Albania Adopts Cannabis Industry Tracking Rules
Albania’s government has adopted new rules for tracking and tracing the cannabis industry. Such rules are commonly referred to as...
Uganda Minister To Lead Cannabis Industry Organization
The Uganda Medical Cannabis and Industrial Hemp Cooperative Society (UMCHICS) was launched to help organize and promote Uganda’s...
Study: German Legalization Not Associated With Changes In ‘Heavy Use’
Two years after Germany implemented the first provisions of its national cannabis legalization measure, the historic policy change was...
Jamaica To Increase Legacy Cannabis Grower Industry Participation
Cannabis has been intertwined with Jamaican culture for a very long time. While it is unknown how many unregulated cannabis cultivators...
A Very Consequential U.S. Cannabis Vote To Occur In November
The United States cannabis community has made enormous strides in recent decades. Starting in 1996 with the successful California...
New Zealand Seed Project Aims To Boost Hemp Cultivation
Thanks to regulatory reforms that took effect earlier this year in New Zealand that revoked the Misuse of Drugs (Industrial Hemp)...
Survey Finds Most German Cannabis Patients ‘Feel Stigmatized’
More patients in Germany are using legal medical cannabis to treat their condition(s) than ever before. However, an overwhelming...
Youth Cannabis Use Drops To Historic Low In U.S.
As more and more states legalize cannabis for adult use in the United States and permit legal recreational cannabis production and...
Cannabis DUI Policy Continues To Evolve In Australia
Consumers and patients being falsely accused of driving under the influence (DUI) of cannabis is an important, but often overlooked,...
Australian Medical Cannabis Patients Report Benefits And Barriers
Australia is one of the largest legal medical cannabis markets on the planet right now, but patients still experience issues when trying...
New Data Demonstrates That German Legalization Is Succeeding
Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) recently published an annual report detailing, among other things, data pertaining...
German Cannabis Association Debunks Opponent’s Propaganda
For many decades, cannabis opponents have made numerous anti-cannabis claims that are based on half-truths, spin-doctoring, and in some...
Lawmaker Calls For Independent Review Of Malta’s Cannabis Laws
In December 2021, Malta became the first European nation to adopt a national adult-use cannabis legalization measure. The only other...
What Is Going On With French Medical Cannabis Regulations?
In late June 2026, an official decree on how France will govern the reimbursement of medical cannabis was reportedly submitted to the...
Cayman Islands Considers Cannabis Reform Options
Government officials in the Cayman Islands, a self-governing British Overseas Territory located in the western Caribbean Sea, are...
Mexico Supreme Court Of Justice Rules In Favor Of Homemade Edibles
Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) issued a major decision this week, ruling that adult cannabis consumers are permitted to...
German Hemp Association Changes Its Organizational Structure
The German Hemp Association (DHV) has updated its organizational structure and transitioned from being a sole proprietorship to being a...
Cannabis Policies In The Netherlands Have Plenty Of Room To Improve
The Netherlands is well known around the world for its rich history with cannabis. One could easily argue that Amsterdam, the capital of...
Swiss Study: Regulating Cannabis ‘Promotes Safer Consumption’
Regional adult-use cannabis commerce pilot trials are currently operating in multiple jurisdictions in Switzerland, including Zurich,...
UK Food Standards Agency To Recommend Approval Of CBD Products
The United Kingdom’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) is reportedly set to recommend that ministers approve products containing...
Ghana Announces Expanded Cannabis Research Collaboration
Ghana’s Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) announced this week that it is furthering its collaboration with the nation’s...
U.S. Congress Votes To Delay Hemp THC Product Ban
The political hemp THC product roller coaster ride continues in the United States, with the House of Representatives voting this week to...
Nepal’s Finance Minister Says Government Supports Medical Cannabis
Nepal’s Finance Minister Dr. Swarnim Wagle recently issued positive statements about medical cannabis, indicating that the...
What Percentage Of U.S. Adults Consume Cannabis?
Gallup has conducted several different polls focusing on cannabis over the years, including surveying adults in the United States about...
A Missed Opportunity In Victoria, Australia
Cannabis advocates inside and outside the Australian state of Victoria were hopeful that local voters would get a chance to decide on a...
Yale University: Full U.S. Cannabis Legalization Would Generate $111 Billion Over 10 Years
Currently, 24 states in the U.S. have adopted adult-use cannabis legalization measures, with legal recreational sales occurring in...
Survey Finds Doctors In Greece View Medical Cannabis Favorably
Greece originally approved its modernized medical cannabis law in 2017. However, it wasn’t until February 2024 that suffering...
Does Cannabis Legalization Reduce Food Insecurity Rates?
Adult-use cannabis legalization is a sensible approach to cannabis public policy that yields many direct benefits to society. For...
Canada Is Investing $24 Million To Research Cannabis And Brain Health
Canada’s government, through the Minister of Health, Marjorie Michel, announced a $24 million investment through the Canadian...
Australian State Considers Letting Voters Decide On Cannabis Legalization
Voters in the Australian State of Victoria may get a chance to decide on a non-binding adult-use cannabis legalization proposal. The...
Women More Likely To Substitute Cannabis For Antidepressants Post-Legalization
According to Canadian researchers affiliated with various health and academic institutions, women are more likely to report substituting...
Study Highlights Cannabis Consumer Perspectives In U.S. Markets
The Parabola Center for Law and Policy, a nonprofit of legal, public health, and policy professionals who focus on emerging...
Nepal’s Gandaki Province Legalizes Medical Cannabis Farming
The Gandaki provincial government in Nepal approved a medical cannabis farming legalization measure this week, with the bill taking...
Cannabis To Be Sold At New York Farmers Markets And Events
New York State holds a very important economic, public policy, and media market status not only in the United States but also...
Uruguay Adjusts Prices For Legal Adult-Use Cannabis
Starting on August 1st, 2026, prices for legal adult-use cannabis sold in Uruguay’s pharmacies are increasing, albeit only...
How Many German Patients Are Impacted By Cannabis Flower Changes?
On July 30th, 2026, a ban in Germany on reimbursement for cannabis flowers under the Statutory Health Insurance Stabilization Act came...
Cannabis Addiction Treatment Admissions Decline In Germany
The rate of people in Germany seeking cannabis use disorder-related outpatient addiction care declined following the adoption of the...
German Study Debunks Anti-Legalization Propaganda
In the lead-up to the adoption of Germany’s historic CanG measure in April 2024 by national lawmakers, cannabis opponents in...
German Cannabis Organization Announces Constitutional Complaint
Earlier this month, German lawmakers approved the Statutory Health Insurance Contribution Stabilisation Act (BStabG). The measure...
German Regulators Approved Four Cannabis Research Projects
Officials from Germany’s Federal Office for Agriculture and Food confirmed that it had approved at least four cannabis research...
Kenya’s High Court Dismisses Cannabis Petition
Cannabis public policy reform can be achieved in multiple ways. In some jurisdictions, citizens can gather a required number of...
Survey Finds German Patients Wait Years Before Trying Cannabis
Researchers estimate that Germany has roughly 1 million legal medical cannabis patients, with even more suffering patients turning to...
Survey Highlights How Far U.S. Medical Cannabis Has Advanced
The cannabis plant has always possessed medical benefits. It is why the father of Chinese medicine, Emperor Shen Neng, listed cannabis...
Nepal Province Unanimously Approves Medical Cannabis Measure
In recent days, lawmakers in the Gandaki Province Assembly unanimously approved a measure that legalizes cannabis cultivation for...
German Lawmakers Make The Wrong Move On Medical Cannabis Coverage
In unfortunate news out of Germany today, lawmakers approved the Statutory Health Insurance Contribution Stabilisation Act (BStabG). The...
Medical Cannabis Production Measure Introduced In South Korea
Under current South Korean law, safe access to medical cannabis is very limited. Suffering patients can only obtain legally imported...
Malta Has Europe’s Lowest Cannabis Usage Rate For Young People
One of the most common claims made by cannabis opponents leading up to legalization is that usage rates among young people will spike....
U.N. Drug Report Highlights How Ineffective Cannabis Prohibition Is
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) recently released its World Drug Report 2026, finding that an estimated 256 million...
France Submits Long-Awaited Medical Cannabis Decree
After a long wait and significant anticipation, an official decree pertaining to how the reimbursement of medical cannabis will be...
Major Cannabis Industry Court Decisions In Germany
Germany continues to be one of the most interesting markets on the planet for cannabis commerce and policy. Germany is the largest legal...