Costa Rica Congress passes medical marijuana bill March 2, 2022 AggregatedNews Costa Rica 0 Comments Costa Rica's Congress has passed a bill which will legalise the use of marijuana for medical purposes and allow its cultivation for industrial use. The cultivation and sale of marijuana for recreational purposes, however, will remain banned. President Carlos Alvarado… Read More→
Ex-president Fox’s chain of cannabis stores plans to open 130 more this year January 19, 2022 AggregatedNews Mexico 0 Comments Paradise's focus is on the growing market for CBD products A chain of cannabis stores part owned by former president Vicente Fox is pursuing an aggressive expansion strategy: it intends to open 130 additional outlets by the end of the… Read More→
With export restrictions eased, Colombia’s medical cannabis business is poised for liftoff October 25, 2021 AggregatedNews Colombia 0 Comments When Beatriz Porras was studying agronomy at university in Tunja, Colombia, she thought her career would lead to growing coffee, like her parents, or flowers, the traditional agricultural staples for the country's export market. Back then, growing marijuana was illegal,… Read More→
Costa Rica legalizes production of medicinal cannabis and hemp October 20, 2021 AggregatedNews Costa Rica 0 Comments The initiative, promoted by independent legislator Zoila Rosa Volio, received the affirmative vote of 33 legislators, while 13 voted against it, after extensive discussion and the opposition of several legislators, mainly from the Restauración Nacional, Nueva República, Integración Nacional (PIN),… Read More→
Uruguay looks to bolster cannabis industry, allow tourists to buy marijuana pot September 14, 2021 AggregatedNews Uruguay 0 Comments The first country in the world to legalize most uses of marijuana is looking to capture business away from illicit sellers and bolster its cannabis industry by allowing foreign visitors to buy pot. The administration of Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle… Read More→
Panama’s Congress approves medical cannabis bill in unanimous vote August 31, 2021 AggregatedNews Panama 0 Comments PANAMA CITY, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Panama's national assembly unanimously passed a bill on Monday that would regulate the use of medical cannabis, making it the first nation in Central American to do so. The proposal, which would set up… Read More→
Adult-Use Cannabis Legalization Needs To Be Discussed, Says Argentina’s President Alberto Fernández August 2, 2021 AggregatedNews Argentina 0 Comments During a Q&A session, at the II Federal Congress of Law,Alberto Fernandez, President of Argentina, referred to the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes. According to Infobae, a student from the Faculty of Legal Sciences of the National University of… Read More→
Colombia boosts budding cannabis industry by removing ban on dry flower exports July 24, 2021 AggregatedNews Colombia 0 Comments BOGOTA, July 23 (Reuters) - Colombia on Friday gave the green light for exports of dried cannabis for medical and other industries, as the Andean country took another step to develop its marijuana industry, where progress has been slow despite… Read More→
Mexico marijuana: Top court decriminalises recreational use of cannabis June 29, 2021 AggregatedNews Mexico 0 Comments In an 8-3 decision, the court ruled that adults would be able to apply for permits to cultivate and consume their own cannabis. Smoking in public and in front of children is banned. The ruling does not mention the commercialisation… Read More→
Cannabis in Mexico: It Ain’t Over Till the Fat Mariachi Sings June 2, 2021 AggregatedNews Mexico 0 Comments by Adrián Cisneros Aguilar, Attorney at Harris Bricken I am writing this now, a month after the Mexican Senate virtually ignored (yes, ignored) the social and business mandate to regulate recreational and industrial cannabis. Yes, it took me almost a… Read More→
Cannabis company growing weed in Colombia goes public in US May 12, 2021 AggregatedNews Cannabis Investments, Colombia 0 Comments Most cannabis companies that list their stocks in the United States grow their products in indoor greenhouses, often in Canada. But a company named Flora Growth that went public on the Nasdaq on Tuesday is taking a different approach. Although headquartered in Toronto, its… Read More→
Growers fret as Mexico moves to legalize marijuana April 16, 2021 AggregatedNews Mexico 0 Comments BADIRAGUATO, Mexico (AP) — For the first time that MarÃa can remember, half of her marijuana harvest is still in storage on her ranch in Mexico’s Sinaloa state months after it should have been sold. Sitting in her wooden house… Read More→
U.S. companies ready to tap into Mexico’s legal marijuana industry March 15, 2021 AggregatedNews Mexico 0 Comments Mexico this week moved closer to legalizing the use and sale of marijuana. And while details such as whether you need a license to grow up to six plants in your home are still up in the air, some American… Read More→
U.S. companies ready to tap into Mexico’s legal marijuana industry March 14, 2021 AggregatedNews Mexico 0 Comments Details remain murky, but some companies see Mexico ripe for investment and ... hemp maquiladoras? EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Mexico this week moved closer to legalizing the use and sale of marijuana. And while details such as whether… Read More→
Mexico’s move to greenlight marijuana may pressure Biden March 12, 2021 AggregatedNews Mexico, Policy & Legal 0 Comments Mexico is on the verge of creating the world’s largest legal marijuana market, a move that could pressure President Joe Biden to embrace weed, too. Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies passed landmark legislation Thursday morning, ahead of an April 30 deadline… Read More→