The European Union is set to increase the permitted THC levels in legal cannabis products from 0.2 percent to 0.3 percent.Lawmakers in the European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development made the decision as part of a set of proposals for post-2020 reforms.
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A personnel move of note that sums up the seismic shift occurring in the European cannabis market has been making waves this week.Uber’s former head of public policy and government relations Antonio Costanzo has shown everyone the direction of travel by signing on as chief executive officer of UK-based EMMAC Life Sciences.
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A key international vote on cannabis rescheduling may not be held until March 2020, as governments continue to push for more time to decide on downgrading marijuana to a less harmful category.The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) has been due to rule on recommendations by by the World Health Organization (WHO) that cannabis be removed from the Schedule IV of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotics Drugs.
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The UK’s first specialist medicinal cannabis centre opened earlier this month, charging £200 ($264) per appointment, and between £600 ($792) and £700 ($925) per month for treatment.Patients at The Beeches, in Greater Manchester, will only be given medicinal marijuana on a case-by-case basis if staff are happy that they have exhausted all other possibilities with over the counter medicine.
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Greece’s government has issued a cultivation licence to an Israeli firm, as it continues to open its arms to the medicinal cannabis trade.Tikun Olam, Israel’s “first and largest supplier” of medical cannabis was given the official go-ahead by the Greek government to set up facilities for cultivating, processing and marketing industrial and pharmaceutical cannabis in the Corinth area.
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The European Union’s largest market has thus far made a pig’s ear of its licensing process, having legalised medicinal cannabis in 2017, but indications are the courts will side with the government over the application process and allow business to resume.
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Cannabis lawyers are heading to Brussels next week to challenge a recent decision by the European Union to reclassify food products containing cannabidiol (CBD) and prohibit their sale. …. Robert Jappie, head of cannabis law at Mackrell Turner Garrett and Jonathan Kirk QC, of Gough Square Chambers, will travel to Brussels on March 12 to meet with EFSA officials.
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To avoid the obvious consequences of handing out free cannabis to members of the public, trialists will be given a ‘cannabis ID’ when they sign up, and be forbidden from passing on the drug or reselling it for the five years it is expected the study will take.
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Another day, another abandoned vote in the long-running saga that is reclassification of cannabis by international treaty.
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Portugal this week rejected the idea of legalising recreational cannabis, although medicinal marijuana is now available for patients in the country.Lawmakers torpedoed two proposals to allow the cultivation and sale of cannabis for recreational purposes, citing questions over consumption monitoring and the potential harmful effects on young people.
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Cyprus has legalised the cultivation and use of medicinal cannabis domestically following a government vote on February 15.Members approved 30 to 18 to allow growing, importing and exporting, and for individuals to possess and use medicinal cannabis.
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Interest in Germany as a major European cannabis hub is not waning (apparently) despite its botched licensing process, as 79 firms have bid to become growers, the government said.
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Members of the European Parliament’s health committee on Tuesday adopted a resolution, which is the first step necessary to drafting legislation, designed to better support the industry.
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In a development that would surely make Howard Marks (RIP) nod in approval, British medical cannabis start-up Grow Biotech, investors European Cannabis Holdings (ECH) and unlicensed medicinemanufacturer IPS Specials announced on Friday that 800 grammes of medicinal cannabis was legally brought in from The Netherlands.
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The EU Novel Food catalog now officially lists CBD as an unauthorized Novel Food, stating: “Cannabis sativa L., extracts of Cannabis sativa L. and derived products containing cannabinoids are considered novel foods as a history of consumption has not been demonstrated. …..European leaders clearly did not get the memo; cannabis products like hemp and CBD are in vogue, and making Canadian and US investors lots of money, and they should change the rules, right? Well not quite…..
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Marijuana companies seeking offshore European tax havens to set up shop, look no further; the Isle of Man is about to loosen its cannabis laws. Residents in the Irish Sea territory have been invited by the government to respond to a wide range of issues surrounding the availability of cannabis. Over-the-counter sales could be approved, and doctors could be allowed to prescribe it for a range of conditions.
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European cannabis firms and investors enviously watching the rapid maturation of the multi-billion dollar North American industry may consider something both geographies have in common; the difficulty of getting banks onside. This situation is unlikely to last much longer, however, as the US (never one to accept playing second fiddle, especially to Canadians) gets its regulatory act into gear, while Europe falls so far behind it may as well not be in the cannabis race at all.
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Chocolate munchers take note, Switzerland’s pharmacies want to sell cannabis both medicinally and recreationally.
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