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- Data & Analysis
Diverging Cannabis Usage Trends Highlight Uneven Impact Of Europe’s Policy Landscape
Cannabis remained Europe’s most commonly used drug in 2025, according to new wastewater analysis from the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA), suggesting around 8.4% of European adults have consumed cannabis within the last year.
- Industry Trends
Germany’s Medical Cannabis Product Range Quadruples as Prices Fall 30%
Business of Cannabis is excited to announce the launch of German Cannabis Intel: Insights & Market Data, the inaugural report in our new quarterly series in partnership with Grünhorn.
- Industry Trends
Deals, Courts and Coalition Splits: Germany’s Cannabis Market Braces for Change
It’s now five months since the German Federal Cabinet adopted draft amendments to its pivotal Medizinal-Cannabisgesetzes (MedCanG) bill, and its finalisation is expected in the coming weeks.
- Hemp Industry
UK Hemp Industry Has Everything It Needs Except the Law
The UK’s industrial hemp sector, and its potential, have been raised in Parliament nearly as many times in the first three months of 2026 as the entirety of 2025.
- Industry Trends
Rescheduling Stalemate Leaves MSOs Facing a Billion Dollar Tax Reckoning
The Trump administration’s continued inaction on its promise to push ahead with the highly anticipated cannabis rescheduling project is now presenting some real-world issues for many of the sector’s largest players.
- Industry Trends
Is a Cannabis M&A Tidal Wave on the Way?
At the end of the month (March 30, 2026), shareholders of one of the fastest growing Canadian licenced producers, Organigram Global, will convene to decide the fate of its proposed €250m acquisition of Sanity Group.
- Cultivation
Business Brief: Canify and MG Health Announce Merger
German pharmaceutical cannabis company Canify AG and African medical cannabis cultivator MG Health Limited have announced a planned merger, marking yet another M&A deal in a market widely expected to see an incoming wave of consolidation.
- Industry Trends
Is the German Cannabis Boom Slowing Down, or Simply Normalising?
Germany’s cannabis imports, according to the latest figures from BfArM, nearly tripled in size in 2025, cementing it beyond any doubt as the engine behind Europe’s medical cannabis boom.
- Clinical Research
Rescheduling Will Reprice Medical IP, Not Retail Footprints
US cannabis rescheduling is unlikely to trigger a land grab.
- Hemp Industry
House Agriculture Committee Advances Farm Bill With No Relief for Hemp Industry
The US House Agriculture Committee has voted to advance the 2026 farm bill without adopting any provisions to delay or repeal the incoming ban on intoxicating hemp.
- Retail & Brands
Canada’s Cannabis Retail Market Reaches C$5.5bn in 2024/25, But Growth Slowing
Canadian adult-use cannabis sales reached C$5.5 billion in the fiscal year ending 31 March 2025, a 6.1% increase on the prior year, according to new data from Statistics Canada, though the pace of growth continued to slow for the third consecutive year.
- Clinical Research
The Cannabis Mental Health Evidence Gap: Association vs. Causation
In our latest Beyond the Abstract, we dive into cannabis use and its impact on mental health, a controversial and understudied field, but one of vital importance for both patient safety and potential relief for millions.
