Written by CannIntelligence || 25th April 2019 || News analysis |
Ireland’s Department of Health still won’t commit to allowing farmers to grow cannabis for medical use, two years after the health minister announced a medical cannabis access programme ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 24th April 2019 || News analysis |
A UK member of parliament has accused the president of a child healthcare organisation of lying to the parliamentary health and social care committee and dismissing the concerns of families ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 22nd April 2019 || News analysis |
Social media influencers are the marketing medium of the moment, and the CBD market is especially well suited to cashing in on the fame and popularity of this new form of advertising ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 19th April 2019 || News analysis |
As a potential CBD and cannabis market emerges in Peru, players from across the globe are seeing a valuable opportunity for investing in the country ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 18th April 2019 || News analysis |
Mexico is well on its way to fully legalising cannabis and its derivative products, but the new government may impose stricter regulation than that left by the previous regime ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 17th April 2019 || News analysis |
Europe desperately needs harmonised legislation on medical cannabis – but it could take five years, and Big Pharma must not be allowed to set the agenda, delegates at a conference in Brussels heard ...
China’s highest anti-drug agency, the National Narcotics Control Commission, is reported to have issued a “Notice on strengthening regulation of industrial hemp” ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 16th April 2019 || News analysis |
US attorney general William Barr has said the current patchwork regulatory situation for CBD in the country is “intolerable” and given qualified support to an act which would allow states to decide their own policies ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 15th April 2019 || News analysis |
CBD’s association with cannabis, on one level part of its marketing strength, can also be a big barrier to its acceptance. The major social networks all have as yet a rather ambiguous attitude ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 9th April 2019 || News analysis |
Several Swedish companies offering dietary supplements with CBD oil produced from industrial hemp have either stopped selling the products or significantly toned down promises of its health benefits ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 9th April 2019 || News analysis |
Just two out of around 80 people prescribed medical cannabis in the UK have received products containing THC, with the rest getting CBD, the British parliament has heard ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 5th April 2019 || News analysis |
Proposed new federal legislation in the US could finally help CBD businesses gain easier access to banking, a problem that has bedevilled legal cannabis-related industries since their...
Written by CannIntelligence || 4th April 2019 || News analysis |
Use of the federal mail to deliver CBD products has remained a vexed question for companies in the US since the passing of the 2018 Farm Bill. Now the US Postal Service has shone some light on the...
Written by CannIntelligence || 3rd April 2019 || News analysis |
A high-level working group will explore legal pathways to market for certain CBD products, according to the US FDA – which also revealed it had sent warning letters to three companies it accused of “unfounded claims” ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 3rd April 2019 || News analysis |
The European Parliament’s agriculture committee has approved proposals to put forward an amendment to the Common Agriculture Policy allowing hemp farmers to grow varieties with as much as 0.3% THC ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 29th March 2019 || News analysis |
CBD products appears to be entering the mainstream of US retail. One of the largest retail pharmacy chains in the US, CVS is already selling a range of products in at least eight US states and Walgreens has...
Written by CannIntelligence || 26th March 2019 || News analysis |
Inconsistent quality of products purchased online, and confusion over cannabis itself, could be putting patients at risk, a group of UK MPs were told during presentations on medical cannabis and related issues ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 22nd March 2019 || News analysis |
Politicians in Israel are rarely united on any single issue, but as the much contended Israeli election draws nearer, members from across the political spectrum support the full legalisation of recreational cannabis ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 21st March 2019 || News analysis |
Isodiol International, a large-scale CBD distributor based in Vancouver, Canada, has announced that it has acquired the brand and portfolio of California-based CBD Naturals ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 19th March 2019 || News analysis |
A new hemp extraction facility, said to be the largest in Europe, has opened in the Sicilian province of Ragusa for the production of CBD-containing products such as oils, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 18th March 2019 || News analysis |
Nearly five months after Canada legalised cannabis, its fledgling system for delivering cannabis and CBD products to consumers is still experiencing growing pains ...
Our latest regulatory report on CBD in Israel covers the hemp plant's status, the import and export of finished product and much more.
Cannabis is a dangerous drug under Israeli criminal law; the possibility of legalising industrial hemp is...
Written by CannIntelligence || 13th March 2019 || News analysis |
David Klein, the man who created the iconic Jelly Belly jelly bean in the 1970s, has entered the CBD edibles market with his latest start-up Spectrum Confections, established to make CBD jelly beans ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 12th March 2019 || Market reports |
Our third consumer survey of the CBD market in the UK reveals cause for optimism, with a high degree of satisfaction and users ready to recommend CBD products and to increase their own use ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 11th March 2019 || News analysis |
North American businesses are still investing millions in the CBD hemp market, despite the uncertainty generated by new legislation and clampdowns on retailers, with many US and Canadian firms acquiring nascent businesses ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 8th March 2019 || News analysis |
A charity for retired ice hockey players is teaming up with one of the world’s biggest cannabis companies and a medical research body to research how CBD treatment impacts concussion-related disorders ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 5th March 2019 || News analysis |
North American companies such as Canadian firms Tilray and SOL Global, and Chicago-based Cresco Labs, are all starting or expanding their cannabidiol interests ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 4th March 2019 || News analysis |
Several US states and territories are reporting changes to hemp policies following the passing of the 2018 US Farm Bill. One surprisingly positive example is Pennsylvania, which is backing growth ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 1st March 2019 || News analysis |
The US Food and Drug Administration is moving slowly in drawing regulatory boundaries for CBD businesses. Members of Congress have called for clarity, but the FDA says it has no plans to give cannabis derivatives the green light...
Written by CannIntelligence || 1st March 2019 || News analysis |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has set a tentative date of sometime in April for a long-awaited public meeting to hear from stakeholders and begin a rulemaking process on legalising hemp-derived CBD, according to FDA Commissioner...
Written by CannIntelligence || 28th February 2019 || News analysis |
Growing acceptance and use of CBD in Switzerland, as demonstrated in a recent report, could eventually lead to legalisation of cannabis in the country, according to a range of experts ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 27th February 2019 || News analysis |
The French CBD market looks more promising as shops shut down last year through legal action have begun to re-open – though elsewhere in the country others are still being closed and their owners prosecuted ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 26th February 2019 || News analysis |
Momentum in the American CBD market continues to build, but a confusing patchwork of differing interpretations by various state authorities has led to local officials starting to clamp down on retailers ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 26th February 2019 || News analysis |
The commercialisation of bio-synthesised cannabidiol could be on the horizon following the announcement by Amyris that it will be forming a new partnership to focus on “cannabinoid development”. The California-based company is best known for creating synthetic sweeteners...
Written by CannIntelligence || 22nd February 2019 || Market reports |
In our latest look at the CBD market in the Czech republic we find that CBD products are mainly sold through CBD specialist websites (both own and multi-brand stores). Unlike other European markets, pharmacies also stock a large...
Written by CannIntelligence || 20th February 2019 || News analysis |
Regulations governing hemp-derived CBD are likely to increase sharply in the near future but then tail off as the product is integrated into general regulatory frameworks for food, cosmetics and industrial products, according to a legal expert ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 19th February 2019 || Market reports |
In our detailed look at how users of CBD view the products they use or are available, we find that e-liquids and oils/tinctures are the two most popular CBD products, while online and vape stores are the main...
Written by CannIntelligence || 14th February 2019 || News analysis |
The European Parliament has passed a resolution supporting medical cannabis – though only in cases where a product has gone through clinical trials and a regulatory approval process ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 14th February 2019 || News analysis |
Two of the largest legal cannabis companies, Wayland and International Cannabis Corp, are teaming up with a multinational pharmaceutical organisation in a bid to create significant amounts of CBD for the European market ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 13th February 2019 || News analysis |
Swiss consumers use CBD for assorted reasons, but one thing is clear: most prefer to smoke it. A preference for flowers was one major finding of a study into the habits of CBD users in Switzerland ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 13th February 2019 || News analysis |
Ohio-based CBD and cannabis company Green Growth Brands (GGB) is to open 108 retail locations in shopping malls across the US this year, including some of the most high-profile shopping locations in the country ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 12th February 2019 || News analysis |
No one in Austria wants to take responsibility for the enforcement and clarification of CBD regulations as Austrian and European officials appear to be working at cross purposes to implement new rulings ...
Written by CannIntelligence || 12th February 2019 || News analysis |
The Austrian government is to review the enforcement of rules on CBD, but stricter interpretations are not expected despite recent rumours and the fears of some sellers of CBD products ...
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