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’ July 14, 2023 AggregatedNews Thailand 0 Comments 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.… Read More→
Germany Unveils Draft Bill To Legalize Cannabis July 10, 2023 AggregatedNews Germany 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Luxembourg Legalizes Cannabis For Personal Use June 30, 2023 AggregatedNews Luxembourg 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Is The European Union Set To Change Its Stance On Cannabis? June 30, 2023 Peter McCusker Europe 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Zelensky urges medical marijuana legalization for Ukrainians with ‘trauma of war’ June 29, 2023 AggregatedNews Ukraine 0 Comments Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is urging his country to legalize medical marijuana to help those suffering from the "trauma of war" with Russia. Zelensky addressed his country's parliament Wednesday, calling on members to legalize medicinal cannabis as a therapeutic option for Ukrainians who have… Read More→
German Cannabis Club Rules Leak, Many Optimistic for Medical Cannabis Expansion June 29, 2023 Niklas Kouparanis Germany 0 Comments By Niklas Kouparanis, Bloomwell Group CEO and Co-Founder In April 2023, German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach announced a two-pillar, scaled-down approach to adult-use cannabis legalization. The blueprint included the introduction of nonprofit associations, or cannabis clubs, that will be able… Read More→
Catalonia cracks down on booming marijuana industry June 28, 2023 AggregatedNews Black Market, Spain 0 Comments BARCELONA, June 28 (Reuters) - Heavily-armed police officers arrived in a well-to-do Barcelona suburb before dawn to raid a two-storey house that turned out to be packed with 800 marijuana plants growing under powerful lamps. The recent raid, on which… Read More→
Colombia senate votes down recreational marijuana bill June 22, 2023 AggregatedNews Colombia 0 Comments Colombia's Senate voted down a measure to approve the sale of recreational cannabis to adults late on Tuesday, although supporters including the government of leftist President Gustavo Petro said they would continue to pursue legalization. The South American country already… Read More→
Thailand’s cannabis lovers face comedown amid legalisation U-turn June 9, 2023 AggregatedNews Thailand 0 Comments Southeast Asian country’s booming cannabis industry is under a cloud as politicians reconsider decriminalisation. Bangkok, Thailand – On Thailand’s Ganja TV, cannabis enthusiasts have followed the drug’s swift journey from banned narcotic, to legal plant for medicinal use, to recreational… Read More→
Thai cannabis sector spooked as election winner mulls reversing legalisation May 28, 2023 AggregatedNews Thailand 0 Comments A proposal by Thailand's election-winning Move Forward party to reclassify cannabis as a narcotic a year after it was made legal is sowing panic in an industry that is projected to be worth up to $1.2 billion over the next… Read More→
GMA files House bill legalizing medical marijuana in the Philippines May 13, 2023 AggregatedNews Philippines 0 Comments Former president and now Senior Deputy Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has joined former House speaker Pantaleon Alvarez in endorsing the use or legalization of marijuana for medical purposes. “The use of cannabis for medical purposes is provided for by both existing international and… Read More→
These European countries are pushing to legalize weed — but the EU is not on board May 11, 2023 AggregatedNews Europe 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Thailand’s cannabis sellers say US growers are eating their lunch May 8, 2023 AggregatedNews Thailand 0 Comments Nearly a year after Thailand decriminalised cannabis amid promises of an economic bonanza, Thai growers and sellers say they are being undercut by illegal imports from the United States that sell for a fraction of the price of homegrown buds.… Read More→
Taiwan’s cannabis trade falters as Thailand and Japan cash in April 18, 2023 AggregatedNews Japan, Taiwan, Thailand 0 Comments Taiwan’s staunchly conservative attitudes towards drugs pose challenge to the burgeoning cannabidiol industry. Taipei, Taiwan – Joyce Wu was always curious about cannabis. Wu tried it a few times in Taiwan, where she grew up, but did not like the effects… Read More→
Schrödinger’s Lozenge: Is a lozenge an edible, or an extract? In Canada, the answer depends on if it’s a cannabis product. April 18, 2023 Brian MacIver Canada, Edibles & Infused Processors, News & Insights 0 Comments In January 2023, Health Canada, the federal authority overseeing the sale of medical and adult-use cannabis in Canada, began issuing stop-sale letters to licensed producers manufacturing “edible extracts,” mostly lozenges and dissolvable gummies. These products, producers held, were classified as… Read More→