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CBD, game-changer in the hemp industry, blocked by politics?

he full potential of hemp is endless. No other plant in the world can feed you, then clothe you and you can build your house with. And if you’re sick, it might help you. Hemp will alter products in your home, from food to building materials to paper. The main boost to the hemp industry […]

Ethics in Cannabis with Dr. Jonathan Newman

t the International Cannabis Policy Conference organized by FAAAT, we got to interview Dr. Jonathan Newman. Dr. Jonathan Newman is a social anthropologist at the University of Sussex, where he researches the cannabis industry in Europe. You may have heard about the Paris Agreement before, as Trump famously said he would withdraw the United States […]

Inside the world’s oldest hemp conference EIHA16: ‘CBD is a global Wild West’

No better way to find out what’s happening in the industrial hemp sector and the booming CBD trade than to visit the oldest and biggest industrial hemp conference in the world, the EIHA in Cologne, Germany. One of the main takeaways from the record-breaking 16th edition is the need for the European hemp industry to […]

Cannabis News Network Goes Green | Irish Mini-Series

Our team traveled earlier this year in September to Dublin, Ireland for The Global Medical Cannabis Summit: Advancements in the Age of Cannabis. The documentation and interviews led to a mini-series dubbed ‘Cannabis News Network Goes Green’. The first five parts are released as of writing on the Global Medical Cannabis Summit, medicinal cannabis giving back quality […]

EU parliament calls to take medical cannabis seriously, patients hopeful

On Wednesday, February 13th, the European Parliament adopted a medicinal cannabis resolution following the news earlier about the World Health Organization’s recommendations to reschedule cannabis. European Parliament recognizes the value of medicinal use of cannabis In the press release distributed by the European Parliament, bullet points are: – The EU should stimulate innovation in medical […]

50 years of Prohibition in France is an utter failure

France is the number one European country for cannabis use. “The government should create a “public monopoly of cannabis production and distribution”, according to The Council of Economic Analysis. Cannabis could bring up to €2.8 billion per year and create up to 57,000 jobs. 70 public figures now calling for legalization. Cannabis news network: The door is […]