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Pennsylvania banking bill welcomed, but it’s federal legislation they all want

Written by CannIntelligence || 17th August 2022 || News analysis |

A new state law will help shield financial companies in Pennsylvania from prosecution over transactions with legal cannabis companies. But industry leaders say more protection is needed after a federal bill was halted ...

Taiwan: CBD and cannabis regulation, August 2022

Written by CannIntelligence || 17th August 2022 || Regulatory reports |

This report provides a detailed overview of the current regulatory framework in place for CBD, hemp and cannabis in Taiwan, covering all policy areas from cultivation and processing to extracts, finished products and import/export ...

US legislators seek to amend cannabis advertising laws ahead of midterms

Written by CannIntelligence || 15th August 2022 || News analysis |

Advertising of cannabis products looks set to be a potential battleground as the US legislature heads towards midterm elections later this year ...

Three nations aiming to lead EU states toward joined-up cannabis reforms

Written by CannIntelligence || 9th August 2022 || News analysis |

Germany, Luxembourg and Malta have taken the first step towards working together on the legalisation and regulation of recreational cannabis, leading a wave of potential reform across the EU ...

Peruvian initiative aims to open up hemp industry for rural ‘artisan’ production

Written by CannIntelligence || 5th August 2022 || News analysis |

A bill put forward in Peru seeks to establish regulation that would allow for the production and commercialisation of industrial hemp in the South American country ...

Swiss CBD company takes issue with EFSA’s delay of novel food applications

Written by CannIntelligence || 1st August 2022 || News analysis |

A Swiss CBD company has questioned the approach of European authorities in demanding further data in order to advance novel food applications, describing it as an issue that might signal the end of hemp-extracted cannabinoids as a viable...

Argentina’s hemp industry hoping new legal framework will encompass delta-8

Written by CannIntelligence || 19th July 2022 || News analysis |

The Argentine hemp industry is hopeful that sales of delta-8 THC hemp products will be formally permitted under the country’s new legal framework for cannabinoids ...

UK: CBD and cannabis snapshot

Written by CannIntelligence || 18th July 2022 || Market reports , Regulatory reports |

This snapshot of the UK's CBD and cannabis sector covers both the regulatory framework for CBD as well as cannabis (recreational and medical) and offers an overview of the market, online retailers and consumer preferences ...

US 0.3% THC limit challenge dismissed: what could it mean for hemp producers?

Written by CannIntelligence || 15th July 2022 || News analysis |

Hemp producers have lost an important challenge on the 0.3% THC threshold for hemp-derived products in the US, potentially making producers liable if they go over the threshold during production, whether or not the end product meets the...

Incoming Colombian government has big plans for the country’s cannabis industry

Written by CannIntelligence || 8th July 2022 || News analysis |

Colombian president-elect Gustavo Petro says he will prioritise development of the nation’s cannabis industry and is promising that he will improve regulation, expand the existing legal framework and clarify production regulation as well as decriminalise consumption ...

CBD edible oils dominate the UK’s novel food product applications

Written by CannIntelligence || 6th July 2022 || News analysis |

On 31st March 2022, exactly one year after the novel food application deadline for CBD food products in the UK, the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) published a list of around 3,500 CBD food products whose applications for...

DG-Agri – the EU agency ready to put its full weight behind the growth in hemp

Written by CannIntelligence || 5th July 2022 || News analysis |

The European Food Safety Authority (Efsa) may not be sure about CBD but the EU Directorate-general for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG-Agri) is fully behind hemp as a crop with potential ...

Why novel food rules are pushing the UK market towards cold-pressed products

Written by CannIntelligence || 4th July 2022 || News analysis |

Companies are facing technical and marketing pros and cons as they increasingly turn to cold-press CBD extraction as a way around novel food market limitations in the UK and Ireland ...

Online retailer status: Spain

Written by CannIntelligence || 4th July 2022 || Market data |

This tracker looks at the current status of Spain's online CBD market, including data relating to the top online retailers engaging with CBD products in the country ...

Online retailer status: Greece

Written by CannIntelligence || 4th July 2022 || Market data |

This tracker looks at the current status of Greece's online CBD market, including data relating to the top online retailers engaging with CBD products in the country ...

Online retailer status: Japan

Written by CannIntelligence || 4th July 2022 || Market data |

This tracker looks at the current status of Japan's online CBD market, including data relating to the top online retailers engaging with CBD products in the country ...

Online retailer status: Switzerland

Written by CannIntelligence || 4th July 2022 || Market data |

This tracker looks at the current status of Switzerland's online CBD market, including data relating to the top online retailers engaging with CBD products in the country ...

Online retailer status: Italy

Written by CannIntelligence || 4th July 2022 || Market data |

This tracker looks at the current status of Italy's online CBD market, including data relating to the top online retailers engaging with CBD products in the country ...

Online retailer status: Canada

Written by CannIntelligence || 4th July 2022 || Market data |

This tracker looks at the current status of Canada's online CBD market, including data relating to the top online retailers engaging with CBD products in the country ...

Online retailer status: UK

Written by CannIntelligence || 4th July 2022 || Market data |

This tracker looks at the current status of the UK's online CBD market, including data relating to the top online retailers engaging with CBD products in the country ...

Online retailer status: France

Written by CannIntelligence || 4th July 2022 || Market data |

This tracker looks at the current status of France's online CBD market, including data relating to the top online retailers engaging with CBD products in the country ...

Online retailer status: US

Written by CannIntelligence || 4th July 2022 || Market data |

This tracker looks at the current status of the US's online CBD market, including data relating to the top online retailers engaging with CBD products in the country ...

Online retailer status: Netherlands

Written by CannIntelligence || 4th July 2022 || Market data |

This tracker looks at the current status of the Netherland's online CBD market, including data relating to the top online retailers engaging with CBD products in the country ...

Online retailer status: Ireland

Written by CannIntelligence || 4th July 2022 || Market data |

This tracker looks at the current status of Ireland's online CBD market, including data relating to the top online retailers engaging with CBD products in the country ...

Online retailer status: Austria

Written by CannIntelligence || 4th July 2022 || Market data |

This tracker looks at the current status of Austria's online CBD market, including data relating to the top online retailers engaging with CBD products in the country ...

Online retailer status: Germany

Written by CannIntelligence || 4th July 2022 || Market data |

This tracker looks at the current status of Germany's online CBD market, including data relating to the top online retailers engaging with CBD products in the country ...

EU novel food applications: the science behind what EFSA says it wants to know

Written by CannIntelligence || 27th June 2022 || News analysis |

The European Food Safety Authority wants more safety data before it approves CBD products as novel food. This is what it wants to know, and why, along with a summary of the science on each point ...

Recreational cannabis remains illegal in Delaware despite unusual efforts

Written by CannIntelligence || 24th June 2022 || News analysis |

A bid to legalise recreational cannabis in the US state of Delaware failed when lawmakers fell just short in a rare bid to overturn a governor's veto ...

Guyana’s leaders pin hopes on hemp bill to revive lost jobs and agriculture

Written by CannIntelligence || 21st June 2022 || News analysis |

Government officials in Guyana believe the Industrial Hemp Bill, expected to be voted on by Parliament by the end of June, will be a big step towards the creation of a legal framework for hemp cultivation and manufacturing...

Mixed reception for Minnesota law on hemp-derived cannabinoid products

Written by CannIntelligence || 17th June 2022 || News analysis |

A new law makes Minnesota the first state in the US to apply a 21+ age restriction to all hemp-derived cannabinoid products regardless of potential for intoxication ...

Changes ahead in Rhode Island as adult recreational cannabis sales are legalised

Written by CannIntelligence || 16th June 2022 || News analysis |

Cannabis will be available for recreational use in Rhode Island from 1st December after governor Dan McKee signed the Rhode Island Cannabis Act into law, making the state the 19th in the US to legalise adult use ...

How do you tell if a user is under the influence? It’s still a testing problem

Written by CannIntelligence || 14th June 2022 || News analysis |

While cannabis use is now legal in many US states, there is as yet no reliable test to determine whether, or how far, a user may be “under the influence” ...

California cannabis cultivation tax stands to be eliminated imminently

Written by CannIntelligence || 10th June 2022 || News analysis |

Tax on the cultivation of cannabis in California could be eliminated as of July ...

CBD product availability still limited in the mainstream channels in Spain

Written by CannIntelligence || 10th June 2022 || News analysis |

Although the Spanish CBD market continues to grow, it is still classed as developing ...

Lausanne aims to become home to Switzerland’s second cannabis trial

Written by CannIntelligence || 8th June 2022 || News analysis |

Lausanne could become the second Swiss city after Basel to launch a recreational cannabis trial this year. But while Basel’s pilot will involve just 400 participants, Lausanne is aiming for triple that number ...

Peru’s health ministry publishes draft legal framework for medical cannabis

Written by CannIntelligence || 3rd June 2022 || News analysis |

The Peruvian Health Ministry has published a draft legal framework that will regulate the medicinal and therapeutic cannabis market following the 16th May resolution promising such a move ...

SAFE dominates as cannabis lobbyists in the US spend more than $12m in Q1 2022

Written by CannIntelligence || 2nd June 2022 || News analysis |

Spending on CBD- and cannabis-related lobbying in the US exceeded pre-pandemic numbers, with more than $12m spent during the first quarter of 2022 on issues such as efforts to support patient safety, legalisation and decriminalisation ...

Main reason for stopping using CBD products in the UK is the price

Written by CannIntelligence || 27th May 2022 || News analysis |

The main reason why those in the UK who used CBD products stopped using them is because the products are expensive ...

Germany puts legal cannabis back up the agenda – but EU and UN obstacles remain

Written by CannIntelligence || 26th May 2022 || News analysis |

The German government has performed an abrupt U-turn on recreational cannabis legislation just three months after the new coalition government said such plans were not among its priorities for this year ...

Canada’s cannabis industry gathering to urge the government to move faster

Written by CannIntelligence || 25th May 2022 || News analysis |

Canada’s cannabis industry is planning a two-day blitz of Parliament Hill in a bid to convince the government to launch its long overdue review of federal cannabis legislation ...

UK FSA’s slow-moving novel food authorisation process feeds frustration

Written by CannIntelligence || 20th May 2022 || News analysis |

It’s been two years since the deadline for CBD companies to apply for the Food Standards Agency (FSA) novel foods authorisation, yet none have been authorised and few have been validated ...

Belize cannabis and hemp legalisation bill faces opposition, late referendum

Written by CannIntelligence || 17th May 2022 || News analysis |

The fate of a recently approved cannabis and industrial hemp bill in Belize is likely to be decided by a national referendum after opposition groups submitted a petition in early May in an effort to block cannabis legalisation in the Central American...

Pennsylvania medical cannabis vape recall leaves patients stranded

Written by CannIntelligence || 13th May 2022 || News analysis |

A widespread recall of cannabis concentrates sold for vaping at medical cannabis dispensaries in the US state of Pennsylvania has left patients with more questions than answers about who to trust ...

Argentina approves law to establish legal framework for cannabis and hemp

Written by CannIntelligence || 13th May 2022 || News analysis |

Members of the Argentina Chamber of Deputies approved a law on 5th May that would establish a legal framework for the production, sale and export of medical cannabis as well as industrial hemp, a decision president Alberto Fernández...

Anxiety and chronic pain are the top reasons for CBD consumption in the UK

Written by CannIntelligence || 10th May 2022 || News analysis |

The most common reasons survey respondents gave for using CBD are for treating anxiety, managing chronic pain, and easing issues with skin conditions ...

Consumer survey report: an overview of CBD use in the UK

Written by CannIntelligence || 10th May 2022 || Market reports |

This report presents the results of a survey undertaken by CBD-Intel in March 2022 on CBD consumption behaviour in the UK ...

Basel moves forward with its recreational cannabis trial

Written by CannIntelligence || 6th May 2022 || News analysis |

Basel will start allowing the sale of recreational cannabis through local pharmacies at the end of the summer as the first Swiss city to win the approval of health authorities for the pilot project ...

Kanabo acquires The GP Service in a bid to ‘bring cannabis to the UK mainstream’

Written by CannIntelligence || 3rd May 2022 || News analysis |

Medicinal cannabis company Kanabo has bought private telemedicine platform The GP Service in a £14m deal to make its products – and those of rival companies – more accessible in the UK ...

Optimism blooming as Uruguay’s first medical cannabis harvest begins

Written by CannIntelligence || 25th April 2022 || News analysis |

Yvy Life Sciences, the first company authorised to grow medical-grade cannabis plants in Uruguay, has started harvesting its first crops for this purpose ...

E-commerce platform Shopify accused of shutting down legal delta-8 THC sales

Written by CannIntelligence || 19th April 2022 || News analysis |

US-based CBD shops that used Shopify to support online sales are still dealing with the fallout weeks after the e-commerce platform suddenly removed sites it deemed non-compliant ...

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