Cannabis news updates: The good, the bad, and the ugly.
Category: Policy
CBD Market Report
The American Botanical Council’s deep dive into CBD product sales.
Curaleaf Controversies
Russian oligarch money, product safety violations, and unfair labor practices at a giant, scandal-ridden cannabis company.
Project CBD Responds to the FDA’s 2023 Statement on CBD
The FDA announcement is riddled with disingenuous doublespeak.
Is Cannabis Performance-Enhancing for Athletes?
The World Anti-Doping Agency can’t shake reefer madness.
Spanish Government Gives Green Light to Medical Cannabis
Cannabis-based preparations with different THC:CBD ratios will be made in pharmacies for individual patients.
Japanese Cannabis Regulation Reform – Finally?
Nearly 75 years since the Cannabis Control Act was enacted, changes are long overdue in Japan.
Bag the Tags! California’s Eco-Absurdity
The attempt to track the movement of every cannabis plant is polluting the environment with plastic waste.
CBD Regulatory Debacle
This is what happens when UK bureaucrats try to shoehorn a plant extract into a framework meant for synthetic food ingredients.
Cannabis! A Viper Vaudeville Opens in New York
A multimedia extravaganza on the history, culture, and politics of the cannabis plant opens in NYC in July 2022.