International Regulation
Country-by-country insight on legalisation models, trade rules, and compliance trends.
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France’s Medical Cannabis Framework: Built for Patients or for Regulators?
The French medical cannabis market is now in the very final stage of decision-making before being implemented nationally, as the HAS presented its draft for the pricing and reimbursement strategy earlier this week.
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CRS Report Suggests 280E Could be Unconstitutional for Cannabis Businesses
According to recent analysis from the Congressional Research Service, cannabis businesses may not need to wait for rescheduling to challenge the now-notorious 280E tax burden, suggesting that it may be unconstitutional.
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Germany’s Cannabis Future: Political Posturing vs. Market Reality
Last month (January 15, 2026) Germany’s Bundesrag held a debate on the hotly contested amendments aimed at significantly restricting medical cannabis prescriptions, and potentially transforming the industry.
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France’s Budget Chaos Nears Resolution, Removing Major Barrier for Medical Cannabis Rollout
Earlier this week (Tuesday, January 27), France’s government survived two no-confidence votes, finally passing its contentious 2026 budget following months of political crisis that had largely paralysed non-urgent policymaking.
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Is Europe Moving Away From Cannabis Flower?
Spain’s medicines agency has published the first official guidance for medical cannabis preparations, confirming that its incoming market will exclude raw cannabis flower in favour of ‘standardised’ oral solutions prepared exclusively in hospital pharmacies.
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France’s First Prescriptions ‘Unlikely This Year’ Despite ‘Complete’ Framework
Last week, France’s now five-year old medical cannabis pilot programme was extended once again, providing a bridge beyond March 2026 for patients to continue secure access to their medication.
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Relm and Prohibition Partners Launch Cannabis Risk Briefing for Emerging and High-Growth Industries
Relm Insurance (Relm), the leading insurer focused on emerging industries, today released its Risk Briefing: Cannabis 2026, an inaugural global report produced in collaboration with Prohibition Partners, the industry-first discovery platform for B2B cannabis.
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Germany’s Medical Cannabis Bill Faces Critical Test as Experts Warn of ‘Unenforceable’ Framework
As Trump’s rescheduling executive order dominated the cannabis industry’s attention over the holiday period, Germany’s controversial medical cannabis bill quietly entered its most critical phase.
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Bundesrat Backs Tighter Cannabis Prescribing Rules, Rejects Mail-Order Penalties
Germany’s Bundesrat voted on November 21 to support key restrictions on medical cannabis prescribing and distribution, while rejecting proposals to ban prescriptions being sent via mail, a mixed outcome that offers both relief and concern for an industry bracing for regulatory tightening.
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Drug War 2.0 Puts International Cannabis Reform at Risk
The United States is intensifying its controversial overseas ‘war on drugs’ even as a prolonged government shutdown paralyses domestic policy, a combination that threatens to reshape the outlook for cannabis reform and regulation This morning, news broke that the US military had carried out another series of airstrikes on alleged drug traffickers in the Eastern…
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Inside Australia’s Medical Cannabis Boom: Prescriptions, Products & Patients
Australia’s thriving medical cannabis industry has continued its blistering levels of growth, seeing the amount of medical cannabis imported grow nearly tenfold in just three years, according to new official data.
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Hope for Thailand: ‘Cannabis Champion’ Anutin Charnvirakul Becomes Prime Minister
Thailand’s political landscape has seen three changes of power in just one year, the latest being the removal of Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, over her handling of a border conflict with Cambodia.
