German Police Association Wants Legal Cannabis
“In the history of mankind there has never been a society without the use of drugs; this is something that has to be...
Thanks, San Francisco, for a Great ICBC! See You Soon, Berlin!
San Francisco deserves a huge shout-out for this bringing out the best of the best in cannabis last weekend! ICBC was THE place to be in...
German Medical Cannabis Patients Sign Up By the Thousands
Last year the German Parliament made a move to greatly expand its tiny and nominally-functioning medical cannabis program to make patient...
Entrepreneur Magazine Covers ICBC Kauai
The International Cannabis Business Conference (ICBC), since its very first event in September of 2014 in Portland, Oregon, has grown and...
ICBC Kauai Was One for the Ages, onto San Francisco and Berlin and…
Yesterday’s Kauai Cannabis Classic golf tournament, sponsored by Leafly and Cannafornia, capped off a truly amazing International...
Germany Inches Closer to Adult Use Cannabis
For citizens of Germany, legislation works a little differently. Theirs is a parliamentary body made of multiple parties – not just...
Canadian Cannabis Companies Now Exporting to Germany
The Land of Ideas (Germany), is getting a creative boost – legal cannabis from overseas.
Canadian cannabis colossus Aurora, based...
American Cannabis Activists Irk German Drug Czar
Marlene Mortler, the Drug Czar of Germany, sounds like she has taken a cue from the garbled logic of US Drug Enforcement Administration...
German Cannabis Expert, Dr. Franjo Grotenhermen, Starts Hunger Strike
Germany has made great strides improving its cannabis laws in recent years, but there is still so much work to be done, as too many...
German Cannabis Community Celebrates Another Great Hanfparade
Despite a little cold and rainy weather, a great crowd turned out this year for the 21st annual Berlin Hanfparade (or “Hemp...
Investors Are Wisely Looking Towards Europe
Forward-thinking American business investors have had their eyes on the cannabis market for a few years now, looking critically at...
Leafly-Sponsored After-Party Caps Off Historic First Day of the Berlin ICBC
It was very fitting that the first day of the International Cannabis Business Conference in Berlin focused heavily on medical...
Don’t Miss MedCann Founder Pierre Debs at the Berlin ICBC
MedCann founder Pierre Debs has a rather remarkable story about how he rose to the highest ranks of the medical cannabis industry in...
Israel Decriminalization Continues International Marijuana Progress
This past week, another significant milestone was achieved in the international cannabis world. The State of Israel, which has likely...
ICBC in Berlin Brings Science to the Forefront
The International Cannabis Business Conference (ICBC) came to Berlin this April 10-12, 2017, and brought the best of global...
New German Cannabis Agency Sets Goals for 2019
Last week, we reported to you that the Germany’s new medical cannabis law was made official, but few details about its...
New Medical Cannabis Laws Now in Effect in Germany
Germans woke up to a breath of fresh air and a new change in health policy took effect earlier this week when the new medical cannabis...
Will Legalizing Cannabis Make America Great Again or Will Germany Lead?
US President Donald Trump gave his first address to the Houses of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, outlining his agenda for...
If Trump Tramples Marijuana Laws, Germany Set to Lead
In 1996, California passed Prop 215, the Golden State’s medical cannabis law. Since that time the United States has set a global...
The Netherlands May Significantly Improve Cannabis Cultivation Laws
Seemingly everyday (even when there might be some concerning news), cannabis policy is moving forward around the globe.
On...
Canadian Cannabis Companies Eyeing German Marijuana Market
The expansion of Germany’s medical cannabis laws has understandably gotten a lot of international attention. Germany is one of the...
Germany’s Medical Marijuana Law Vastly Improved
Last Thursday, some seriously ill patients in Germany breathed a sigh of relief when lawmakers in the lower house of Germany’s...
German Medical Cannabis Law Set to Improve in 2017
Unlike in the US, current German laws allow doctors to prescribe cannabis – but only after all other conventional therapies have...
The Netherlands to Increase Medical Cannabis Exports to Germany
Dutch newspaper Telegraaf reported earlier this month that exportation of medical cannabis from the Netherlands is looking very likely to...
World Health Organization May Reclassify Cannabis Internatioanlly
Changes to state cannabis policies in the United States over the last twenty years – especially in the last four years – have...
Germany Health Insurance Providers May Cover Medical Marijuana
Medical cannabis has seen a rather dramatic political renaissance over the past two decades. Until California passed Proposition 215,...
Germany Is the Next Big Place for Cannabis
With a population of 80.6 million and nearly 140k square miles, the country of Germany is roughly 85% the size of California, and...
Important Things to Know About Cannabis in Germany
With the International Cannabis Business Conference (ICBC) making its first appearance in Berlin in April, it is good for attendees to...
Düsseldorf, Germany, Moves Forward with Cannabis Legalization
Cannabis law reform can move at a very rapid pace once the momentum for legalization takes hold. While it can be extremely frustrating...
Canadian Cannabis Company Purchases German Medical Distributor
There are signs that cannabis legalization is progressing at a rapid pace are abundant around the globe these days. From electoral...
European Parliament Hosts Medical Cannabis Conference
Support for medical cannabis has skyrocketed across the globe in recent years as poll after poll has revealed a supermajority of voters...
Berlin, Germany, Moves to Open Cannabis Coffee Shops
Germany’s federal republic form of government allows for the country’s 16 different states to implement different laws so...