Medios AG Enters Europe’s Medical Cannabis Market
As Europe’s emerging legal medical cannabis industry continues to expand, the market is becoming more accepted and mainstream. A...
Significant Increase Of German Cultivation Associations Expected This Year
The German Cannabis Business Association (BvCW) recently conducted a survey, posing the question, “Currently, there are at least...
Spain Authorizes Medical Cannabis For Four Pathologies
Medical cannabis is far from being a new thing in Spain. However, actual regulated medical cannabis access for Spain’s suffering...
EU Seeks Public Input On CBD Cosmetics Regulation
Cannabidiol (CBD) is being infused into a growing list of products, from foods to pharmaceutical medications. One of the most promising...
German Hemp Association Warns Against Medical Cannabis “Regression”
As cannabis opponents in Germany continue to try to take the country’s medical cannabis laws and regulations backwards, the German...
What Constitutes ‘Cannabis Legalization Success’?
I got my ‘official’ start as a cannabis activist in the late 1990s when I volunteered with the political campaign to legalize...
International Cannabis Business Conference 2025 Rap Recap Hits Bloomberg
One of the most popular business newsletters around the globe is Money Stuff, which is regularly published by Bloomberg opinion columnist...
Evaluating Malta’s Progress Four Years After Cannabis Legalization
Malta made history in December 2021 when it became the first European nation to adopt a national adult-use cannabis legalization...
Ghana Cannabis Industry Association Plans Trade Mission To Czechia
Members of Ghana’s emerging cannabis industry are planning a trade mission trip to the Czech Republic as part of an ongoing effort...
Ukraine Approves Medical Cannabis Production Quota
The Cabinet of Ministers in Ukraine has approved quotas for the production of various substances, including medical cannabis, for 2026....
Survey: US Rescheduling Expected To Have Strong Effect On Europe
As the global cannabis community continues to assess the potential cannabis industry and policy impact of looming federal cannabis...
Japan Hemp Seeds Market Projected To Reach $260 Million By 2031
A frequently underrated component of a balanced diet is omega-3 fatty acids. Omega-3 fatty acids are associated with reduced...
Boosting Regulated German Cannabis Should Be A Top 2026 Priority
While there are various goals for Germany’s cannabis policy modernization efforts, the main underlying premise of recent reforms is...
Approved German Cannabis Cultivation Association Total Increases To 368
Adult-use cannabis cultivation associations are a key component of Germany’s recreational cannabis legalization model. Whereas...
UAE Issues Federal Decree To Regulate Hemp
An increasing number of countries around the globe are modernizing their policies and regulations that govern their domestic industrial...
The Top International Cannabis Stories Of 2025
As 2025 draws to an end, we look back on a year that proved to be significant for cannabis policy and industry in many parts of the...
German SPD Parliamentary Group Argues For Safe Cannabis Access
Yesterday, the Bundestag held its first reading of the proposed amendment to Germany’s medical cannabis law (MedCanG) that has been...
U.S. President Trump Is ‘Very Strongly’ Considering Rescheduling Cannabis
News surfaced late last week that United States President Trump held a meeting with members of his administration and the emerging legal...
Project Indlela Proposes Solutions For South Africa’s Cannabis Industry
By many measures, South Africa is poised to become one of the world’s top legal adult-use cannabis markets once sensible policies...
Uruguay Is Considering Legal Cannabis Sales To Non-Residents
Starting in the first half of the 2010s, lawmakers in the Western Hemisphere began to modernize cannabis policies to permit adult-use...
New Zealand Removes License Requirements For Industrial Hemp
If there is one plant that can benefit humanity ‘the most’, it is likely the hemp plant. The hemp plant is demonstrably one...
German Self-Payer Medical Cannabis Sector Worth €2.9 Billion Annually
One of the most striking differences between medical cannabis policies in Germany compared to state-level medical cannabis programs in...
Hemplime Holds Great Potential For Regenerative Construction
Hemplime, also commonly referred to as hempcrete, is a sustainable building material made by combining the inner shives of the hemp plant...
German Districts Object To Cannabis Pilot Denials
Regional adult-use cannabis commerce pilot trials are an interesting public policy concept. They involve permitting cannabis consumers,...
Honoring A German Cannabis Community Legend
It is with heavy hearts that the International Cannabis Business Conference team reports that legendary German cannabis attorney Peter...
Lawmakers Support Legal Cannabis Sales In Finland
Cannabis law and industry regulatory modernization efforts are picking up momentum in Europe, with a recent example surfacing in...
Canada Has Generated Billions In Cannabis Taxes Since 2018
Canada has been home to a thriving cannabis community for many years. Having grown up in the Pacific Northwest in the United States, I...
Austria’s Hemp Flower Industry Is On The Clock
The rise in popularity of hemp flower has been significant in recent years, particularly in Europe, where sales of ‘cannabis...
Israel’s Medical Cannabis Patient Total Declines
Israel has served as a top jurisdiction for medical cannabis policy, industry, and research for many years. Cannabis for medical use by...
Study Identifies Regulatory Challenges Facing German Cultivation Associations
Adult-use cannabis cultivation associations are a key component of Germany’s recreational cannabis legalization model. Cultivation...
Europe’s Cannabis Market Finds Its Financial Footing
By Jamie L Pearson, Founder of New Holland Group
As the continent’s cannabis sector matures, investors and operators are discovering that...
Will U.S. Hemp Companies Pivot To Europe?
In recent years, the consumable hemp industry in the United States has surged. The U.S. hemp revolution began after the passage of the...
Cannabis Vaporizer Market Projected To Reach $17.11 Billion By 2032
Cannabis use is far from being a new thing, with humans having consumed cannabis for many centuries. What is relatively new is how humans...
Approved German Cannabis Cultivation Association Total Increases To 357
One of the key components of Germany’s adult-use cannabis legalization model is permitting cultivation associations to operate....
CaNoKo 2025 Is Coming To Berlin From November 21st To 23rd
Many European countries are working to modernize their cannabis policies and industry regulations, with Germany serving as the most...
Germany Imported Nearly 57 Tonnes Of Cannabis In Q3 2025
Germany’s Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) recently published new medical cannabis import data for the third...
Burkhard Blienert Joins German Association Of Pharmaceutical Cannabinoid Companies
Burkhard Blienert, Germany’s former Federal Government Commissioner for Addiction and Drug Issues and a previous keynote speaker at...
Australia Publishes Industrial Hemp Variety Trials Report
The global industrial hemp industry has experienced tremendous growth in recent decades after many years of hemp prohibition policies...
New UK Report Highlights Untapped Cannabis Industry Potential
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Medical Cannabis under Prescription recently published a new report focusing on the United...
Legal Medical Cannabis Sales Are Increasing In Czechia
Medical cannabis was first legalized in the Czech Republic in 2013, with the first patients receiving safe access to medical cannabis in...
Survey: 35% Of Canadian Adults Report Cannabis Use In Last 6 Months
Canada remains arguably the top cannabis public policy and industry experiment on the entire planet for researchers. The North American...
SYNBIOTIC Welcomes German Industrial Hemp Proposal
Last month, lawmakers in Germany introduced a measure that, if approved, would further modernize Germany’s laws and regulations...
BvCW Warns German States Of Medical Cannabis Draft Law Risks
The pushback by medical cannabis advocates in Germany against proposed policy changes is continuing, with the latest example coming in...
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...
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...
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...
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...