Written by Tiziana Cauli || 15th March 2024 || News analysis |
Shortly after drafting its first proposal on cannabis regulation, the Czech government has banned semi-synthetic cannabinoids HHC, HHC acetate (HHC-O) and tetrahydrocannabiforol (THCP) ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 7th March 2024 || News analysis |
In just a few days, the global cannabis sector will gather again in Barcelona for what has become informally known, for some years now, as the city’s cannabis week ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 12th February 2024 || News analysis |
The cannabis social club model is now being incorporated by multiple European regulators. Born and developed outside a legal framework, it originated as an attempt to regulate cannabis production and consumption ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 30th January 2024 || Blogs |
Spain will soon have a long-overdue regulation of medical cannabis in place. This may be good news for the sector, but will the upcoming law measure up to industry and patients’ expectations? ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 17th January 2024 || News analysis |
The Czech government’s newly presented, much-awaited proposal on cannabis regulation falls short of industry expectations, although activists believe there is still room for improving the initial draft ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 5th January 2024 || News analysis |
Optimism over possible regulation of cannabis in Spain has increased as the new ruling coalition has shown some potential for getting back to work on the process ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 27th November 2023 || News analysis |
US hemp farmers will be able to continue operating under the 2018 Farm Bill framework until the end of September next year, as stopgap funding was approved and signed into law by president Joe Biden ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 23rd November 2023 || Blogs |
Japan may very soon ban hexahydrocannabihexol (HHCH) and other synthetic cannabinoid derivatives in the wake of the country’s first medical cannabis regulation bill passing its initial parliamentary scrutiny ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 17th November 2023 || News analysis |
Japan’s first medical cannabis law may end up only legalising a single pharmaceutical product, while also criminalising recreational cannabis consumption ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 6th September 2023 || News analysis |
Cannabis companies in Italy are opposing a government decree that will become effective on 20th September and may outlaw CBD oils for oral use in the country ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 28th August 2023 || News analysis |
Young US adults are more likely to use cannabis than to vape or smoke cigarettes, says a new Gallup poll, and concerns about cannabis use are not comparable to fears around vaping and smoking ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 24th August 2023 || Blogs |
Hawaii’s cannabis sector was not immune to the devastation and death brought by the Maui wildfires, which killed at least 114 people earlier this month ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 11th August 2023 || News analysis |
The Australian Greens party has submitted the country’s first bill for the legalisation of recreational cannabis on a national level following a public consultation it held on its draft version ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 7th August 2023 || News analysis |
Tobacco-free herbal sticks are expected to continue growing in popularity, and some producers are considering the inclusion of CBD-based heated sticks in their product line where it is permitted as an ingredient ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 17th July 2023 || News analysis |
Women started entering the cannabis sector right at its beginning, and by 2015 over one third of US executives in cannabis companies were female. In 2017 this figure was down to 26% ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 11th July 2023 || News analysis |
Coming developments in the legalisation of recreational cannabis in Germany and the Czech Republic are anticipated with some eagerness – and some concern – by the industry across Europe and beyond ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 10th July 2023 || News analysis |
The US Federal Trade Commission and Food and Drug Administration have sent warning letters to six sellers of delta-8 THC edibles whose packaging is very similar to that of popular snacks and sweets for children ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 16th June 2023 || News analysis |
France has started a process that could end with a Europe-wide ban on CBD-containing cosmetic products if an EU assessment finds them not safe for consumers’ reproductive health ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 30th May 2023 || News analysis |
Recreational cannabis may become legal and regulated in the Czech Republic within the first half of 2024, as the government prepares to push a bill through Parliament by the end of this year ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 23rd May 2023 || News analysis |
Hemp production in the US suffered a major decline last year, with the planted area shrinking by 48% against 2021 and the total value of the harvested crop falling by 71% ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 22nd May 2023 || News analysis |
The Czech government will no longer go forward with a proposed measure to ban sales of food products containing CBD which was due to come into effect in mid-June ...
California-based e-cigarette manufacturer Ispire Technology has signed a partnership with US cannabis brand Cookies to sell CBD vapes across the United States ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 12th April 2023 || News analysis |
British American Tobacco (BAT) and cannabis wellness company Charlotte’s Web have formed a joint venture to pursue approval for a new hemp-based drug to target an undisclosed neurological condition ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 14th March 2023 || Blogs |
Business representatives and scientists from across the globe gathered in Barcelona last week for a series of international events dedicated to the world of legal cannabis ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 21st February 2023 || News analysis |
The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has clarified its position on two synthetic hemp derivatives, confirming that it considers delta-8 THCO and delta-9 THCO illegal ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 17th February 2023 || News analysis |
Twitter’s recently announced “change” in the social media platform’s policy to allow cannabis advertisements in the US is full of sound but signifies nothing ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 10th February 2023 || News analysis |
Cannabis companies are looking to get Google certification as part of the tech giant’s update on the use of Google Ads for CBD products in parts of the US ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 1st February 2023 || News analysis |
The European Food Safety Authority denies it is waiting research results on the safety of CBD by the US Food and Drug Administration before it lets validated candidates complete the novel food application process ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 26th January 2023 || News analysis |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rejected a regulatory pathway that would allow CBD products to be treated as food additives or dietary supplements ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 25th January 2023 || News analysis |
Government and industry representatives from around the world met in Geneva last week to hear about the “significant economic opportunities” offered by industrial hemp and the need for greater clarity on its legal status ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 19th January 2023 || News analysis |
CBD company Chanelle McCoy Health has received approval to start a trial which may allow it to sell its CBD sleeping aid as an over-the-counter (OTC) drug in Australian pharmacies ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 4th January 2023 || News analysis |
Young adults in the US are giving up on cigarettes and alcohol as their consumption of cannabis outgrows that of tobacco and may be behind a dip in alcohol sales in some states ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 30th December 2022 || News analysis |
The FDA has made clear for years that CBD in food is illegal in the US, as it violates the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic (FD&C) Act. What’s different this...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 27th December 2022 || News analysis |
The use of illicit substances, including cannabis, by US teenagers has plateaued in 2022 after a significant decline in 2021, a national survey found ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 1st December 2022 || News analysis |
British American Tobacco (BAT) has invested nearly $57m in Charlotte’s Web, as the Colorado, US-based CBD maker keeps broadening the spectrum of its partnerships ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 17th November 2022 || News analysis |
CBD isolate producers in the UK are waiting to see whether and how toxicological data released by the European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA) will affect their novel food applications to the Food Standards Agency (FSA) ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 16th November 2022 || News analysis |
Nearly six months after the European Food Safety Authority (Efsa) put novel food assessments for cannabinoids on hold, none of the validated applicants has been able to fill the identified knowledge gaps ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 16th November 2022 || Blogs |
CannIntelligence was among the participants at the recent World CBD Awards show in Barcelona. Check out our red carpet video for a fuller flavour of what happened on the night ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 18th October 2022 || News analysis |
Smoking cigarettes is going out of fashion, but having smoked cannabis is becoming much more common in the US, according to recent research conducted by analytics and polling firm Gallup ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 14th October 2022 || News analysis |
The creators of a UK report on hemp that has received criticism from the industry told CBD-Intel they stand by their estimates, but it remains unclear where some of the numbers have come from ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 16th September 2022 || News analysis |
As debate over the legalisation of recreational cannabis involves a growing number of European countries, the commercial demand for legal psychoactive alternatives to controlled cannabinoid variants is on the rise ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 24th August 2022 || News analysis |
A new online trading platform will soon facilitate B2B CBD transactions within the EU, filling a gap the company behind it says has so far remained almost unbridged ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 12th August 2022 || News analysis |
A group of US Congress members, state agriculture commissioners, researchers and industry representatives told a Congressional committee what changes to the law they would include in the upcoming 2023 Farm Bill if given the chance ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 29th July 2022 || News analysis |
Patients in Spain will soon be able to access cannabis in pharmacies with a medical prescription as the government is about to introduce new legislation ...
Written by Tiziana Cauli || 25th July 2022 || News analysis |
CBD products may start to appear on the Australian market but it will not be due to any action taken by the newly elected Labor government, according to industry insiders and experts ...
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