STORY: Thailand will ban the use of recreational cannabis by the end of this year. That’s according to the country’s health minister in an interview with Reuters on Wednesday. However, minister Cholnan Srikaew said use for medical purposes would still be allowed. Tens of thousands of cannabis shops sprang up in Thailand after it became … Read more
As 2023 comes to an end, it is only natural to reflect on what happened in the markets we cover. But when it comes to cannabis, the answer is “not much,” which won’t help cannabis startups that are already facing a challenging funding environment. Namely, 2023 wasn’t the year that Germany legalized adult recreational cannabis … Read more
BREDA, Netherlands — A paradox at the heart of the Netherlands’ permissive pot policy went up in smoke Friday in two Dutch cities as “coffeeshops” began selling the country’s first legally cultivated cannabis as part of an experiment to regulate the trade. The experiment could mark the beginning of the end for a long-standing legal … Read more
On the subject of Europe’s hashish market, the most important piece of reports this 12 months is what didn’t occur. Opposite to what lots of people anticipated, Germany isn’t on the way in which to legalizing leisure use of marijuana. As an alternative, the EU’s most populated nation watered down its legislation reform plans after … Read more