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...
President Trump Orders Cannabis Rescheduling To Be Expedited
In a historic move, United States President Donald Trump signed an executive order today calling for, among other things, expediting the...
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...
Reduction Of German Cannabis Patient Sick Days Saves Billions Of Euros
When medical cannabis policy is driven by the political whims of cannabis opponents rather than science and medical professionals, it is...
Most Medical Cannabis Use In The Netherlands Involves No Prescription
The results of tens of thousands of peer-reviewed studies and countless personal patient testimonies all demonstrate that cannabis is an...
What Has Luxembourg Learned Two Years After Legalization?
For several years, Luxembourg looked poised to become the first European country to adopt a national adult-use cannabis legalization...
German Districts Object To Cannabis Pilot Denials
Regional adult-use cannabis commerce pilot trials are an interesting public policy concept. They involve permitting cannabis...
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...
Sydney University Symposium Discusses Global Cannabis Prohibition
Cannabis prohibition is a failed public policy wherever it exists and in any form that it exists. Countless people have been harmed by...
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...
Cannabis Research Gets A Boost In Brazil
By many measures, we currently live in the ‘golden age’ for cannabis research, with more cannabis research being conducted...
German Cannabis Association Publishes Policy Demands
The German Cannabis Association (DHV) recently hosted the Cannabis Normal! Conference (CaNoKo) in partnership with LEAP Germany e.V. On...
Australian Survey: 64% Support Medicinal Cannabis As Mainstream Healthcare
Humans have been making use of the cannabis plant for medical purposes for many centuries. Consumption for medical purposes goes back at...
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...
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...
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...
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...
German Medical Cannabis Petition Crosses 58K Signatures
Over 58,000 people have signed a Bundestag petition in Germany, calling on the nation’s Federal Ministry of Health to withdraw its...
Less Young People Are Consuming Cannabis After Canadian Legalization
Lawmakers in Canada approved national adult-use cannabis legalization in 2018, making it the second country to approve the public policy...
Swiss City Welcomes Adult-Use Cannabis Legalization Plan
Earlier this year, the Swiss Commission for Social Security and Health launched a public consultation for an adult-use cannabis...
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...
Colombia Approves Use Of Medical Cannabis Flower
In an ever-evolving global medical cannabis industry landscape in which new products are being developed and introduced into the market...
Medical Community Questions Legality Of MedCanG Amendment
Cannabis is medicine. Those three words may sound simple and straightforward; however, it is a statement that medical cannabis advocates...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...