The Dutch Cannabis Tender Hits The Skids
Like the German medical cannabis tender bid before it, the Dutch government has run into a few problems rolling out a regulated industry across the country – and the first tender for cultivation...
How Much Legal Cannabis Did Illinois Sell In 2020?
Currently, 15 states in the U.S. have legalized cannabis for adult-use along with Washington D.C. Some of those states already have legal adult-use cannabis sales underway, while others, mostly the...
Dutch Cannabis Licensing Scheme Hits Local Protests
Plans to replace the production of blackberries with coffee-shop bound cannabis hit skids over NIMBYism at proposed grow sites for new Dutch licenses. If it sounds like a scene straight out of a comedy,...
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Now Has A Cannabis Index
For many years investing in the emerging cannabis industry was a very tricky thing for many reasons, not the least of which was that the cannabis industry was operating in a legal ‘grey area.’ Places...
Pandemics, Mergers And 2020 – Oh, My, Goodbye!
A strange year has wound up with a whimper rather than a bang as two of the largest Canadian public cannabis companies merge in a cashless transaction and one of them adds dronabinol to its product...
Ready, Set, Thai Canna Tour?
Thailand plans a tour to educate locals about medical cannabis. Fully-fledged production is the goal, but will this lead to other things – like organized canna tourism for foreigners? Tourism...
The Future Of The Hemp Industry In Europe
An EU court case over the right of a Czech company to legally produce hemp extracts and sell them, across European borders, in France, has moved the needle on the entire “CBD as narcotic”...
Albert Tió Is Going To Prison For Cannabis Reform
The Gen X father of three hopes that presenting himself for arrest, with a pending 15,000 Spanish signatures already for his release and a pending case at the Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, will...
UK Food Regulators Pushback On ‘CBD Is A Narcotic’ Categorization
Cannabidiol (CBD) is one of the most popular substances on earth right now. CBD’s level of popularity has grown exponentially in the last 5 years, and there’s no end to the spike in popularity...