British American Tobacco (BAT) will petition Belgium’s highest administrative court, the Council of State, to annul a royal decree banning the sale of cannabinoid pouches, along with those containing nicotine ...
Germany’s recent announcement that it has scaled back its plans to legalise recreational cannabis could have a knock-on effect on its smaller neighbour Luxembourg’s planned pilot programme ...
France has created temporary guidelines allowing CBD companies to register their products as food supplements pending authorisation under the EU’s upcoming novel foods regulation ...
Canada’s Competition Bureau says federal government policies are making it more difficult for the country’s fledgling legal cannabis industry to compete with the illegal market ...
Herbal products and devices will fall under the Belgian regulatory framework for tobacco if a bill to incorporate Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2100, submitted into the EU TRIS database, goes into effect unchanged ...
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 ...
The German government has scaled back its plan to establish a national commercial recreational cannabis market with a two-part reform framework that would legalise possession, home cultivation and cannabis clubs ...
Legal recreational cannabis sales for adult use are expected to begin next year in Minnesota following agreement on a bill between the state’s House and Senate ...
Thailand’s government-in-waiting has said it will reclassify cannabis as a narcotic drug and promised a crackdown on imports and unlicensed dispensaries ...
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% ...
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 ...
The Czech Republic has acknowledged that it is coordinating the drafting of legislation to legalise recreational cannabis with Germany – but it appears to be unmoved by backtracking in Berlin ...
The UK government’s plan to review or revoke thousands of pieces of legislation that originated from EU law by the end of the year is itself now under review ...
US-based 22nd Century reported record cannabinoid ingredient volumes delivered in the first quarter of 2023 and expects those to increase further throughout the year ...
The Czech Republic is to start taking action against ingestible cannabinoid products in a move believed to be part of a general tightening of enforcement of current regulations ...
Twitter has claimed to have made another “major” step forward in cannabis advertising. But again the devil is in the details, which remain vague and contradictory ...
Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador alleged that cannabis permits awarded to companies linked to former president Vicente Fox in 2018 involved influence peddling and corruption ...
California-based e-cigarette manufacturer Ispire Technology has signed a partnership with US cannabis brand Cookies to sell CBD vapes across the United States ...
While politicians leave the question unanswered, the growing and importing of low-THC cannabis for medical and industrial uses could become legal in Brazil through a decision by the country's most senior judges ...
Thailand goes to the polls on 14th May with the decriminalisation of cannabis back in the balance less than a year after the plant was removed from the list of banned narcotics ...
Referring to the fact that a CBD company cannot make medical claims can itself be construed as making a medical claim, according to the UK Advertising Standards Authority ...
Producer Rubicon Organics delivered net revenue of CAD35.5m (USD26.1m) for the year ending 31st December 2022, which represents significant net revenue growth of 57% compared to 2021 ...
Avicanna in Toronto reported total fiscal 2022 revenue up 24% from fiscal 2021, while in Pennsylvania, Zynerba Pharmaceuticals reduced its net loss last year by over $2m ...
EU authorities are taking the first steps towards creating an EU herbal monograph, or list entry, that would pave the way for marketing authorisation applications for herbal medicines containing cannabis flowers ...
New resources and potential future regulatory changes are being applied to the UK novel food approval process in the hopes of improving processing time for applications, the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) said ...
Verano Holdings reported revenue up 19% to $879m in 2022 from $738m in 2021 and said it will continue to strengthen its business portfolio by focusing on targeted expansion and new product launches ...
The Ministry of Health in the Czech Republic has unveiled plans to ban the sale of hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) this July, triggering criticism from local industry insiders ...
Auditing firm Deloitte is to review the UK Food Standards Agency’s novel foods process in a £130,000 contract. The government committed to reviewing the process in January 2022, taking advantage of Brexit ...
Arkansas may have inadvertently banned hemp with the passage of a bill that was intended to prohibit the production and sale of intoxicating hemp-derived cannabinoid products but went much further ...
More than four years after Canada legalised cannabis, many cannabis firms are struggling – as Taylor Giovannini, founder of Newfoundland company Oceanic Releaf, told prime minister Justin Trudeau ...
The sale of cannabinoid pouches in Belgium has been banned along with nicotine pouches on the grounds the latter pose a danger to public health, particularly due to their potential for addiction ...
The South African cannabis bill has finally moved forward with an invitation to “stakeholders and interested persons” to submit written submissions on proposed amendments ...
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 ...
Delaware lawmakers are making another bid to legalise recreational cannabis, but legislation passed by both chambers of the state's General Assembly remains unsigned on the governor's desk ...
US cannabis company Medicine Man Technologies, operating as Schwazze, saw an increase in revenue last year, helped by acquisitions, new store openings, entrance into the New Mexico market, and that state's adult-use legalisation taking effect...
International cannabis company IM Cannabis (IMC) reported a significant rise in its revenue for the whole of 2022 as well as the last quarter of the year ...
US cannabis company Columbia Care recorded a positive performance in 2022, despite macroeconomic headwinds that impacted consumers as well as wholesale market pricing ...
A claim by Smoore Technology that 38 cannabis companies infringed the Chinese firm’s patents had very little chance of success with the US International Trade Commission, according to legal experts ...
Biotechnology company 22nd Century Group has announced a new three-year exclusive licence and distribution agreement with the US cannabis company Cookies ...
New markets and new products helped US cannabis operator Ascend Wellness Holdings (AWH) to its best year yet in 2022, the company said when presenting its full year results ...
Cannabinoids have been credited with many benefits to individual health. But now industry stakeholders are wondering if the hemp plant could be applied to an even bigger task – saving the planet ...
US company Cresco Labs has called again for federal reform of cannabis legislation after recording a positive performance last year “despite the headwinds” and the uncertainties of the existing regulatory framework ...
Arizona-based cannabis company Vext Science blamed rising inflation putting pressure on consumer spending for a slight drop in its revenue last year ...
Charlotte’s Web managed to reduce its losses last year, despite “a challenging sales environment” caused by regulatory inaction, which has created uncertainty throughout the US cannabis and CBD industry ...
CannIntelligence held a private event for industry stakeholders on 10th March 2023 to present market and regulatory data and to open discussion on pressing issues in the sector ...
The Jamaican government has announced economic support for small-scale medicinal cannabis producers to assuage industry members angered by a recent permit allowing cannabis imports from Canada ...
A hemp industry under threat, a recreational cannabis market in limbo, and an uncertain political climate have left the future of cannabis in Virginia unclear and many grappling with the fallout of recent legal activity...