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Switzerland To Establish First Legal Cannabis Dispensaries In Europe Amid Pilot Project

Switzerland's health authority has been granted approval to establish the first legal adult-use cannabis dispensaries in Europe amid a pilot project. Germany-based cannabis company Sanity Group and the Swiss Institute for Addiction and Health Research (ISGF) obtained this week the…

Canadian cannabis market struggles five years after legalisation

October 17, 2023
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Canada remains one of the only countries in the world that allows legal and regulated access to recreational marijuana. But five years after the drug's legalisation, the country's cannabis industry is struggling for survival. George Smitherman remembers buying his first…

A weed hangover? Why Thailand’s having second thoughts about decriminalizing cannabis

Opening a cannabis dispensary wasn’t always top of the list of Wassaya Iemvijan’s ambitions. The former lawyer, from the Thai capital Bangkok, first turned to the plant as a form of “alternative care” to cope with stress and settle her…

Thailand to Restrict Cannabis Use, New Prime Minister Says, After Decriminalization Last Year

September 21, 2023
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Thailand’s new prime minister vowed to restrict the use of marijuana for medical purposes after thousands of weed shops opened across the country since the nation became the first in Asia to decriminalize cannabis a year ago. The government will…

Cannabis Brands and China: An Emerging IP Challenge

By Fred Rocafort, Attorney at Harris Bricken Cannabis Brands and China Challenges Cannabis brands account for a sizeable component of my law firm’s intellectual property work (and, indeed, our work generally). Historically, there has been little overlap between our cannabis and China practice…

Daily Blackouts Strain a Poor Spanish Neighborhood. Is Marijuana to Blame?

September 4, 2023
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Spain’s largest electricity company says daily power outages are caused by illegal indoor marijuana farms that overload the grid. “Easy excuse,” residents reply. On a recent morning, Ángel Ortiz Rodríguez was slumped on a sofa in his apartment in Granada,…

How Germany’s Medical Market Expansion May Mitigate Canada’s Cannabis Surplus

By Niklas Kouparanis, Bloomwell Group CEO and Co-Founder Since the legalization of adult-use sales in 2018, the Canadian cannabis market has seen rapid highs and, more recently, serious oversupply woes. As of December 2022, the country had a massive stockpile…

Thailand’s Weed Industry Is Poised to Grow Fast

The country’s legal marijuana business — a rarity in Asia — is struggling with oversupply, illegal imports and regulatory ambiguity. Investors are piling in anyway. In Bangkok these days, it’s hard not to notice the weed dispensaries catering to tourists…

Germany Government Approves Plan to Legalize Some Marijuana Use

August 16, 2023
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The German government on Wednesday approved a plan to legalize some recreational marijuana use, paving the way to allow adults to legally buy and possess small amounts of cannabis. The legislation, which would allow adults to purchase and possess up…

Germans stage rally demanding legalization of cannabis

August 13, 2023
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Hundreds of people joined the annual cannabis legalization protest in Germany's capital Berlin on Saturday, days before the cabinet is due to discuss a draft law that will overturn a ban on the drug. Police said between 500-600 people took part in the Hanfparade (Hemp Parade). The numbers…

Uruguay Marks 6 Years Of Marijuana Sales, With 10.7 Million Grams Sold

Uruguay, the world's pioneering country to legalize adult-use marijuana in 2013, began its sales four years later in 2017. Over the course of six years, pharmacies sold 10.7 million grams of marijuana. On the occasion of the sixth anniversary since…

Colombia’s marijuana farmers want out of the shadows. Will the government ever legalize their harvest?

On a recent Friday morning, about 200 coca and marijuana farmers gathered in the small town of Cajibio, southwestern Colombia, to hear the government out. Colombian’s government was still licking its wounds after an initiative to legalize recreational marijuana had sunk in…

Thailand’s cannabis draw: Asian tourists are eager to sample a drug that is strictly banned in their home countries – ‘I wanted to try it’

A Japanese tourist reaches into a baggie of cannabis he has just bought in a central Bangkok weed shop, pulling out a gram of buds to chop down in a small black grinder, before rolling them neatly into a joint.…

Germany Unveils Draft Bill To Legalize Cannabis

Germany's government is taking steps toward the legalization of cannabis by publishing the draft bill for the first pillar of a two-pillar model designed to dismantle prohibition policies. German's Ministry of Health published on July 5 the long-waited draft bill to regulate…

Luxembourg Legalizes Cannabis For Personal Use

Luxembourg has become the second European Union member country to legalize the possession and cultivation of cannabis for personal use after Malta. After facing two years of delays, Luxembourg has taken a significant step towards ending its prohibition policy against…