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Proposed Changes To Germany’s Medical Cannabis Framework Would ‘Seriously Impact Both Patients And Industry’ If Brought In Tomorrow

March 15, 2023
Ben Stevens
Germany
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TOMORROW, Germany’s Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) is expected to announce major changes to the country’s medical cannabis framework. These could have a significant impact on the growth rate of Europe’s largest medical cannabis market, which has expanded in double-digits consistently…

European Cannabis Round-Up: Expert Opinion Deems Germany’s Adult-Use Strategy Illegal, Spain To Quadruple Medical Cannabis Production, & Malta Tackles Cannabis Banking

March 6, 2023
Ben Stevens
Europe
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Germany’s current plans for legalisation deemed illegal by ‘expert opinion’ A NEW ‘expert opinion’ penned by the Chair of Public Law and European Law at the Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen, Bernhard Wegener, suggests that Germany’s current plans for cannabis…

New Reforms Could See Israeli Medical Cannabis Patient Numbers Double

March 2, 2023
Ben Stevens
Israel
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THE Israeli medical cannabis market, long considered to be years ahead of its European counterparts, no longer appears to be the haven it once was. Reports in local media warning that the industry is ‘fast withering’ and ‘dismantling itself from within’ are…

Italian Court Rules Hemp Flower And Leaves Are Not Narcotic In Latest Victory For Industry

February 27, 2023
Ben Stevens
Italy
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AN Italian court has overturned an ‘absurdly restrictive’ decree which meant hemp leaves and flowers were considered narcotics in the eyes of regulators. The decision, which was made by the Lazio Regional Administrative Court last week (February 14), means that…

France Reports Highly Positive Patient Response To Medical Cannabis Trial, But Results Unlikely To Impact Decision To Legalise

February 14, 2023
Ben Stevens
France
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FRANCE’s ongoing medical cannabis ‘experiment’, in which 3,000 patients are offered free products, has reported an overwhelmingly positive patient response. According to the first clinical data to be published since the experiment launched in March 2021, 91% of patients report…

Norway Hosts First Public Meeting On Medical Cannabis Amid ‘Early First Steps’ Towards Potential Reform

February 8, 2023
Ben Stevens
Norway
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NORWAY, one of the most cautious states in Europe when it comes to cannabis liberalisation, recently held a public meeting to discuss access to medical cannabis. The event, which took place in Oslo on January 20, 2023, brought together politicians…

New ‘Semi-Synthetic’ THC Alternative HHC Could Encourage European Regulatory Crack Down On Hemp Flower

At the end of 2022 the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) held its first ‘technical expert meeting’ on hexahydrocannabinol, better known as HHC. This new substance, said to produce similar effects to THC, has swept through Europe in recent months,…

Italian Army Pledges To More Than Double Medical Cannabis Production This Year, But Supply Issues Far From Over

January 12, 2023
Ben Stevens
Italy
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THE Italian army, which continues to hold a monopoly over medical cannabis production, has announced plans to dramatically ramp up production this year. On December 30, 2022, General Manager of the Defence Industries Agency Nicola Latorre announced in an interview…

Spain Misses Ambitious Medical Cannabis Roll Out Targets As Government Remains Tight-Lipped On Progress

January 11, 2023
Ben Stevens
Spain
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SPAIN’s ambitious plans to see the regulation and distribution of medical cannabis rolled out across the country by the end of 2022 appear to have been delayed. December 27, 2022 marked the deadline for the Spanish Agency for Medicines and…

What’s In Store For The European Cannabis Industry In 2023? (Part 2)

January 5, 2023
Ben Stevens
Europe
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You can read Part 1 of our 2023 predictions here. Enexis AB According to the cannabis investment firm Enexis, economic pressures will mean capital available for the European cannabis industry will be ‘scarce’ in the first half of 2023; however, it…

What’s In Store For The European Cannabis Industry In 2023? (Part 1)

January 4, 2023
Ben Stevens
Europe
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Following a milestone year for European cannabis in 2021, which saw many companies take advantage of a wave of excitement surrounding the young industry’s potential, 2022 saw this wave break sooner than many expected. 2023 is expected to bring yet…

Financial Giant Euroclear Announces Plans To Stop Supporting ‘Cannabis-Related Stocks’

EUROCLEAR, one of the world’s largest financial clearing houses which serves 90% of the world’s 50 largest banks, has informed investors that it will ‘no longer support international cannabis-related stocks’ from January 2023. The move has left swathes of UK…

Europe’s First THC Adult-Use Cannabis Trial Set To Launch In January 2023 After Four Month Delay

December 12, 2022
Ben Stevens
Switzerland
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SWITZERLAND’s ‘Weed Care’ pilot, set to be Europe’s first ever THC adult-use cannabis trial, is now due to begin on January 30, 2023 following a four-month delay. The landmark study, expected to ‘open the door’ for more adult-use cannabis trials…

As Its Neighbours Seek Legalisation, Poland’s Medical Cannabis & Hemp Industry Could Also Flourish Next Year

November 30, 2022
Ben Stevens
Poland
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EARLIER this month Czechia’s drug commissioner Jindřich Vobořil announced his intention to submit draft legislation for an adult-use cannabis market by the end of the year, hoping a fully fledged market could be launched by 2024. The news has not…

Germany Officially Publishes Proposals For Cannabis Legalisation, Abandons 15% THC Limit

October 26, 2022
Ben Stevens
Germany
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By Ben Stevens A number of key changes appear to have been made to Germany’s draft adult-use cannabis legalisation proposals after the Health Minister’s ‘key points’ paper was leaked to the press last week. The 12-page key proposals paper has…