Cannabis Reform In NSW Is “Only Rational Course”

Written by Hazel Norman on November 10, 2024. Posted in Policy.

A new parliamentary report issued in New South Wales calls for cannabis reform in the Australian state. The 148-page report, which was tabled by the premier and finance committee, called cannabis reform...

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UK Government Announces Reforms To Hemp License Regulations

Written by Hazel Norman on November 9, 2024. Posted in Business, Policy.

Government officials in the United Kingdom announced this week that regulators are changing hemp licensing regulations in the country. Starting in 2025, hemp license holders in the UK will no longer...

Turkey Sets Hemp Quota For Medical Products

Written by Hazel Norman on November 4, 2024. Posted in Business, Policy.

In 2016, hemp cultivation became legal in 19 provinces in Turkey for industrial purposes. Aspiring hemp producers must obtain the country’s Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Livestock permission...

62% Of Canadians Still Approve Of Cannabis Legalization

Written by Hazel Norman on November 2, 2024. Posted in Policy.

Canada became the second country on the planet and the first G-7 nation to adopt a national adult-use legalization measure in 2018. The only country to do so before Canada was Uruguay, where lawmakers...

How Many Countries In Africa Have Legalized Commercial Cannabis Cultivation?

Written by Hazel Norman on October 22, 2024. Posted in Business, Policy.

As cannabis policy modernization has spread across the globe, one continent that has experienced a significant amount of reform in recent years is Africa. Currently, the only nation in Africa that has...

German Survey Finds 80% Would Rather Open A Specialty Cannabis Store

Written by Hazel Norman on October 22, 2024. Posted in Business.

Earlier this year, on April 1, 2024, Germany adopted the historic CanG law that legalized cannabis possession, cultivation, and use by adults. Germany may have not been the first country in Europe to...

EU Court Of Justice Approves Indoor Hemp Cultivation

Written by Hazel Norman on October 13, 2024. Posted in Policy.

Humans have cultivated hemp under the sun for centuries, making use of their hemp harvests in several ways from making rope to paper to textiles. In recent years, the hemp plant has become the focus...

Spain’s Ministry Of Health Publishes Medical Cannabis Draft Royal Decree

Written by Hazel Norman on October 8, 2024. Posted in Policy.

The road to properly regulated medical cannabis in Spain has been long and full of twists and turns. However, the effort to bring Spain’s medical cannabis policies into the modern age passed a...