Japan Lifts Ban On Cannabis-Derived Medications
Japan’s parliament approved a reform measure on Wednesday that legalizes cannabis-derived medical products. The newly approved public policy measure also imposes stiff penalties for the use of...
Author: Hazel Norman
Grenada Expected To Pass Cannabis Decriminalization Measure In 2024
Grenada may not be the first nation that you think of when contemplating cannabis policy modernization efforts, however, the Caribbean nation is expected to pass a cannabis decriminalization measure...
Parliamentary Assembly Of Bosnia And Herzegovina Host Medical Cannabis Meeting
Medical cannabis reform has swept the European continent, with many countries already having medical cannabis programs up and running in some form. European medical cannabis programs fall on a spectrum...
Venezuela’s AG Is Wrong To Criticize Cannabis Reform Efforts
Cannabis modernization efforts are spreading across the globe, and where adult-use policies are already in place cannabis legalization is succeeding by every measure. Humans will always consume cannabis,...
Registration Opens For Cannabis Pilot Projects In Bern And Biel
Switzerland is home to a very interesting public policy experiment. In May 2021, an amendment to Switzerland’s Federal Narcotics Act went into effect which permitted adult-use cannabis commerce...
No Changes Expected To Luxembourg’s New Cannabis Law
Luxembourg became the fourth nation to ever pass a national adult-use cannabis law when it did so earlier this year. Luxembourg joined its European counterpart, Malta, which passed a national measure...
Legalization Measure Moves Forward In South Africa
In September 2018 South Africa’s Constitutional Court issued a landmark ruling in which it determined that cannabis prohibition as it pertains to individual rights was unconstitutional. The Court...
First Legal Medical Cannabis Clinic Opens In Ireland
Medical cannabis may be commonly found in various parts of the world now, however, in Ireland, medical cannabis policy modernization efforts have taken considerably longer to become a reality. Back...
Australian Medical Association Opposes Cannabis Legalization Measure
Lawmakers in Australia’s Parliament are currently considering a bill that would legalize cannabis for adult use. The ‘Legalising Cannabis Bill 2023‘ was introduced by Greens Senator...