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UK Government’s Decision To Reject Bermuda’s Attempts To Legalise Cannabis ‘Should Not Come As A Surprise

AFTER officially becoming the third ever female Prime Minister of the UK on Tuesday, September 6, 2022, Liz Truss handed over her duties as Foreign Secretary to James Cleverly. The 53-year-old, who was appointed Education Secretary in July following the…

The Italian Military’s Monopoly On Medical Cannabis Production Is Strangling Market Growth New Data Suggests

September 7, 2022
Ben Stevens
Italy
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WHILE Italy is both one of the earliest and largest medical cannabis markets in Europe, new data has revealed the ongoing inability of its system to ‘serve patients’ needs’. Italy’s medical cannabis market has been growing by double-digit percentage points…

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…

Cannabis to go on sale in Switzerland as part of study into regulation

Cannabis is going on sale in pharmacies in Switzerland as part of new research into regulation of the drug. Long stigmatised for its illicit use, scientists are now looking at how legally selling cannabis affects consumption and health among users.…

French Senators Petition Macron’s Government For Urgent Cannabis Reform

August 17, 2022
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France
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OVER 30 senators from the Socialist, Ecologist and Republican group have called for the launch of a consultation process to introduce new laws to legalize cannabis in France. The co-signed letter from 31 senators, published in the Le Monde newspaper explores…

Switzerland Has ‘Laid The Groundwork For Its Medical Cannabis Industry To Flourish’ And Could Soon Be Exporting ‘Very High-Quality Flower’

LAST week Switzerland became the latest in a string of European countries to relax its restrictive access to medical cannabis for both patients and businesses. Although the country has one of the oldest medical cannabis schemes and most developed CBD…

Switzerland Fully Legalizes Medical Cannabis And Allows Export

Switzerland is to join other European countries that have legalized cannabis for medical purposes. From August 1, patients can get medical cannabis through a medical prescription. Before the new legislation, medical cannabis patients had to request a request to the…

Switzerland Fully Legalizes Medical Cannabis And Allows Export

Switzerland is to join other European countries that have legalized cannabis for medical purposes. From August 1, patients can get medical cannabis through a medical prescription. Before the new legislation, medical cannabis patients had to request a request to the…

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…

High Court Challenge Could See Ireland Lift Blanket Ban On CBD Products By October

July 20, 2022
Ben Stevens
Ireland
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IRELAND’s restrictive policies on CBD, which all but ban its sale, were challenged in the High Court last week as the industry continues its fight for survival in the country. The Irish High Court held an important test action on…

New Data Reveals England’s Private Medical Cannabis Prescriptions In 2021 Were More Than 9 Times That Of 2020

FOLLOWING last week’s dramatic political developments in the UK, which saw nearly 50 Members of Parliament quit in 48 hours, the prospect of making medical cannabis more affordable and accessible for the UK’s estimated 1.4m patients has inevitably fallen further…

Italy Could Allow Home Cultivation Of Up To 4 Cannabis Plants By The End Of The Year

July 11, 2022
Ben Stevens
Italy
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ITALY has become the latest European country to explore significant cannabis liberalisation, coming just weeks after similar developments in Spain. Last week saw the country, which was one of the first to legalise cannabis for medical purposes in 2007, begin…

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…

German Cannabis Bill By Year End With Adult-Use Launch Likely In Early 2024

GERMANY’s draft cannabis law should be ready by the end of the year with the launch of its adult-use market looking increasingly likely in 2024. Over the course of this month some 200-plus experts in addiction, medicine, law, and business…

5 things to know about Germany’s push to legalize cannabis

The coalition government has promised to deliver it, but it’s easier said than done. Let the cannabis lobbying begin. The German health ministry is hosting talks this week with stakeholders on the legalization of recreational cannabis, with the aim of…