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 ...
Canadian firms SNDL and Valens are merging in a CAD138m deal that aims to establish one of Canada’s largest adult-use cannabis manufacturers and retailers and a global leader in cannabis products ...
US president Joe Biden has pledged to review how cannabis is scheduled under US law and will pardon all prior federal offences of simple cannabis possession at a fortuitous time ...
The senator leading a bid to legalise recreational cannabis in France has called legalisation “the least bad solution” to addressing cannabis consumption in the country, and has said he does not expect any measure to...
Tilray Brands’ report of a meeting with government officials over the planned legalisation of adult-use cannabis in Germany has been questioned by some of the officials who were present ...
Reducing opioid dependence is a primary goal of medical cannabis programmes, but there remains a need for rigorous science when making decisions about the interaction between cannabis and opioid use for pain ...
A recent study has shown that CBD can reduce the psychoactive effects of THC – a discovery which could advance the clinical application of medical cannabis ...
Bermudan lawmakers are vexed that UK authorities have not granted assent for a cannabis legalisation bill in the British Overseas Territory despite other commonwealth nations with the UK monarchy as their nominal head of state...
The Canadian government has launched its long-awaited review of the country’s cannabis law, saying the existing legislation is a good start but needs to be improved ...
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 ...
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 ...
Kushly is the first – but potentially not the last – CBD company to be forced to provide refunds to consumers through the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ...
Written by Lorraine Mullaney | 15th September 2022
As the US midterm elections approach, questions are being raised about the actions the Biden administration has taken to meet campaign promises regarding drug reform ...
Written by Lorraine Mullaney | 14th September 2022
Despite the challenges of the market, CBD firms appear to be setting their sights on the UK and have secured some major listings in mainstream supermarkets ...
The right-wing coalition parties which look most likely to triumph in Italy’s coming elections take a uniformly hard line on drug policy – which could be bad news for the cannabinoids industry ...
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...
Canada’s cannabis industry is calling for changes in the way cannabis products are distributed and sold in some parts of the country after labour disputes in two provinces have led to strikes and forced some...
Costa Rica will look to legalise recreational cannabis with a bill presented to Congress ahead of extraordinary legislative sessions in November, president Rodrigo Chaves announced ...
Some Minnesota legislators have expressed regret after failing to realise that a law clarifying rules around hemp products would permit the sale of edible products with THC levels similar to those seen in recreational cannabis...
If CBD is to be regulated as a drug, then so should honey. That was one of the views put by industry members to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Science Board public advisory...
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 ...
Cannabis activists are set to challenge a ruling by the Supreme Court of Ghana which invalidated a section of the country’s Narcotic Control Commission Act 2020 that would have enabled the licensing of hemp production...
Colombia’s first leftist president says the “war on drugs” has failed and it is now time to look to formerly prohibited crops such as cannabis to boost the country’s economy and bring some justice to...
The Republican-influenced National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) has explicitly called on the US federal government to support cannabis legalisation measures ...
Belize will defer a referendum vote on the legalisation of recreational cannabis brought about by opposition from national church leaders in the country, officials have said in a joint statement issued on 4th August ...
A new conceptual inhaler designed around the idea of controlled microdosing could eventually lead to a product capable of administering precise amounts of active ingredients such as CBD, nicotine or even psychedelics ...
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 ...
US law enforcement is working alongside toxicologists and cannabis breathalyser developer Cannabix Technologies to test and compare various methods of detecting cannabis intoxication ...
A US federal government publication on weights and measures is to get a new section providing guidance on cannabis standards, following a vote by officials ...
The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has issued a pre-solicitation notice to approved medical cannabis producers, the next step in securing new suppliers of cannabis for research purposes after a monopoly was ended ...
Recent unusual activity by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could be an attempt to strike a heavy blow now in order to avoid continuing to play whack-a-mole with enforcement as time goes on...
Canada has moved a step closer to allowing some health products containing CBD to be sold without a prescription as Health Canada embarks on consultation over regulatory plans ...
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 ...