Blog
As the cannabis and hemp industrries continue to expand rapidly across the country, educational opportunities in this field are becoming increasingly important. Whether you are looking to start your own business, work in a dispensary, or understand the intricacies of cannabis cultivation and law, there are numerous courses available. Here is a quick overview of […]
Channel 9 News Australia A British woman who reportedly drunk a tea brewed with the psychedelic drug ayahuasca has died at a health retreat deep in the Amazon rainforest. Mother-of-three Maureen Rainford, 54, was staying at the Ayahuasca and San Pedro Pisatahua Retreat in Bolivia when she died last month. Witnesses said she died a […]
Hemp Today Michigan has closed its industrial hemp program, leaving farmers to operate directly under the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and signaling potentially significant changes for hemp cultivators and processors in the state. Under USDA rules, pre-harvest THC testing protocols are stricter, and all tests must be conducted at federally approved laboratories. Farmers also […]
Here’s their full commentary in their latest newsletter 2024-11-15 | In the current hour “Take the effects on internal security seriously – repeal cannabis legalization” in the Bundestag, the CDU/CSU parliamentary group called for the cannabis law to be withdrawn. The German Cannabis Business Association (BvCW) states: Withdrawing the law would lead to a dead end. In addition, over 30 cannabis […]
German Cannbis Business Association NRW: €1,150 authorization fee for cannabis cultivation associations 2024-11-16 | The state of North Rhine-Westphalia has published a fee schedule for cannabis cultivation associations, which provides for a permit fee of €1,150. In addition, there would be costs for regular inspections, which would cost 93 euros per sample. The Westfälische Nachrichten reported that between […]
2024-11-12 | Lawyer Peter Homberg (Dentons), who specializes in cannabis, believes that a complete repeal of the Cannabis Act (CanG) is unlikely, even if the CDU were to lead the next German government, he made clear in an interview with KrautInvest. A “180-degree turnaround” in cannabis policy would be difficult to implement, especially as cultivation associations are already licensed for seven years. […]
2024-11-13 | In one of the first regional court appeal decisions, the Landshut Regional Court has classified the commercial trade in cannabis cuttings as a criminal offense, lawyer Kai-Friedrich Niermann reports on LinkedIn. The court justified this with the legislator’s aim of preventing the “socially harmful” trade in this “risky drug”. Niermann described the decision as interest-driven and indefensible. He […]
German Cannabis Business Association Lower Saxony: Municipalities feel overwhelmed by cannabis controls 2024-10-30 | The Lower Saxony Association of Towns and Municipalities (NSGB) has made it clear in a resolution that the municipalities cannot afford to enforce the Cannabis Act. NSGB President Dr. Marco Trips emphasized that the cities, municipalities and joint municipalities are at their limits and, according to him, […]
The Irish Examiner The Government should introduce a limited form of cannabis legalisation on a not-for-profit basis, an Oireachtas committee has recommended. The Oireachtas Committee on Drugs Use, formed to examine and respond to the Citizens’ Assembly’s recommendations, has called for the Government to consider introducing a legalisation model for certain drugs. In particular, the […]