The medical cannabis structure that requires patients in Brazil to get individual authorizations to import their MMJ products is "insufficient" to meet growing demand in the country, according to a former sanitary surveillance agency director. The continuous increase...
Demand for medical marijuana in Germany continued to increase in the third quarter, albeit at a slower pace than the previous quarter. Total cannabis sales covered by statutory health insurance surpassed 50 million euros ($56.8 million) in the first nine months of...
Austria's Minister of Health ordered businesses to immediately stop selling CBD food and cosmetics because the products fall under the European Union's definition of "novel food." Cannabidiol is explicitly included in the EU's novel food catalog, which means...
A temporary scientific committee launched by the French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products (ANSM) has recommended that medical marijuana be authorized - five years after the country passed legislation to allow cannabis-based medicines. The...
Four years after Uruguay became the first nation in the world to legalize recreational cannabis, officials announced that a call for applications to grow nonmedical marijuana for commercial purposes will go out Feb. 11, 2019. Uruguay currently has two growers, and...
The World Health Organization (WHO) postponed its much-anticipated recommendations about the international scheduling of cannabis, citing a need for more time to review its findings. The recommendations were expected to be released Dec. 7 at the Commission on Narcotic...
A crucial milestone for the global industry could be achieved this week, as the World Health Organization (WHO) presents its findings on cannabis to the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in Vienna.
Luxembourg's plan to legalize recreational marijuana may be a milestone for the European Union, but business opportunities will be limited by a provision that would allow sales only to the country's “adult residents.” The new government “isn't considering transforming...
Brazil’s Committee of Social Affairs of the Senate approved a bill this week that would legalize home growing of medical marijuana – a move that highlights the need for better and more affordable access to MMJ products in the South American country.
Luxembourg's incoming coalition government agreed to include recreational cannabis legalization as part of the group's policy goals, as the landlocked nation looks to become the first country in Europe to permit and regulate adult-use marijuana. The three parties that...
For the first time, Mexico authorities approved cannabis-derived products for sale without prescription in the Latin American nation. Thirty-eight cannabis products authorized by the Mexican Federal Commission for the Protection Against Sanitary Risks (COFEPRIS) are...
While the cannabis industry is getting broad support from the government of Malta, the business application process still awaits guidelines from a key government agency. Several companies have obtained letters of intent (LOI) from Malta Enterprise - the first step in...
