A 2021 acquisition deal between two cannabis companies over a lucrative shopfront in Orange County, California, has resulted in both companies filing legal claims against each other ...
The former CEO of a firm that claimed to have manufactured CBD-infused drinks is accused by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of making fraudulent and false claims about the company ...
US cannabis firms have been striking deals to acquire new brands, diversify their offerings and boost production capacity. Recent movers include California’s High Times and Bloomios, while two Oregon firms have teamed up ...
The United Nations may be growing more accepting of a global legal cannabinoid sector, but it does not believe many countries have the capacity to successfully regulate such markets ...
The sale and possession of CBD will be banned in Hong Kong from the beginning of February 2023 following an announcement earlier this year. Under the new rules, CBD will be classified in the same way as heroin...
Canadian advocates for therapeutic access to psilocybin are ramping up their efforts to get the federal government to grant exemptions to the country’s drug laws so patients and healthcare providers can legally access the drug...
Canada’s cannabis industry is toasting the federal government’s announcement of new regulations that will dramatically increase the number of cannabis drinks consumers can buy at one time ...
A measure to allow the use of psychedelics in Colorado is a major step – but supporters worry it could lead to the sort of bad experience that would set back the progress of legalisation...
The Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act, aimed at increasing research into the medical benefits of cannabis, has been signed into law by US president Joe Biden ...
One of Canada’s largest cannabis companies has announced plans to restructure in a bid to achieve profitability and set the stage for expansion into the US market ...
Ontario-based cannabis firm Canopy Growth has created a US-domiciled holding company to fast-track its expansion into “the world’s fastest-growing cannabis market” ...
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 ...
Budget supermarket chain Aldi’s CBD products are out of stock in the UK and there’s no indication of when, or indeed whether, they will be restocked ...
US rapper, record producer and entrepreneur Sean Combs – a.k.a. Puff Daddy, P Diddy, Diddy, or Puffy – has bought cannabis businesses in three US states in a deal valued at up to $185m ...
A CBD company in Belgium has proved in court that local authorities in the country do not have the right to gold-plate regulations to prohibit the sale of hemp-based cannabinoid products ...
Members of the Mexican cannabis sector have told CannIntelligence they are pessimistic about whether the framework to regulate the national medical cannabis industry will be implemented before 2024 ...
Tilray Brands continues to show signs of confidence in the future of cannabis-infused drinks by adding more beverage firms to its portfolio and building a distribution network ...
It was a small setback for US pro-legalisation supporters, with only two of five state-level recreational cannabis measures on November midterm ballots being passed ...
Major US alcohol distributor Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits is signing increasing numbers of distribution deals to add CBD products to its portfolio ...
The predicted Red Wave never arrived – but how have the prospects for cannabis-related federal legislation in the US been changed by the midterm elections? US correspondent James DeLise considers the new balance of power...
Nebraska is one of only 12 US states still holding out against medical cannabis – and advocates believe they were deliberately blocked from getting the issue put to the public ballot despite wide popular support...
A test case has demonstrated that the ECHR doesn’t consider access to cannabis to be a universal human right, and balancing a cannabis user’s human rights with public interest is best left to sovereign states...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 21st November 2022
A cannabis regulation lawyer believes the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) and the CBD sector have invested so much time, effort and money in the novel food process that it cannot be allowed to fail...
In an exclusive partnership with Charlotte’s Web, Major League Baseball (MLB) has become the first of the major US sports leagues to sign a deal with a cannabinoid company ...
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)...
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 ...
Sweden’s general election in September was not good news for cannabis advocates, with the new right-wing bloc minority government likely to take a highly restrictive view, while cannabinoids are not high on its agenda ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently appointed Norman Birenbaum to a top post as a senior public health adviser in the FDA’s Center for Regulatory Programs, signalling a seismic shift at the agency...
In a first attempt to legalise cannabis through the federal parliament in Australia, the Greens party is in the process of drafting a law for legalisation that will be available for public consultation later this year...
It’s unlikely that any applications for novel food authorisation of CBD products in the UK will be considered for authorisation before mid-2023 – and being on the list of validated applications is no guarantee ...
Legal hurdles impeding recreational cannabis legalisation in Mexico are expected to continue through 2024, industry members told CannIntelligence during the CannaMexico conference last month ...
The 8th November US midterm elections are just around the corner, and while the Republicans are favoured to win the majority, regardless of the outcome, things will change dramatically ...
Republicans are favoured over Democrats to take control of both chambers of US Congress in the midterm elections, but there are supporters and naysayers among both major parties when it comes to cannabis legalisation ...
German hemp supplier Signature Products is taking a step back to its roots, saying it will step up its marketing of Ccell vape devices that can be filled with CBD extracts ...
Following an “intensive exchange with experts and interest groups”, the German government has unveiled the key points of its plan to legalise recreational cannabis ...
Austria’s almost non-existent regime for the use of cannabinoids in medication has been described as "a Kafkaesque nightmare" with over-officious bureaucracy putting pointless hurdles in patients' way ...
Amazon still seems to be laissez-faire about enforcement of ingestible hemp-derived cannabinoid products that appear on its site – and in particular those containing intoxicating hemp-derived cannabinoids (IHDCs) ...
Despite serving 11 years in prison under federal drug kingpin charges, Barry Foy never lost his original vision of bringing cannabis to the people and, eventually, the US caught up with him ...
The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has taken action on CBD product marketing, targeting a series of advertorials produced by Consumer Logic Research specifically promoting two brands ...
Canada’s cannabis industry has launched a lobbying blitz, warning that the federal government must act quickly to reduce excise duties and fees on the industry or risk many Canadian cannabis companies going out of business...
The UK is lagging behind other major markets in the world on research into the benefits of medicinal cannabis, according to a scientist specialising in the area ...
A major new study into the impact of cannabis on the brain has attracted controversy and accusations of bias from within the industry before it even begins ...
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 ...
Japan has taken a step closer to legalising cannabinoid-based medicines and clarifying restrictions on hemp cultivation, though it is also set to strengthen measures against recreational cannabis use ...
Panama has legalised medical cannabis and set up an agency to oversee cannabis industry security. And there is already interest from at least one US company ...
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 ...
Cellular Goods and Cannaray have announced a merger that will see Cannaray listed on the London Stock Exchange while also splitting off its CBD brands to work under a new subsidiary ...
Canadian company Aurora Cannabis has seen continued growth in its international business thanks to an increasing presence in emerging medical cannabis markets, notably Germany, the UK, Australia and Poland ...