Europe

German Study Shows Dramatic Increase In Cannabis Consumption

Written by Marguerite Arnold on October 5, 2021. Posted in Science.

A study by UKE-Hamburg shows that the number of cannabis users in Europe has increased more than 25% over the second decade of the century. According to a study conducted by the Centre for Interdisciplinary Addiction Research at the University of Hamburg and the Technical University of Dresden, evaluated...

Which Way Are The Winds Of Recreational Cannabis Blowing In Europe?

Written by Marguerite Arnold on October 5, 2021. Posted in Politics.

Several countries have decided to delay their plans for recreational markets – apparently in response to the German national elections In a strange response apparently to the results of the German elections, both Portugal and Luxembourg have just announced delays and review of their decisions...

European Parliament Votes In Favor Of Raising Hemp THC Limit

Written by Johnny Green on October 27, 2020. Posted in Politics.

The hemp industry is booming across the globe. Many international farmers have cultivated the hemp plant for years for the purpose of creating textiles, however, in recent years many hemp farmers have cultivated the plant for another purpose – CBD. Hemp farmers, especially new ones, are scrambling...

European Cannabis Reform Inching Forward Despite Covid

Written by Marguerite Arnold on October 14, 2020. Posted in Politics.

Does the expected WHO decision on cannabis this December have anything to do with it? A funny thing is happening across Covid-stressed Europe. Governments are either inching forwards reluctantly on aspects of the cannabis question, or they are being challenged to change the law in court. Regardless,...

The European Court Of Justice Throws Down On Hemp

Written by Marguerite Arnold on May 27, 2020. Posted in Business.

Apart from the Herculean task of normalization of cannabis generally, the battle for regulatory definitions over hemp has definitely taken some strange twists and turns of late. May the Hemp Be With You. Certainly within the EU. After regulators in Brussels last year declared the hemp plant (leaves...

Shortages, Price Increases Are The Snapshot Of The Euro Industry During The Covid 19 Pandemic

Written by Marguerite Arnold on April 8, 2020. Posted in Business.

If there is one thing that is clear during the current Pandemic, it is this – policymakers from a national and international level have not only dropped the ball on cannabis but are contributing to patients suffering unnecessarily. Here is just a snapshot of the pain in Europe: In France, black...

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First European Cannabis ETF In Europe To Launch On Deutsche Börse

Written by Marguerite Arnold on January 9, 2020. Posted in Business.

Next week, on January 13, the first cannabis ETF will launch in Germany on the Deutsche Börse in Frankfurt. Created by Canadian asset manager Purpose Investments and HANetf, the Medical Cannabis and Wellness Ucits ETF (CBSX) is well-timed at least, to take advantage of the developing shape of...

Access To CBD Products Is Spreading Across Europe

Written by Marguerite Arnold on December 24, 2019. Posted in Business.

For all the delay and all the obfuscation about all things cannabis, even in Germany, there are signs this Christmas that things are changing faster (at least unofficially) than anyone could really predict. Cannabis reform has come to the European continent this year in a big way, even if the first...

European Cannabis Outlook 2020 (And Farewell 2019)

Written by Marguerite Arnold on December 23, 2019. Posted in Business.

As 2019 comes to a close, what happened of note this year in Europe in regards to cannabis and what does this bode for next year? For all of the doom and gloom, if not scandals, on the Canadian cannabis front, it is clear that the cannabis industry has at least established itself in Europe in...

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