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Chancellor Olaf Scholz's cabinet is due this week to discuss a draft bill that would allow the limited consumption of hashish and marijuana. The plans have been widely criticized as impossible to police. Hundreds of people joined the annual cannabis legalization protest in Germany's capital Berlin

Germany's government is taking steps toward the legalization of cannabis by publishing the draft bill for the first pillar of a two-pillar model designed to dismantle prohibition policies. German's Ministry of Health published on July 5 the long-waited draft bill to regulate the use of cannabis for

The International Cannabis Business Conference (ICBC) Berlin 2023 returned to the Estrel Berlin Hotel last week, welcoming thousands of guests, speakers and exhibitors. Coming just weeks after the German government announced a major shift in its plans to launch a commercial cannabis market, the

Celebrity endorsements do not work for cannabis brands thanks to tight advertising restrictions, a lack of authenticity, and an identity crisis in the industry as a whole, delegates at ICBC have been told. Speaking in Berlin last week, New Holland Group founder and president Jamie Pearson said

Global cannabis leaders are arriving in Berlin this week to attend the International Cannabis Business Conference. The events series’ flagship business-to-business (B2B) event is taking place on June 29th and 30th at the iconic Estrel Berlin Hotel. In addition to the two-day B2B event, which is the

The findings on fibromyalgia come via researchers in Germany. Patients suffering from a condition characterized by pain and fatigue could find relief in the form of oral THC treatment, according to newly published research. The study, published in the German medical journal Schmerz and conducted by

One country has recently announced plans to legalise recreational cannabis, in a move that is set to ignite the tourism industry. It’s going to be April 20th every single day in Germany in the near future. The nation has recently announced plans to legalise recreational cannabis, in a move that is

Decriminalisation in designated cannabis clubs and hesitant liberalisation by the state. This briefing is an update on Dr Daniel Tietjen’s assessment of the first white paper on the decriminalisation of cannabis consumption. After the Coalition Agreement included the plans of the new German

Germany is set to scale back its initial plans to legalize cannabis amid legal hurdles at the European level. After an initial optimism signaled by Health Minister Karl Lauterbach, who announced a bill to legalize cannabis in the coming weeks following "very good feedback" from the European

BERLIN - Germany could be weeks away from introducing a bill to legalize cannabis under sweeping reforms that would greenlight the consumption and sale of the drug in Europe’s largest economy. Germany’s Health Minister Karl Lauterbach last week said that the plans had received “very good feedback”

Germany's plan to legalize cannabis has received positive feedback from the European Union. According to Health Minister Karl Lauterbach, who announced that a bill for the legalization of cannabis would be introduced in the coming weeks. Germany is moving forward with its plan to legalize cannabis

TOUTED as the most "intoxicating" job on earth, one company is searching for employees to be "professional smokers". A German company has advertised a position for a "cannabis sommelier", offering a salary up to £88,000. The company claims it's looking for a weed expert for quality assurance of its