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European Alliance for Medicinal Cannabis: representing licensed producers
‘Promoting a sensible policy towards medicinal cannabis in the EU27’: this is the mission of the European Alliance for Medicinal Cannabis (EAMC).
The European Alliance...
‘Roadmap to cannabis banking and financial services’ unveiled
Governor Jared Polis and the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) have released a roadmap to cannabis banking for state-chartered financial services industries that...
Epidyolex CBD oil recommended to be moved to Schedule 5
EPIDYOLEX®, the First CBD oil to be approved by the European Medicines Agency, has been recommended to be moved to Schedule 5.
Writing to the...
Jamaica helps illegal cultivators into legal cannabis industry
Jamaica wants to eliminate illicit cannabis growing by helping growers into the legal industry through its new Alternative Development Programme.
Jamaica's Cannabis Licensing Authority has...
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...
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...
Cannabis and driving: road and workplace safety laws should focus on impairment not use
Legalisation of cannabis by several countries and US states has raised legitimate concerns about increases in impaired driving and threats to workplace safety.
Unfortunately, many...
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...
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...
London professor appointed chairman of Europe medicinal cannabis body
A long-standing member of the UK Government Regulatory Agency Medicines Commission and King’s College, London professor has been appointed as chairman of the European...
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...
Anspec: leading the way in Australia’s medicinal cannabis landscape
Anspec are a specialised wholesaler of health care products and equipment including all schedules of pharmaceuticals for both export and Australian domestic markets.
Anspec has...
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...
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...
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...