EU Marijuana Legalization: A Wave is Coming July 25, 2022 Hilary Bricken Europe 0 Comments By Hilary Bricken, Principal Harris Bricken Exciting developments lie ahead for European Union (EU) marijuana legalization. It is inevitable that marijuana legalization sweeps the globe–if you haven’t seen it yet, please watch our webinar with Clifford Chance about the existing… Read More→
German Cannabis Bill By Year End With Adult-Use Launch Likely In Early 2024 June 21, 2022 Peter McCusker Germany 0 Comments GERMANY’s draft cannabis law should be ready by the end of the year with the launch of its adult-use market looking increasingly likely in 2024. Over the course of this month some 200-plus experts in addiction, medicine, law, and business… Read More→
5 things to know about Germany’s push to legalize cannabis June 14, 2022 AggregatedNews Germany 0 Comments The coalition government has promised to deliver it, but it’s easier said than done. Let the cannabis lobbying begin. The German health ministry is hosting talks this week with stakeholders on the legalization of recreational cannabis, with the aim of… Read More→
German Government Should Focus On ‘Detail Not Speed’ As It Pressures Ministers To Accelerate Recreational Cannabis Roll Out May 30, 2022 Ben Stevens Germany 0 Comments FEARS that German health ministers may be dragging their feet on rolling out cannabis legislation were definitively quashed earlier this month, as the Government resorted to unconventional tactics to speed the process along. Health Minister Karl Lauterbach, who bears responsibility… Read More→
German Government Has ‘Set The Bar So High’ For Adult-Use Cannabis Market They’ll Be ‘Like A Student Cramming For An Exam’ In Order To Achieve Goals April 20, 2022 Ben Stevens Germany 0 Comments Since Germany’s ‘traffic light coalition’ was voted in late last year, bringing with it the promise of a recreational cannabis market in Europe’s largest economy, a new wave of investment has flooded into the sector. While the excitement surrounding the… Read More→
European Round-Up: Germany’s Decriminalisation Delay ‘Incomprehensible’, Maltese Doctor Charged With Drug Trafficking, $100m UK Cannabis Investment et al… April 1, 2022 Peter McCusker Europe 0 Comments DESPITE being one of the key policies of the ‘Traffic-Light’ German Government do not expect cannabis legalisation to be enacted quickly, says the Minister responsible for its implementation. In an interview with Legal Tribune Online Federal Government Commissioner for Addiction… Read More→
Following Five Years of Medical Cannabis, Germany is Poised to be the Adult-Use Capital of Europe March 15, 2022 Niklas Kouparanis Germany 0 Comments By Niklas Kouparanis On March 10, 2022, Germany celebrated the fifth anniversary of medical cannabis legalization. It has been an eventful five years with plenty of challenges and limitations to navigate, overcome and learn from. During the five-year run, Germany’s… Read More→
German Courts Continue To Prosecute Hundreds Of Cannabis Businesses Despite Looming Legalisation March 10, 2022 Peter McCusker Germany 0 Comments HUNDREDS of companies are still being hounded through the German courts for alleged breaches of the country’s strict cannabis laws – despite the country signalling its intent to imminently introduce adult-use legislation. Just last month two German businesses failed in their attempt… Read More→
European Cannabis Round-Up: Malta’s Main Opposition Party Backs Cannabis, Medical Cannabis For Albania? PepsiCo’s Hemp Trial, German Businesses Battle Hemp Police February 11, 2022 Peter McCusker Albania, Europe 0 Comments DESPITE fears to the contrary Malta’s main political opposition the National Party has confirmed it will keep its adult-use cannabis legislation if it wins this year’s General Election In December, last year, Malta’s Government led by the majority Labour Party… Read More→
IM Cannabis is Building a Brand-based Supply Chain for the EU (and Maybe the World) February 10, 2022 Tom Hymes Company Stories, Spotlight 0 Comments I originally was scheduled to interview Rinat Efrima, the newly appointed Israeli CEO for IM Cannabis Corp. (CSE:IMCC) (NASDAQ:IMCC), or IMC, but when I jumped on the call I was greeted by CEO and founder Oren Shuster, who informed me… Read More→
‘Thrifty’ Clever Leaves Looks To Bolster Its European Ambitions January 20, 2022 Ben Stevens EMEA 0 Comments CLEVER Leaves, a multinational global cannabis producer, has been granted a licence to more than double its cultivation facility in Portugal as it looks to Europe to help boost revenues after a difficult debut year as a listed company. In… Read More→
Legalization is a learning curve: Germany is in the driver’s seat to make adult-use a reality December 23, 2021 Niklas Kouparanis Germany, Op-Ed 0 Comments With adult-use legalization in Germany officially set to be legalized by the incoming government, the country of 84 million residents is on its way to becoming the largest cannabis market in Europe–and possibly the world. The news also makes Germany… Read More→
Pot producer Canopy to sell German pharma unit C3 on COVID-19 hit December 16, 2021 AggregatedNews Mergers & Acquisitions 0 Comments Dec 15 (Reuters) - Canadian pot producer Canopy Growth Corp (WEED.TO), said on Wednesday it would sell its German pharmaceuticals unit, C3 Cannabinoid Compound Co GmbH, to a local firm as revenue took a hit due to pandemic-related restrictions in… Read More→
What Must Be Done To Enact Germany’s New Cannabis Law And What Will Its Adult-Use Market Look Like? November 26, 2021 Peter McCusker Germany 0 Comments With Germany’s Government-in-waiting set to deliver adult-use cannabis, BusinessCann explores the delivery challenges and how the legislation may be shaped. BACK in 2015 the German Green Party published its Cannabis Control Act (CCA). Although it made no progress in the… Read More→
Cannabis Telehealth Company Catches On in Germany October 18, 2021 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments In a sign that Europe’s cannabis market is gaining traction, the Frankfurt-based operator of a website that pairs patients with marijuana-prescribing doctors has closed a seed funding round while adding one of the industry’s biggest-name executives to its board. The… Read More→