Milestones in the Medical Cannabis Program The Office of Medical Cannabis was created in 2001, and the first products became available in Dutch pharmacies in fall 2003. Key Laws and Regulations Opium Act Market Data A centralized registry of patients...
Milestones in the Medical Cannabis Program Doctors could first recommend cannabis-derived medicine in 2006, but significant quantities weren’t prescribed until 2014. Key Laws and Regulations Law: April 8, 1998, n. 94 Ordinance: July 18, 2006 Ministerial Decree:...
Milestones in the Medical Cannabis Program Germany established the current regulatory framework for its medical cannabis program in March 2017. It replaced a more restrictive program that had been in place for years. Key Laws and Regulations Amendment of the...
Milestones in the Medical Cannabis Program The law legalizing medical and recreational cannabis was approved in December 2013, but implementation has proceeded slowly. Key Laws and Regulations Law 19.172–2013, and its regulatory decrees Market Data...
The quantity of medical cannabis that Germany’s federal government approved for cultivation falls far short of actual demand, meaning the country is going to rely on imports for years to come.
That’s according to Peter Homberg, a partner in Dentons’ Berlin office and head of the law firm’s European Cannabis Group.
Kostas Ioannou has advice for North American companies interested in expanding into Europe’s booming medical marijuana market.
The number of total authorizations granted to individual Brazilian patients to import medical cannabis since the program launched in 2014 surpassed 10,000 at the end of June 2019, according to data that the country's health-care regulator shared directly with...
Uruguay’s persistent recreational cannabis supply shortage boils down to a cautious regulator that preferred to start slowly, said Daniel Podestá, a partner at the Montevideo law firm Estudio Podestá.
It's been an eventful week for German medical cannabis distributor Iuvo Therapeutics. First, the Neuss-based company received its first international shipment of dry cannabis flower from Canada-based TerrAscend. Then, Iuvo Therapeutics announced it was being acquired...
The Czech Republic has one of the oldest medical cannabis programs in Europe and was the second country on the continent to authorize a domestic grow – after the Netherlands – yet, after several years, the market has been unable to gain traction.
Luxembourg authorities are working on details for the legalization of recreational marijuana, and the legislative process for the program – “inspired by the Canadian model” – could start as early as this fall, Vice Prime Minister and Health Minister Étienne Schneider revealed.
Years after legalization, supply issues continue to hinder the growth of the adult-use marijuana market in Uruguay, according to a new report by the Institute for the Regulation and Control of Cannabis (IRCCA).
