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Is The European Union Set To Change Its Stance On Cannabis?

THE wind has been taken out of the sails of European cannabis recently with Germany opting to curtail its ambitions of a fully-fledged domestic, adult-use market. Following a January 18 meeting between the European Commission Director-General for Migration and Home Affairs…

These European countries are pushing to legalize weed — but the EU is not on board

Calls to legalize cannabis are mounting across Europe, as a growing number of countries seek to replicate progressive moves by Canada and parts of the U.S. to greenlight the drug. From improving public health to increasing tax revenues and reducing taboos around…

European Cannabis Round-Up: Expert Opinion Deems Germany’s Adult-Use Strategy Illegal, Spain To Quadruple Medical Cannabis Production, & Malta Tackles Cannabis Banking

March 6, 2023
Ben Stevens
Europe
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Germany’s current plans for legalisation deemed illegal by ‘expert opinion’ A NEW ‘expert opinion’ penned by the Chair of Public Law and European Law at the Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen, Bernhard Wegener, suggests that Germany’s current plans for cannabis…

Has GW Pharmaceuticals – Now Jazz Pharmaceuticals – Knee-Capped The CBD Industry?

WITH the fast-growing CBD sector tied up in a regulatory quagmire hundreds of transatlantic industry players face an uncertain future. However, one UK company – the one which pioneered the medical use of the cannabis extract cannabidiol – will have…

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,…

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…

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…

European Cannabis Round-up

November 7, 2022
Peter McCusker
Europe
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Czech Adult-Use Bill, Further Dutch Delays, Portuguese Police’s Hemp Horror, Italian CBD In Court, And UK Watchdog Warning FURTHER delays to the Dutch adult-use cannabis trial look likely after the selected growers told the Government the proposed timeline is unfeasible.…

Juicy Fields Legal Challenges Gather Pace Across Europe, But Concerns Raised Over Increasing Efforts To ‘Put Blame On Victims’

IN the three months since the initial downfall of Juicy Fields, victims have been offered little in the way of reassurance that anyone is being brought to justice. While promises for a full refund made by the unnamed actors continuing…

Sanity Group’s Record Funding Round Led By BAT Could Bring More Big-Tobacco Capital To Cannabis, But Concerns Remain Over Conflicts Of Interest

October 3, 2022
Ben Stevens
Europe
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By Ben Stevens LAST week Berlin-based cannabis operator Sanity Group closed Europe’s largest ever cannabis investment round worth €37.6m, bringing its total funding to date to over €100m. While the Series B round saw long term investors like Casa Verde…

German Adult-Use Legalization Hearings and EU Countries Collab on Cannabis: What Can We Expect Next?

September 28, 2022
Niklas Kouparanis
Europe, Germany
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By Niklas Kouparanis Current international law, which restricts the cultivation, supply and possession of cannabis only for medical and scientific purposes, has failed to achieve its set goals. Recently, three European Union (EU) countries–Malta, Luxembourg and Germany–have come together to…

European Round-Up: Successful Cannabis Debut For Chemical Multinational, Germany Addresses Hurdles To Reform, French Medical Cannabis Twist, Maltese Hold-Ups et al…

CONCERNS the creation of an adult-use cannabis market will contravene international law have been dismissed by senior members of the German Government. As BusinessCann reported late last year for its proposals to come to fruition Germany will need to resolve…

Drug Coordinators From 27 EU Member States Meet In Prague To Discuss Cannabis Legalisation As Czechia Moves Closer To Recreational Market

EARLIER this month representatives from all 27 EU member states, alongside non-governmental experts, NGO’s and private sector representatives, came together in Prague for the annual National Drug Coordinators meeting. The meeting, which is organised and hosted by the country holding…