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A Renewed Call for Research: Study on Medical Efficacy of Cannabis for Patients Treated for Depression

By Dr. Julian Wichmann, MD In the last decade, the world has seen a dramatic increase in the legalization of medical cannabis and the overall acceptance of cannabis as medicine. In 2022, the medical cannabis market boomed to $11.6 billion…

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…

German Cannabis Club Rules Leak, Many Optimistic for Medical Cannabis Expansion

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…

Growth Opportunities for CannaGenetics in Germany’s Burgeoning Market

By Niklas Kouparanis, Bloomwell Group CEO and Co-Founder In 2022, Germany made significant steps toward making adult-use cannabis legalization a reality. Last October, Germany’s Health Minister Karl Lauterbach released a cornerstone paper outlining plans for the legal sale and consumption…

‘Cannabis in Germany will be a success’: Europe’s biggest economy moves closer to weed legalization

BERLIN — Germany could be weeks away from introducing a bill to legalize cannabis under sweeping reforms that would greenlight the consumption and sale of the drug in Europe’s largest economy. Germany’s Health Minister Karl Lauterbach last week said that the plans…

Proposed Changes To Germany’s Medical Cannabis Framework Would ‘Seriously Impact Both Patients And Industry’ If Brought In Tomorrow

March 15, 2023
Ben Stevens
Germany
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TOMORROW, Germany’s Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) is expected to announce major changes to the country’s medical cannabis framework. These could have a significant impact on the growth rate of Europe’s largest medical cannabis market, which has expanded in double-digits consistently…

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…

Germany Looks To Placate Brussels As Its Cannabis Plans Teeter

January 25, 2023
Peter McCusker
Germany
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DELAYS in submitting its proposals to the European Commission and potential hold-ups once submitted could see Germany’s adult-use cannabis plans pushed back into 2025. Originally scheduled for submission before the end of 2022, Germany’s draft cannabis law will not now be submitted…

Germany’s ‘Error-Strewn’ Cannabis Plan Requires Immense Political Will To Succeed

November 14, 2022
Peter McCusker
Germany
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DESPITE some serious flaws in its approach it is unlikely that the European Commission has the powers to halt Germany’s ambition to establish an adult-use cannabis market, says a leading international drug policy expert. In announcing its plans for cannabis…

Demecan Eyeing €40m Investment As It Aims To Become Germany’s Largest Adult-Use Cannabis Cultivator

GERMAN cultivator Demecan has welcomed proposals which will see all cannabis for its forthcoming adult-use market grown domestically. The Traffic-Light Coalition’s policy pathway for a regulated market was unveiled by Health Minister Karl-Lauterbach (SPD) last week, as reported in BusinessCann.…

All About the Execution: A Conversation with Curaleaf CEO Matt Darin

October 24, 2022
Tom Hymes
Company Stories, Multiple State Brands, Multiple State Operators, News & Insights, Spotlight
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With over 6000 employees, 144 dispensaries, and over 2,200 wholesale dispensary accounts across 21 states, and counting, Curaleaf is an MSO in constant motion, launching new stores here, buying new companies there, expanding its footprint not only nationally but internationally…

Germany’s plan to legalize cannabis is out. Here’s what it says

October 20, 2022
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Germany
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Germany plans to decriminalize the purchase and ownership of small amounts of cannabis under a long-awaited reform blueprint that would deliver on an election promise of weed reform by the center-left coalition which came to power last year. The reform,…

Fears Supply Issues Will Leave Germany’s Adult-Use Cannabis Market In Starting Blocks

October 19, 2022
Peter McCusker
Germany
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FURTHER details on Germany’s proposed adult-use cannabis market are to be published soon, and they will be avidly consumed with much uncertainty currently surrounding the proposed reforms. The German government’s main priority is public health and safety, and protecting minors; thereby eliminating…

Leading Canadian Cannabis Retailer To Establish German Adult-Use ‘High Street’ Stores

October 12, 2022
Peter McCusker
Germany
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LEADING North American cannabis retailer High Tide has unveiled plans to establish a High Street footprint in the emerging adult-use German market. High Tide Founder, President, CEO & Executive Chairman Raj Grover said talks are in an advanced stage with a number…

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…