Month: December 2018 (Page 5)

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Demand for medical marijuana in Germany continued to increase in the third quarter, albeit at a slower pace than the previous quarter. Total cannabis sales covered by statutory health insurance surpassed 50 million euros ($56.8 million) in the first nine months of 2018, with all categories of allowed medical cannabisContinue Reading

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When the U.S. marijuana industry was getting off the ground two decades ago, the business landscape consisted of mom-and-pop stores and amateur extractors. In short, it was difficult to imagine chains or integrated multistate operations – especially with federal prohibition and the threat of legal interference hanging over entrepreneurs’ heads.Continue Reading

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On Tuesday, Thailand’s parliament voted to legalize medical marijuana, becoming the first country in Southeast Asia to embrace a liberalization of cannabis drug policy. The parliament executed the policy change by modifying the country’s 1979 Tax Act, in a vote of 166 to 0, to allow the production, import, export,Continue Reading

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Just one month after a proposed law breezed through a key hurdle, Thailand’s National Legislative Assembly voted 166-0 (with 13 abstentions) to allow medical marijuana and cannabis research. The move came as a year-end surprise because the Assembly was expected to take 60 days to deliberate the draft. The Southeast AsiaContinue Reading

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Medical marijuana is expected to be ready over the next few weeks or months in Ohio, and state officials reported doctors have submitted nearly 4,500 recommendations in the MMJ patient and caregiver registry. The Ohio Board of Pharmacy said the number of recommendations totals 4,440 as of Dec. 24, withContinue Reading