International Cannabis Business Conference Blog

Chile Is Considering Legalizing Adult-Use Cannabis

Written by Hazel Norman on April 12, 2025. Posted in Policy.

Currently, cannabis is legal for adult use at a national level in Uruguay, Canada, Malta, Luxembourg, Germany, and South Africa. Additionally, two dozen states in the U.S. have adopted recreational...

Germany’s Coalition Announces No Changes To CanG Law For Now

Written by Johnny Green on April 9, 2025. Posted in Policy.

After months of speculation, the new German governing coalition announced today that it has agreed on what to do regarding the nation’s adult-use cannabis legalization law (CanG) and that the...

Judge In Germany Advocates For Treating Cannabis Like Alcohol

Written by Johnny Green on April 8, 2025. Posted in Policy.

The cannabis advocacy slogan ‘regulate cannabis like alcohol’ originated in the State of Colorado in the United States as part of the successful 2012 state-level recreational cannabis legalization...

German Pharmaceutical Association Emphasizes Positive Impact Of Legalization

Written by Johnny Green on April 8, 2025. Posted in Business, Policy.

One year after the implementation of the initial components of Germany’s adult-use legalization measure, the German Association of Pharmaceutical Cannabinoid Companies (BPC) is emphasizing the...

Brazil Supreme Court Issues Major Cannabis Decision

Written by Hazel Norman on April 7, 2025. Posted in Policy.

Study: Net Social Benefit Of Czech Legalization Is 34.4-107.6 Million Euros Annually

Written by Johnny Green on April 7, 2025. Posted in Policy.

A team of researchers affiliated with Charles University in the Czech Republic and the University of New South Wales in Australia recently collaborated on a study that examined the potential ‘social...

A New Phase For Cannabis Pilot Trials In The Netherlands

Written by Hazel Norman on April 7, 2025. Posted in Policy.

Retail adult-use cannabis outlets participating in pilot trial research projects in the Netherlands entered into a new era today, with sales of recreational pilot trial cannabis flower products being...

Another Historic International Cannabis Business Conference In Barcelona

Written by Johnny Green on April 2, 2025. Posted in Business, Entertainment, Policy, Science.

The International Cannabis Business Conference, Spain’s largest cannabis B2B event, was held at the iconic L’Auditori de Cornellà in Barcelona, Spain, on March 13th, 2025. The International Cannabis...

Poll Finds Little Support For Reversing German Legalization

Written by Hazel Norman on April 2, 2025. Posted in Policy.

After a year of cannabis legalization being the law of the land in Germany, a new YouGov poll has found that a minority of the nation’s citizens want to reverse adult-use cannabis legalization....