Canada Sold $498.7 Million Worth Of Legal Cannabis In August
Canada’s government released new sales data for the nation’s emerging legal cannabis industry. According to Statistics...
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The UK Cannabis Industry Has Plenty Of Room To Grow
The United Kingdom’s emerging legal medical cannabis market is the second largest on the European continent, currently valued at...
CBD May Reduce Systolic Blood Pressure
High blood pressure is a serious public health issue facing the world today. International researchers estimate that roughly 1.4 billion...
Panama To Register Medical Cannabis Products
Back in the summer of 2021, Panama’s national assembly unanimously approved a measure that sought to regulate the use of medical...
Germany Boosts Medical Cannabis Import Limit
Last month, Germany announced that the nation’s legal medical cannabis import sector had reached its limit of 122 tonnes of medical...
Strong Support For Legalization In The Netherlands
It is no secret that the Netherlands has long been home to one of the most well-established cannabis communities on the planet. For...
Zurich Applies To Extend Legal Cannabis Dispensary Study
Multiple jurisdictions in Switzerland are home to interesting cannabis public policy experiments. Regional cannabis commerce pilot...
97 Cannabis Associations Approved In North Rhine-Westphalia
A major component of Germany’s adult-use cannabis legalization model involves permitting consumers to join a member-based...
Manitoba Cannabis Revenue Growth Outpaces Alcohol And Gambling
Canada remains the top legal national cannabis market on the planet and a glowing example of how countries should approach cannabis...
Europe Is The Top Target For Cannabis Industry Expansion
Initially having started in North America, the cannabis industry ‘green rush’ has since gone international and expanded to nearly every...
German Lawmakers Propose Industrial Hemp Liberalization Law
Industrial hemp prohibition policies have never been based on science and logic. To be fair, lawmakers and regulators claiming that hemp...
Australian Study Finds Medical Cannabis May Reduce Opioid Use
International researchers estimate that roughly 1 out of every 5 people on the planet suffers from chronic pain, with the likelihood of...
THC May Improve Symptoms Of Parkinson’s Disease
According to international researchers, the prevalence of Parkinson’s disease has doubled in the past 25 years, with an estimated 8.5...
Italian Farmers Seek Industrial Hemp Clarity
Industrial hemp is a major industry around the world, thanks to an increasing number of governments modernizing their policies to permit...
Caye Caulker Voters Reject Cannabis Reform Measure
Earlier this week, voters in Caye Caulker weighed in on a local measure that sought to legalize cannabis activity on the island. Caye...
German Cannabis Advocates Push Back On Federal Cabinet
This week, Germany’s Federal Cabinet approved a measure that would amend the Medical Cannabis Act (MedCanG). The measure was...
Spain Council Of Ministers Approves Medical Cannabis Royal Decree
Historically, you would be hard-pressed to find a country that has a larger disconnect between cannabis public policy and a...
Brazil Invests R$390,000 To Study Cannabis Reform’s Impact
While approaches to cannabis public policy vary around the world, one thing is consistent about cannabis prohibition – it is...
Argentina Province Approves Medicinal Cannabis And Industrial Hemp
The South American nation of Argentina comprises 23 provinces, with the Province of Chaco being one of them. Chaco is located in the...
Cannabis May Help Patients With Substance Use Disorders
Substance use disorder is a major public health issue around the world. Researchers affiliated with the World Health Organization...
Colombian Study Finds CBD To Be Effective For Dogs
The cannabis industry, as it pertains to products geared towards human patients, gets a lot of attention these days and rightfully so. A...
France’s Potential Cannabis Market Is Valued At $8.3 Billion
According to the European Union Drugs Agency’s 2025 report, France is home to the highest lifetime cannabis usage rate by adults in...
Assessment Justifies Further Expansion Of German Legalization
Part of the historic adult-use legalization measure that was implemented in Germany in April 2024 involves the ongoing evaluation of the...
A Missed Opportunity In New South Wales
Late last year, a parliamentary report was issued in New South Wales that called for cannabis reform in the Australian state. The...
Uruguay May Expand Access To CBD Treatments
Cannabidiol has experienced exponential growth in popularity among patients in recent years, in addition to experiencing increased...
Survey: German Cannabis Associations Average 275 Members
Starting on July 1st, 2024, adults in Germany can apply to their local authority to launch an adult-use cannabis cultivation...
Sri Lanka To Invest In Medical Cannabis Projects
Anyone who has followed Sri Lanka’s economy in recent years knows that it has struggled. In 2022, the nation’s inflation rate...
Alex Rogers Visits Stauffacher Apotheke In Zurich, Switzerland
Switzerland is one of the top legal cannabis markets in Europe, having modernized its cannabis policies to permit medical use and...
Study: Youth Cannabis Use Declined In Germany Following Legalization
Leading up to cannabis policy modernization implementation, cannabis reform opponents always warn of doomsday scenarios when it comes to...
Boosting UK Cannabis Access Could Yield £13.3bn For The Economy
Despite having restrictive medical cannabis laws, the United Kingdom is home to one of the largest medical cannabis industries in...
Five Dozen Cannabis Research Proposals Pending In Germany
Earlier this month, the German federal government confirmed that the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) has received 60...
Venezuela’s President Doubles Down On Cannabis Prohibition
Medical and adult-use cannabis policy modernization efforts have gained momentum in many parts of the world in recent decades. However,...
Calgary To Allow Legal Cannabis Sales At Events
In many ways, social cannabis use is the next frontier for the emerging cannabis industry. Social cannabis use can take on various...
Harmful German Medical Cannabis Amendment Withdrawn From Agenda
A recently published draft amendment from Germany’s Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) that would dramatically overhaul the...
Cannabis Leaves Exhibit “Notable Antioxidant And Antibacterial Properties”
Historically, the main parts of the cannabis plant that many people focused on were the buds for making medical and recreational...
Hemp Should Be A Key Ingredient Of Global Sustainability Strategies
Products derived from the hemp plant are more popular now than ever before. Hemp is still used to make textiles, rope, and paper, but it...
Momentum Continues To Build For South Africa’s Cannabis Industry
South Africa is currently on a short list of countries that have adopted a national measure to legalize adult-use cannabis, along with...
The Importance Of Effective Cannabis Packaging
Effective product packaging is important in any industry, and the emerging legal cannabis industry is no exception. In most legal...
Nigeria’s National Assembly Is Working On Medical Cannabis Legislation
The African continent has experienced a significant uptick in cannabis policy modernization efforts in recent years, with the most...
Morocco Approves 67 New Cannabis-Based Products
In recent years, Morocco’s government has worked to boost the nation’s emerging legal cannabis industry and provide the...
German Cultivation Associations Total Increases To 323
Starting on July 1st, 2024, adults in Germany can apply to launch a member-based cannabis cultivation association in which consumers can...
Switzerland Opens Public Consultation On Cannabis Legalization
Switzerland has officially opened the three-month public consultation period for its proposed national adult-use cannabis legalization...
Survey: Over 88% Of German Consumers Get Cannabis From Legal Sources
One of the major goals of cannabis policy modernization in Germany in recent years is to combat the unregulated market in the European...
Poll: 87.5% Deem 0.3% THC Limit For EU Hemp To Be Too Low
In mid-July, a group of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) announced their plan to push for a hemp legal framework for the...
German Scientists Call For Approval Of Cannabis Research Projects
Cannabis policies and regulations should be informed by science, rather than driven by political propaganda or special interests. That is...
German Associations Warn Against Medicinal Cannabis Flowers Ban
Germany’s Federal Government Commissioner for Addiction and Drug Issues, Prof. Dr. Hendrik Streeck, has made headlines recently due...
Australia Welcomes Submissions For Industrial Hemp Industry Development
After decades of the global industrial hemp industry being hindered by harmful prohibition policies, industrial hemp is making a comeback...
Cannabis Proposal Signatures Submitted To Ecuador National Assembly
Ecuador has a sorted past when it comes to cannabis policy. Like many of its continental peers, Ecuador has experienced a significant...
Google Cannabis Pilot Program Could Boost Canada’s Industry
The most popular website on the entire internet is Google, and that has been the case for many years. Billions of people around the world...
Luxembourg Must Improve Its Cannabis Legalization Model
Slowly but surely, adult-use cannabis policy modernization is spreading in many parts of the world, particularly in Europe, where a...