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- US & Canada
DEA Rescheduling Hearing Closes as States’ Own Witness Concedes Regulation Reduces Crime
The Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) administrative hearing on cannabis rescheduling saw both sides make their closing arguments on Wednesday, July 15, bringing the 17-day proceedings to a broadly positive close.
- Cultivation
Rua Bioscience Signs its Largest-Ever Export Deal With Unnamed UK Cannabis Clinic
New Zealand-listed Rua Bioscience (NZX: RUA) has agreed a sales and distribution deal with one of the UK’s largest medicinal cannabis clinic and distribution businesses, expected to generate NZ$10m in revenue over two years, the company’s largest export contract to date.
- US & Canada
US Rescheduling Hearing Nears End as Opposition’s Own Witness Acknowledges Cannabis Fits Schedule III Standard
Tomorrow (July 15, 2026) the landmark administrative hearing on US cannabis rescheduling will come to a close.
- Medical Cannabis
Curaleaf Becomes First to Register Cannabis Preparations Under Spain’s New Medical Framework
Spain’s medicines regulator has officially approved the first two oil-based preparations as part of its recently approved national medical cannabis scheme.
- Pharmaceutical
World’s Largest CBD Insomnia Trial Could Hand Avecho an Australian Monopoly
The world’s largest clinical trial on cannabidiol (CBD) as a treatment for insomnia has been given the green light to complete its Phase III trial, transforming the fortunes of Avecho Biotechnology, and potentially the lives of insomnia sufferers worldwide.
- Patient Access
Germany Bans Cannabis Flowers from GKV and Mandates Six-Month Trial for Extracts
Germany has today voted to ban medical cannabis flower from its statutory health insurance scheme, in a controversial move critics say will have an outsized impact on the ‘seriously ill’.
- Medical Cannabis
Cannabis Health Announces Two-City Symposium Series Across Frankfurt and London This Autumn
Cannabis Health, the UK’s leading medical cannabis news and education platform, has announced the launch of two autumn events designed for healthcare professionals, prescribers, and industry operators working at the frontline of medical cannabis practice across Europe.
- Cultivation
‘No Right to GMP Washing’: German State Challenges Cannabis Flower Import Compliance
Authorities from the German state of Hesse have taken aim at the practice of ‘GMP washing’ in its thriving medical cannabis market, an intervention that could have significant implications for the industry at large.
- Medical Cannabis
France Breaks Medical Cannabis Deadlock as Reimbursement Decree Filed for Legal Review
France’s incoming generalised medical cannabis framework has edged tantalisingly close to clearing its last remaining hurdle, as the outstanding decree governing the reimbursement of cannabis medicines has been submitted to France’s highest administrative court.
- US & Canada
DEA Opens Rescheduling Hearing With Science-Based Support for Its Own Rule
On Monday (June 29), the most consequential hearing in the history of US cannabis policy began proceedings, as the DEA and the seven invited representatives made their opening statements.
- Adult-Use
Switzerland Launches Eighth Cannabis Pilot, Testing Home Delivery for the First Time
Switzerland has granted approval for a new five-year, 5000-participant adult-use cannabis pilot trial, marking the eighth since the groundbreaking project began in 2023.
- UK & Europe
Ireland’s Cross-Party Drug Committee Calls for Full Decriminalisation. The Government Has Already Said No
Ireland’s Oireachtas Joint Committee on Drugs Use has recommended the full decriminalisation of personal possession of all drugs, calling on the government to repeal Section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977.
