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Juicy Fields Has Now Entered Its Next Phase As More Fraudsters Emerge ‘Attracted By The Business Opportunity Of Scamming These Victims’

SIX weeks after the initial downfall of Juicy Fields, and the scandal has entered a new, unexpected phase that threatens to be just as harmful as the first. As the individuals and businesses publicly associated with Juicy Fields either retreat…

EU Marijuana Legalization: A Wave is Coming

By Hilary Bricken, Principal Harris Bricken Exciting developments lie ahead for European Union (EU) marijuana legalization. It is inevitable that marijuana legalization sweeps the globe–if you haven’t seen it yet, please watch our webinar with Clifford Chance about the existing…

European CBD Applications Will Require ‘Complicated And Huge’ Human Studies, Admit EFSA

July 5, 2022
Ben Stevens
Europe
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FOLLOWING the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) controversial decision to ‘stop the clock’ on all CBD novel food applications last month, the regulator addressed the industry in a virtual public forum last week. In what EFSA referred to as an…

More Than Half Of Europeans Support Cannabis Legalization

April 22, 2022
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Europe
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The journey to legalize cannabis in Europe has taken a new direction in recent years. The use of medical cannabis across Europe, the production and marketing of CBD products, and the domino effect of state-level adult-use legalization in the United…

More than half of Europeans support cannabis legalization

April 7 (Reuters) - More than half of the European population support legalization of adult use of cannabis and around 30% of them are interested in purchasing it, according to polling data by industry consultants on Thursday. Europe's liberal approach…

European Round-Up: 5,000 UK Patients To Receive Cannabis In Ground-Breaking Trial, TV Station Invests In Cannabis, Tobacco Firm’s Cannabis Ambition, Swiss CBD Setback

A FIRST for the UK this week with the announcement that the National Health Service is to conduct its first major study into the potential benefits of cannabis for pain relief. Some 5,000 adults will take vaporised, whole-plant cannabis extracts…

European Round-Up: Germany’s Decriminalisation Delay ‘Incomprehensible’, Maltese Doctor Charged With Drug Trafficking, $100m UK Cannabis Investment et al…

DESPITE being one of the key policies of the ‘Traffic-Light’ German Government do not expect cannabis legalisation to be enacted quickly, says the Minister responsible for its implementation. In an interview with Legal Tribune Online Federal Government Commissioner for Addiction…

European Round-Up: Danish Adult-Use Pilot? New Grower For Dutch Trial, Germany’s Science-First Approach, UK Tobacco Company Ups Cannabis Stake, Portuguese Hemp And Cannabis

March 18, 2022
Peter McCusker
Europe
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A JOINT political initiative for an adult-use cannabis pilot scheme has been presented to the Danish Parliament. Submitted by five political parties it aims to force the government to start legislative work that will result in a bill that legalises…

Europe Raises THC Levels For Hemp Food Products In Major Breakthrough For Industry

March 15, 2022
Peter McCusker
Europe
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EUROPE’S decision to establish a new maximum level of THC in hemp food products will prompt a surge of investment, says the industry’s leading trade group. Companies operating in the 27 Member States of the European Union have been hamstrung…

European Commission Validates Five Natural Plant CBD Novel Food Applications In Milestone For Industry

February 22, 2022
Peter McCusker
Europe
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FEARS the European Commission will once more change its position on the status of CBD have receded after it Validated its first Novel Food applications for natural plant extracts. BusinessCann understands at least five companies have been informed by the…

European Cannabis Round-Up: Malta’s Main Opposition Party Backs Cannabis, Medical Cannabis For Albania? PepsiCo’s Hemp Trial, German Businesses Battle Hemp Police

February 11, 2022
Peter McCusker
Albania, Europe
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DESPITE fears to the contrary Malta’s main political opposition the National Party has confirmed it will keep its adult-use cannabis legislation if it wins this year’s General Election In December, last year, Malta’s Government led by the majority Labour Party…

European Cannabis Round-UP: What’s Next For Portugal As Socialists Secure Parliamentary Majority? Guernsey, Jersey, The UK And More From Portugal

February 4, 2022
Peter McCusker
EMEA, Europe
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FOLLOWING a ‘snap’ General Election which saw the Socialist Party win an overall majority it remains to be seen how Portugal ’s move towards adult-use cannabis legalisation will fare. In June, last year, measures to introduce a regulated market were…

Over 750 Novel Food Applications Submitted To FSA – But Only 200-Plus Currently Moving Forward

NERVOUS times for many in the CBD industry this evening as the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has released numbers to BusinessCann on Novel Food applications. Yesterday (March 31), was the deadline for applicants to file Novel Food submissions to…

Over 100 CBD Businesses Given April 1 Deadline By Leading UK Payment Firm

THIRD party enforcement of the new UK Novel Food rules is imminent after one of the industry’s leading payment providers said it would no longer serve non-compliant CBD sellers. Worldnet Payments, which is understood to provide merchant services to over…

Curaleaf’s Recreational Cannabis Stores May Become A Feature Of Europe’s High Streets

EMMAC CEO Antonio Costanzo believes its purchase by US and global leader Curaleaf is a signal to Europe’s politicians that it is time to embrace the cannabis industry. Speaking to BusinessCann, following the conclusion of the $350m deal, he said…