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Waiting under the sun: The irony of Portuguese hemp

Portugal has used industrial hemp since many years ago and there was never a law banning hemp farming. Strangely, in…

5 years ago

Japan plans to revive hemp for agriculture and innovation

In Japan, a campaign to plant 20,000 hectares of hemp in Hokkaido has been launched. There is potential for rapid…

5 years ago

Germany will grow 7,200 kilos of medical cannabis

Prescription cannabis has been legal in Germany since March 2017. Recently, the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices awarded…

5 years ago

Cultural anthropologist explains why cannabis was banned

Cultural anthropologist Lena Papasabbas from the Zukunftsinstitut Frankfurt presented a few interesting facts about drug policy in Germany. She explained…

5 years ago

The differences between marijuana and hemp

What exactly is the link between cannabis and marijuana? While marijuana has many uses from medical to recreational, cannabis oils…

5 years ago

A dummy’s guide to the Farm Bill

The 2018 Farm Bill has changed the legal status of hemp, allowing for its licensed cultivation. High with non-psychoactive CBD…

5 years ago

Italy’s cannabis ‘boom’

In Italy, there are kiosks, tobacconists or herbalists selling small quantities of cannabis. The Italian government approve a law two…

5 years ago

Pandora’s Box of cannabis: The history of hemp in Canada

Canadians rejoice, as, since October last year, cannabis is legal on the state level. Being the first G8 country to…

5 years ago

Fecal bacteria found in the hashish of Madrid

A study by Manuel PĂ©rez Moreno, a pharmacist from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Complutense University of Madrid,…

5 years ago

Erdogan bets on cannabis in Turkey

The EU aims to reduce the use of plastic and to replace plastic bags with less polluting alternatives. In line…

5 years ago