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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…

UK CBD Companies Are Being Forced To Diversify Their Businesses To Combat ‘Tremendously Worrying’ Financial Crisis

September 15, 2022
Ben Stevens
United Kingdom
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THE OFFICE for National Statistics (ONS) released more troubling news on the state of the UK’s economy this week, revealing that concerns around the cost of living lea to ‘feeble’ growth in July, a month usually blessed with increased spending…

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…

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…

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…

EFSA ‘Stopping The Clock’ On EU CBD Novel Foods Applications, But Doubts Remain Over Decision’s Impact In UK

THE European Food Standards Agency (EFSA) issued a statement last week announcing that its scientists ‘cannot currently establish the safety of cannabidiol (CBD) as a novel food’. EFSA said they were effectively ‘stopping the clock’ on the 19 European novel…

‘Muddled’ Handling Of CBD Public List Has Impacted Businesses & Wider Industry

THE Food Standards Agency (FSA) last week added a further 2446 products to its public list of CBD items which are allowed to remain on sale in the UK. The first of what it assures will be just two updates…

New Pilot Could See Patients On The Isle Of Man Gain Access To Medical Cannabis For The First Time

THE Isle of Man’s 83,000 inhabitants could soon gain access to medical cannabis for the first time as the Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC) prepares to launch a new pilot scheme. On March 31 2022 the DHSC announced…

What Is The Canpain Study And Will It Help Bring CBMPs Onto The NHS?

THE UK’s Health Research Authority (HRA) has approved the country’s first clinical study using cannabis flower for the treatment of chronic pain. While the study, dubbed Canpain, has received ‘conditional approval’ from the MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency),…

CBD Industry Welcomes FSA’s Public List As ‘Milestone Moment’ Bringing Much Needed ‘Clarity’ To Sector – But Questions Remain Over Its Handling Of The Process

April 4, 2022
Ben Stevens
Hemp Industry News, Hemp Policy & Legal, United Kingdom
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LAST week saw the highly anticipated publication of the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) Public List, including 3536 CBD products which will now legally be allowed to remain on sale in the UK. Although no products are expected to be fully…

One Year Late The FSA Publishes List Of Eligible UK CBD Products – For Now

AFTER a delay of exactly one year the long-awaited Public List of validated UK CBD products has been published by the Food Standards Agency. This shows that around some 3,500 products are still permitted for sale in the UK –…

Ebay’s New CBD Trial Could Have ‘Knock-On Effect’ For Other Ecommerce Platforms

CBD products from a raft of sellers are now set to be sold on Ebay UK ‘permanently’, marking a dramatic shift in sentiments from one of the world’s largest retailers and an ‘important moment for the industry’. Ebay, which has…

DHSC Confirms Further 6-Month Extension For Import Of Life Saving Childrens’ Epilepsy Drugs

THE Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC) has announced that emergency measures to ensure supplies of childrens’ epilepsy cannabis medication remain accessible in the UK will be extended for another three months. Supplies of Bedrocan oils, which are prescribed…

Charlotte’s Web Signs Exclusive UK Distribution Agreement with Savage Cabbage

CHARLOTTE’S Web Holdings, Inc., (“Charlotte’s Web” or the “Company”), the market leader in cannabidiol (“CBD”) hemp extract wellness products, has signed an exclusive product distribution agreement in the United Kingdom with Savage Cabbage Ltd., one of the oldest and most trusted CBD companies in…

CBD Industry’s Anger At ‘Unprofessional Approach’ Of Regulators To Novel Food Process

AS Brains Bioceutical becomes the latest company to make it on to the Public List of Validated Novel Food CBD applicants, sections of the industry are becoming increasingly unsettled by the ‘unprofessional’ approach of the Food Standards Agency (FSA). In…