How Existing Global Drug Conventions Provide A Pathway To End Cannabis Prohibition March 24, 2022 Peter McCusker International 0 Comments WITH increasing numbers of countries looking to end prohibition and introduce regulated cannabis markets a new paper identifies ways of doing so without contravening international drug laws. In enacting their recreational cannabis market in 2018 the Canadian Government were deemed… Read More→
Groups From 56 Countries Ask UN To Ensure Secretive ‘Cannabis Initiative’ Is Open To Public Scrutiny December 3, 2021 Peter McCusker International 0 Comments ONE year on from the formal recognition of the potential for cannabis as a medicine almost 200 global advocacy and civil society groups are backing for calls for greater transparency over emerging new cannabis guidelines. On December 2, last year… Read More→
Cannabis Industry Fights Back Against European Commission’s CBD Missteps November 1, 2021 Peter McCusker EMEA 0 Comments THE European Commission has been urged to stick to its guns on the status of CBD by trade groups representing hundreds of businesses across the continent. BusinessCann reported yesterday how the EC was considering taking on board the hard-line of… Read More→
Is The European Commission Set To Review Its Position On CBD And Once More Deem It A Narcotic Drug? October 29, 2021 Peter McCusker EMEA 0 Comments DESPITE re-launching its ‘natural’ CBD Novel Food applications process eleven months ago, no progress has yet been made by the European Commission. It has approved further synthetic CBD applications with a total of five such applications now through to the… Read More→
New ‘Cannabis Initiative’ From ‘Secretive’ UN Body May Cause Serious Harm To Global Industry August 11, 2021 Peter McCusker International 1 Comment A SECRETIVE United Nations body is in the process of drawing up its first ‘ill-informed’ Cannabis Initiative which may deliver a serious blow to the booming global industry. The move by the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) is being viewed… Read More→
How to Export Medical Cannabis Internationally December 4, 2019 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments By Vince Sliwoski, Attorney at Harris Bricken Over the past few years, our international trade team has advised a rapidly expanding suite of clients on import/export issues related to cannabis. We regularly advise clients on manufacturing overseas, hemp import/export issues, and customs.… Read More→