Report offers recommendations on displacing illicit cannabis vape market
A new report has been put forward that contains detailed information on proximate causes, and provides recommendations for displacing the illicit cannabis vape market.
In...
California gives notice of emergency cannabis regulations for businesses
The California Bureau of Cannabis Control (Bureau) recently provided notice to the public of proposed emergency cannabis regulations.
The new cannabis regulations set out by...
Davos cannabis conclave advances cause for legalisation
The second annual, premier cannabis industry event – the Cannabis Conclave – returned to Davos this January to bring together industry leaders and policy...
New York outlines cannabis legalisation plans for 2020
The New York governor has included outlines for plans to legalise the use of cannabis in the 2020 budget.
As part of the opportunity agenda,...
The international framework for cannabis regulation is broken
We are 100 years on from the first serious attempts at marijuana prohibition (1920s USA), and yet now we have 11 legal cannabis markets...
Police boss says UK should regulate cannabis and allow home grows
A UK police boss has said that the UK should regulate cannabis and people should be allowed to grow a small amount in their...
Medical cannabis policy: knowledge sharing in the EU
Medical cannabis in Europe is gaining traction, but regulation has a lot of catching up to do. Stephen Murphy of Prohibition Partners explores medical...
Bird & Bird: Setting a gold standard in meeting cannabis regulation
Medical Cannabis Network speaks with Bird & Bird’s Ben King and Sally Shorthose about the importance of product labelling and the regulation of medical...
Economic innovation in the Maltese medical cannabis industry
Dr Joseph Muscat, former-Prime Minister of Malta, gave the keynote address at the Medical Cannabis World Forum in November 2019, which MCN attended as...
UK police boss demands crown prosecution protects cannabis patients
A UK police and crime commissioner in Wales is calling for assurances that people using cannabis for medicinal purposes will not be prosecuted.
North Wales...
International Cannabis Business Conference to hit Barcelona
The International Cannabis Business Conference is joining forces with Spannabis once again to form another super-conference that begins 12 March in Barcelona, Spain.
For the...
The social impact of medical cannabis prohibition
Patrick Nightingale of the Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP) shares his thoughts on the challenges US patients are still facing despite increasing access to...
CMC calls on UK government to review medical cannabis policy
Today, the Centre for Medicinal Cannabis (CMC) is calling on the UK government to urgently review medical cannabis policy relating to cannabis access.
The call...
United Patients Alliance: looking to the future of UK medical cannabis
Medical cannabis advocacy group, the United Patients Alliance, look to the future of medical cannabis in the UK.
It’s been over a year since the...
International Cannabis Business Conference returns to Berlin for 2020
The International Cannabis Business Conference (ICBC) is the leading B2B cannabis event series and has been held in the United States, Canada, Spain, Germany,...
Let’s be Blunt: a less conservative approach to medical cannabis
Medical Cannabis Network sat down with Crispin Blunt MP at the Global Cannabis Institute’s London conference to discuss his support for access to medical...
International Cannabis Business Conference 2020 heads to San Francisco
The International Cannabis Business Conference is bringing its unparalleled combination of cannabis industry, policy, advocacy, and networking back to San Francisco.
International Cannabis Business Conference...
Baroness Meacher: access to medical cannabis in the UK
Baroness Meacher is the chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Drug Policy Reform and has a long history in social work and mental...
What is stopping medical cannabis from being accepted in the UK?
Following extensive public awareness campaigns and increased media pressure on the healthcare system, the legalisation of medical cannabis in November 2018 was hailed a...
The politics of CBD regulation in the UK
As the UK awaits the verdict of The European Food Safety Authority on whether CBD is ‘safe,’ Medical Cannabis Network caught up with food...
