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UK eases import restrictions for medical cannabis

The United Kingdom is easing import restrictions for medical cannabis, a move that is expected to improve the…

News March 2
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Cannabis ETFs post steep declines in line with marijuana stocks, but longer-term prospects appear bright

Cannabis-focused exchange-traded funds have emerged over the past few years in the United States, Canada and now Europe,…

News March 2
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German government doesn’t know how much cannabis sold in 2019, can’t estimate 2020 demand

The German federal government admitted that it doesn't know how much medical cannabis was sold in the country…

News March 2
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In major shift, UN drug chief questions whether control treaties involving cannabis are out of date

The president of the narcotics enforcement agency of the United Nations is questioning whether the agency's decades-old drug conventions are…

News February 27
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Luxembourg’s government reportedly weighs plan to legalize recreational marijuana

Luxembourg’s federal government is reported to be weighing plans to legalize recreational cannabis through a tightly controlled market…

News February 24
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Majority of German parliament favors recreational cannabis reform, but change neither sure nor imminent

One of the German government coalition parties clarified its stance on recreational marijuana last week in favor of…

News February 18
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German insurer paints picture of nation’s growing medical cannabis industry

Applications for reimbursement of medical cannabis expenses by Germany’s second-largest health insurer doubled from 2017 to 2019, signaling robust…

News February 11
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Berlin-based Sanity raises $22 million in Europe’s ‘largest cannabis financing round’

Sanity Group, a medical cannabis and wellness company headquartered in Berlin, has completed what it is calling the largest round…

News February 11
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Switzerland’s recreational cannabis pilot program will allow only organic products

Switzerland's lower house health commission cleared the way for a limited pilot program to allow the legal production and distribution…

News February 7
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Aurora to resume medical cannabis sales in Germany

Alberta, Canada-based Aurora Cannabis said Monday that it obtained the necessary permits to resume sales of medical marijuana in…

News February 3
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