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Cannabis Shops In Thailand Expected To Close By April 2025

Written by Hazel Norman on May 13, 2024. Posted in Policy.

Thailand made a historic shift in cannabis policy in June 2022 by becoming the first country in the Southeast Asia region to remove cannabis from its national narcotics listing. It appears that policy...

Second Pillar Of German Cannabis Legalization Inches Forward

Written by Johnny Green on May 13, 2024. Posted in Policy.

When lawmakers in Germany agreed to legalize cannabis for adult use they planned on rolling out German legalization in two phases, or ‘pillars.’ The first pillar involved legalizing the...

Recapping The Historic 2024 International Cannabis Business Conference In Berlin

Written by Johnny Green on May 7, 2024. Posted in Business, Entertainment, Policy, Science.

Thousands of leading international cannabis investors, entrepreneurs, inventors, policymakers, regulators, and industry service providers descended upon Berlin, Germany for the annual International...

Signature Drive In Switzerland Seeks To Legalize Cannabis For Adult-Use

Written by Hazel Norman on May 6, 2024. Posted in Policy.

Europe is currently home to three nations that have adopted a national adult-use cannabis legalization measure, and if cannabis advocates in Switzerland succeed in their effort, their country could...

Will Cannabis Rescheduling In The U.S. Impact The International Cannabis Industry?

Written by Johnny Green on May 6, 2024. Posted in Policy.

News broke yesterday in the United States regarding the cannabis plant’s status at the federal level. After decades of outright cannabis prohibition at the national level in the U.S., the DEA...

Canada Received $1.9 Billion From Legal Cannabis Sales In 2022/2023

Written by Hazel Norman on May 6, 2024. Posted in Business, Policy.

Canada became the first G-7 nation on the planet to pass a national adult-use legalization measure in 2018, and only the second country to ever do so. The only country to have passed a national adult-use...

Slovenia Cannabis Referendum Votes Set For June 9th

Written by Johnny Green on May 6, 2024. Posted in Policy.

Slovenia’s Freedom Movement, the largest party of the current ruling coalition, was successful in its push to place consulting referendums related to medical and non-medical cannabis use before...

Japan’s Cannabis Market Expanded Sixfold Between 2019-2023

Written by Hazel Norman on April 22, 2024. Posted in Business, Policy.

Japan’s emerging cannabis industry expanded sixfold during four years spanning from 2019 to 2023 according to a new report by Euromonitor International. Japan’s emerging legal cannabis industry...

Germany Celebrates Its First Legal 4/20

Written by Johnny Green on April 22, 2024. Posted in Entertainment, Policy.

History was made over the weekend in Germany where adults celebrated the nation’s first-ever legal April 20th (4/20) on Saturday. For decades the 20th of April has held a special meaning to the...