The Czech Republic’s National Economic Council, known as NERV, is recommending that the government establish a regulated cannabis market to help spur economic growth. The NERV is an independent advisory…
Well-known in business circles, but hardly a household name, Novo Nordisk had not previously been seen as a big player in the drugs industry, let alone a titan of the…
Scientists in the US have found a way to destroy cancer cells by stimulating molecules with near-infrared light and causing them to vibrate. The researchers found that the method was…
As Spain emerges from months of political deadlock, its newly formed government has at last made a meaningful commitment to break the country’s medical cannabis deadlock in turn. Though his…
Beyond major marijuana developments in the U.S. at the federal and state levels this year, momentum for drug policy reform continued to build across many parts of the globe in…
Village Farms International has sent its first shipment of two cannabis brands to the growing United Kingdom market. The Vancouver, British Columbia-headquartered company said Wednesday that the brands – Pure…
As German lawmaker prepare to vote on a revised marijuana legalization bill next week, the country’s health minister defended the reform against critics in the legislature, while briefly outlining next…
Nearly two years after a top Italian court blocked a referendum on marijuana legalization and psychedelics reform from going before voters, support in the country is building for a narrower,…
Plans to legalize medical marijuana in Ukraine have been delayed following actions by the opposition party Batkivshchyna to block the signing of a bill approved by the country’s unicameral legislature…
Jorge Pablo Samano Galas, 43, was caught after arriving at Heathrow Airport on a flight from his native Mexico in May. The alarm was raised by staff at the site's…
Around 150,000 nitazene tablets - a super-strength Class A drug with a higher potency than fentanyl - were unearthed at a "sophisticated" factory in Waltham Forest on 24 October, the…
For a week investigators targeted city gangs who exploit vulnerable youngsters to distribute drugs in towns and villages. Police said they had shut down 250 county lines - the mobile…
Paul MacDonald, who previously played for Hearts and represented Scotland at youth level, hid thousands of pounds in drugs money at safe houses in Glasgow and boasted to accomplices how…
In almost every small town around Söderåsen, a area of natural beauty in northwest Skåne, there are cannabis plantations signifying a new trend according to local youth workers. "I would…
Last week The Local reported that two men had been sent to prison after 570 cannabis plants – enough to produce around 31 kilogram of marijuana – were discovered at a…
Medical cannabis was technically legalized in 2012, though under minimal circumstances. Only a few products are available, and a doctor must prescribe these. Recreational cannabis is illegal in Sweden, which the…
The first two Swedish licences to use parts of the cannabis plants to relieve chronic pain were granted last February, and since then there have been ten further applications. One…
Germany-based Sanity Group is teaming up with the Swiss Institute for Addiction and Health Research (ISGF) to open two legal recreational cannabis stores in Switzerland as part of the country’s…
Germany moved one step closer to becoming the second EU country after Malta to legalise cannabis for recreational use in a move that could influence other countries to follow suit.…
The Netherlands to Pioneer Cannabis Legalization in December A startup phase for a pilot program to allow limited cultivation and distribution of adult-use cannabis in the Netherlands is set to…
The Netherlands will begin its cannabis experiment in two cities, Breda and Tilburg, in December. The Netherlands government recently confirmed that it plans to start its pilot program on December…
Poland said Wednesday it will stop providing weapons to Ukraine amid a growing dispute between the two countries over a temporary ban on Ukrainian grain imports. “We no longer transfer…