International Cannabis News

The Thai government has ruled that most parts of the cannabis/hemp plant — including the leaves, branches, trunks, bark, fiber, and roots (not flower) — are now allowed in manufactured cosmetics and food.

A bill to legalize adult-use cannabis passed through Mexico’s Senate yesterday and will move next to the lower house of Congress.

The European Union’s highest court has ruled that CBD is not a narcotic because it does not have any psychotropic or harmful effects.

Canadian cannabis activists and law enforcement agencies both say that product from personal medical cannabis grows is being diverted into the unregulated market.

A study investigating cannabis seized by law enforcement from around the world shows a steady increase in the THC levels of cannabis flower and hash products over multiple decades.

The National Industrial Hemp Council has been awarded a $200,000 grant by the USDA to help develop industrial hemp exports.

Israeli lawmakers appear poised to approve adult-use cannabis legalization by the end of next year.

A new presidential decree in Argentina allows for the home cultivation of cannabis by registered patients and will require insurance providers to cover medical cannabis costs.

Green Active, a UK-based CBD company, announced a donation program to help the family of an eight-year-old cannabis patient pay for his medicine as the NHS refuses to write a prescription providing it to the family for free.

Canada’s Aurora Cannabis reported a slight increase in 2021 Q1 revenue over the fourth quarter of last year.

The UK’s National Health Service has only issued three prescriptions for medical cannabis oil since it was legalized two years ago, according to medical cannabis advocacy group End Our Pain.

New Zealand voters appear to have rejected a voter referendum to legalize adult-use cannabis by a 53 to 46 percent margin.

Recent polling shows 65 percent of Ukraine voters support legalizing medical cannabis access for severely ill patients.

The EU Parliament has voted to raise THC limits for industrial hemp from 0.2 to 0.3 percent and to establish hemp industry marketing standards.

Billy Caldwell, who became the figurehead of medical cannabis policy changes in the UK, will receive his first bottle of cannabis-derived medicine two years after the necessary reforms took place.

New rules for the cultivation, processing, and export of medical cannabis in Rwanda were approved by officials there on Monday.

Canada’s MediPharm and European pharmaceutical firm STADA have signed an exclusive supply agreement for the distribution of medical cannabis products in Germany.

In France, 80 members of Parliament have signed a letter decrying cannabis legalization. The letter hinges on tired, prohibition-era tropes including slippery slope fallacies and the disproven “gateway drug” theory.

New Zealand voters appear to be turning away from cannabis legalization, according to the latest poll which found just 35 percent of respondents supported the reforms.

A cannabis garden planted by activists near the Senate building in Mexico City highlights the status of cannabis policy in Mexico: legalization is coming, but the country is currently in a state of legal limbo regarding cannabis.

A group of thieves in France was caught stealing plants from an industrial hemp farm in the belief they were getting THC-rich cannabis.

A cafe selling CBD-infused edibles and drinks has opened in Hong Kong. The business only offers products that contain 0 percent THC.

Medical cannabis companies licensed in the United Kingdom are now eligible for listing on the London Stock Exchange.

Australian researchers found a 14-25 percent reduction in chemotherapy side effects in patients who received cannabis capsules during a recent study.