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New poll finds overwhelming public support for FSA CBD regulation
A new YouGov poll commissioned by The Association for the Cannabinoid Industry (The ACI) demonstrates overwhelming support for recent FSA guidance concerning CBD and...
Calls for CBD regulation following inaccurate CBD levels on products
The Digital Citizens Alliance is calling on Congress for CBD regulation as new research has highlighted the inaccuracy of CBD potency levels listed on...
Dana Rohrabacher on evolving cannabis policy in America
Former Republican politician, Dana Rohrabacher, has been a long-time advocate of medical cannabis in America. Here, Medical Cannabis Networks discusses evolving cannabis policy in...
Three reasons the Conservative government might legalise cannabis
In this article Ian Hamilton of the University of York and Harry Sumnall of Liverpool John Moores University discuss three reasons why the Conservative...
Study reveals difference between labelled and actual CBD potency
A scientific study has revealed differences between the CBD potency labelled on products and actual potency when measured.
GemmaCert has revealed the results of a...
ProPharma: seven things to consider in medical cannabis development
ProPharma Group takes a look at medical cannabis regulation and compliance.
Jan Zorgdrager, PhD, and Marc Stegeman, MSc, Principal Consultants in ProPharma Group’s Life Sciences...
B3 Labs responds to FSA CBD deadline announcement
Last week The Food Standards Agency (FSA) formally issued a definitive timeline for Novel Food applications setting a deadline for the 31 March 2021...
CannaPro: the only solution for CBD is a cannabis regulation authority
Following the issuing of the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) CBD safety advice, a UK cannabis body, CannaPro, has suggested that the solution for the...
Reforming cannabis policy on a state and federal level in the USA
The US-based Marijuana Policy Project aims to ease the burden on patients by campaigning for effective, workable policy reform.
The Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), founded...
FSA issues first ever CBD safety advice and sets deadline for businesses
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has issued its first ever CBD safety advice for consumers, and a stark warning to manufacturers.
Today the FSA has...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
ACI announced as diamond partner at CBD Global Summit 2020
The Association for the Cannabinoid Industry (ACI) has announced its partnership with The Grocer as a diamond sponsor for the publication’s first ever CBD...
UK industry body sets deadline for CBD Novel Foods application
The Association for the Cannabinoid Industry has everything in place to start processing Novel Foods applications from its raw-product manufacturing members.
The CBD regulatory body...
Recognition of CBD as Novel Food could have industry ramifications
The future of the European CBD market may be disrupted by a German court’s decision to classify CBD as either a prescription medicine or...