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Amsterdam plans to ban weed from Red Light District streets

In their latest effort to rein in carousing visitors, Amsterdam officials announced plans this week to tamp down disruptive behavior in the city’s Red Light District, including barring pot-smoking on the streets, reducing hours for restaurants and brothels, and tightening…

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…

Germany Seeing Sense, High Tide Strikes Deal With Major German Player, European Expansion For Bedrocan, Danish Buy-Out, Greek First, £2m UK Hemp Boost

February 6, 2023
Peter McCusker
Denmark, Europe, Germany, Greece, Malta, United Kingdom
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THE German Government’s refreshingly honest approach to drugs and addiction is being demonstrated with a focus on the harms of gambling, alcohol and tobacco. On coming into office it signalled its intent to overhaul the continent’s cannabis status quo with proposals to…

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,…

Germany Looks To Placate Brussels As Its Cannabis Plans Teeter

January 25, 2023
Peter McCusker
Germany
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DELAYS in submitting its proposals to the European Commission and potential hold-ups once submitted could see Germany’s adult-use cannabis plans pushed back into 2025. Originally scheduled for submission before the end of 2022, Germany’s draft cannabis law will not now be submitted…

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…

Irish Court Prosecutions To Resume As Europe Ties Itself Up In CBD Knots

January 9, 2023
Peter McCusker
Ireland
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EUROPE’S flip-flopping over the status of CBD is allowing the Irish authorities free rein to persecute the country’s hemp and CBD industry, it has been claimed. Over the coming days a fresh wave of prosecutions of hemp and CBD businesses…

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…

New Year, New Steps Towards Adult-Use Cannabis for Germany

By Niklas Kouparanis, Bloomwell Group CEO and Co-Founder In October 2022, Germany’s Health Minister Karl Lauterbach released a cornerstone paper outlining plans for the legal sale and consumption of cannabis in the country. While this is a big step forward…

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…

New European Drugs Policy Provides Platform For Comprehensive Continental Cannabis Reform

December 19, 2022
Peter McCusker
Europe
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A NEW approach to drugs across the 27 member states of the European Union looks set to provide a platform for continental cannabis reform. Earlier this month The Council of the European Union (EU) agreed an updated policy paper entitled…

Ireland’s Prohibitionist Approach To Hemp And CBD Exposes It To Punitive Sanctions From The EU

December 15, 2022
Peter McCusker
Ireland
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A HIGH Court decision to ignore the ground-breaking KanaVape case could expose the Irish Government to financial penalties and the threat of further sanctions from the European Commission. Last month the High Court ruled that CBD products containing THC are illegal in Ireland –…

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…

Germany Set to Ignite a Legal Marijuana Revolution in Europe

December 12, 2022
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Germany
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When Amsterdam pioneered “coffee shops” in the 1970s, the European capital was one of very few places where you could openly buy and smoke weed—and it quickly became a global mecca for marijuana enthusiasts. But over the last decade, the grass has…