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Croatian cannabis and hemp business owners feel the ‘unfair’ weight of the law

Written by Lorraine Mullaney | 30th September 2022

A Croatian hemp producer is challenging the interpretation used by law enforcement to oppose the sale of hemp flower in the country ...

Opposite sides attract, as Navajo oppose any bid to decriminalise use of peyote

Written by Freddie Dawson | 22nd September 2022

Drug legalisation as an issue truly does bring together some strange bedfellows – like the Navajo Nation and drug prohibitionists ...

French hemp industry trade association wants consortium to fill EFSA’s data gap

Written by Lorraine Mullaney | 21st September 2022

A French hemp trade association believes the consortium approach applied in the initial European novel food application process could again be the solution to the requests for extra data that have stalled assessments ...

How will open access to federally funded research affect US cannabis science?

Written by CannIntelligence | 14th September 2022

The Biden Administration recently released a memorandum requiring research receiving federal funds to be made available to the public without charge. But what effect will this have on cannabis research? ...

German hemp farm raided on grounds crop exceeds country’s 0.2% THC limit

Written by CannIntelligence | 12th September 2022

More than two dozen officers carried out a surprise raid on a farm in Dithmarschen on 30th August as part of “an investigation into the joint illegal trade of large quantities of narcotics”, according to the...

Coming together over cannabis: is support becoming a bipartisan issue?

Written by Freddie Dawson | 8th September 2022

Once mainly the purview of fringe leftists, support for cannabis continues to become more of a bipartisan issue ...

Colombia sees explosion in medical cannabis exports since rules changed

Written by CannIntelligence | 2nd September 2022

The 1st April change to permit the export of medical cannabis from Colombia has sparked an immediate boom in shipments from the South American country ...

Could cannabis help improve outcomes for patients badly afflicted by Covid?

Written by CannIntelligence | 18th August 2022

A study published this month provides further evidence that cannabis could be helpful in treating severe late-stage Covid-19 ...

Trouble in Lima – hemp bill’s chances tied up in Peru’s congressional crisis

Written by Freddie Dawson | 10th August 2022

New legislation has been put forward in Peru to establish a framework for the production and commercialisation of hemp – but what are its chances of passing in a period of political turmoil? ...

US DEA makes U-turn on psychedelics as senators call for more research support

Written by Lorraine Mullaney | 8th August 2022

The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has withdrawn its proposal to effectively ban five psychedelic compounds after receiving significant opposition from the research and advocacy community ...

In a world of wide-boys and no-hopers, who should have a licence to sell weed?

Written by Freddie Dawson | 4th August 2022

It’s difficult to get a licence to operate in the cannabis field in the US if you’ve been convicted of selling cannabis before it was legal. Yet such restrictions do little to protect the market...

Spain’s first medical cannabis regulation could boost sector despite restrictions

Written by Tiziana Cauli | 29th July 2022

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 ...

CBD industry warned about new intoxicating cannabinoids shaking up the market

Written by CBD-Intel | 25th July 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CBD industry warned about new intoxicating cannabinoids shaking up the market Consumers have an increasing appetite for cannabinoids that have a more intoxicating effect, which is shaking up the US CBD...

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

Written by CannIntelligence | 15th July 2022

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...

Cannabis or marijuana? Why it matters what name you (and the law) know it by

Written by Freddie Dawson | 13th July 2022

There is quite a bit of baggage in how reference is made to the Cannabis sativa plant – as demonstrated by what's behind a new change to the law in the US state of Washington...

Israeli cannabis firms expand into Europe, bringing Cookies to Vienna

Written by Lorraine Mullaney | 7th July 2022

Israeli cannabis firm InterCure is collaborating with US brand Cookies to launch Europe’s first flagship Cookies store in Vienna; meanwhile, Panaxia Labs exports to Germany from Malta ...

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

Written by CannIntelligence | 4th July 2022

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 ...

No magic solution: EFSA ingestible CBD safety concerns won’t be resolved quickly

Written by Freddie Dawson | 1st July 2022

It looks like there will be no easy or quick solutions to addressing the data gaps the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) requires to reach a conclusion on the safety of CBD as an ingestible...

Why the long pause? Companies question Efsa’s insistence on filling ‘data gap’

Written by Freddie Dawson | 23rd June 2022

In trying to be overly cautious on novel foods, has the European Food Safety Authority inadvertently added an extra risk to public health? ...

Canada can teach Germany about pitfalls of legalising recreational cannabis

Written by Lorraine Mullaney | 17th June 2022

Germany should plan ahead to avoid problems which have plagued governments that have already legalised recreational cannabis on top of medical cannabis ...