Policy & Regulation
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- International Regulation
Australian State to End Automatic Licence Loss for Medical Cannabis Drivers
Australia’s New South Wales has moved to end the automatic penalisation of medicinal cannabis patients caught driving with THC in their system, introducing a registration and threshold-based framework that leaves most of Australia’s one million cannabis patients still without equivalent protection.
- CBD Market
Latest French CBD Crackdown To Be Challenged In Court
French trade groups are seeking to overturn the ban on the sale of CBD food supplements in an attempted re-run of the successful 2022 removal of the ban on the sale of flowers.
- UK & Europe
Germany’s Drug Commissioner Backs Cannabis Pilot Projects in Break With CDU Party Line
Ever since the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) became the largest party in Germany’s ruling coalition government in February 2025, the country’s booming cannabis industry has been bracing for a crackdown.
- Industry Trends
Jersey’s Cannabis Industry Posts First Profit as Exports Triple, But the Real Value Is Still Leaving the Island
Jersey’s medical cannabis industry turned a profit for the first time in 2025, posting revenues of £12m, almost £50m in cumulative investment, and exports of nearly seven tonnes.
- US & Canada
DOJ Sues TerrAscend for $8.3m in First Known 280E Refund Clawback
The US Department of Justice has filed a federal lawsuit seeking $8.3m plus interest from New Jersey-based cannabis multistate operator TerrAscend (TSX: TSND), in what appears to be the first known instance of the government attempting to recover 280E tax refunds made proactively by a cannabis company.
- CBD Market
CBD Is A ‘Reproductive Toxicant’ Say The EU In A Major Blow to Industry
THE European Union looks set to determine that cannabidiol is a ‘human reproductive toxicant’ in a move which could wipe out the continent’s CBD cosmetic sector and seriously damage the supplements one.
- US & Canada
‘Not Immediately Compliant’: What the CRS Says America’s Rescheduling Order Actually Delivers
Since President Trump issued an executive order to expedite cannabis rescheduling in December 2025, questions over the legal implications of this route have hung over the industry.
- CBD Market
The War on Europe’s Legal Hemp Industry
In April 2025, the Italian government used emergency constitutional powers to bypass parliament and reclassify non-intoxicating hemp as a narcotic, regardless of THC content, following multiple failed attempts to decimate the industry.
- Industry Trends
DEA’s Schedule III Cannabis Order: A Free-For-All for Telehealth Platforms, or the Perfect Setup for the Entire Industry?
As the industry’s (more than justified) excitement over last week’s rescheduling announcement begins to subside, the regulatory reality is settling in.
- Industry Trends
Cannabis Europa London 2026: The First Major Gathering Since Rescheduling Changed the Game
For many, last week’s rescheduling announcement threw a spanner in the works.
- Investment & Finance
The Fight for Cannabis Rescheduling Is Far From Over
Last week’s rescheduling announcement came as a surprise to many, not least to us here at Business of Cannabis.
- Policy & Regulation
The US Officially Reschedules Cannabis, Partly….
After years of false starts, political delays and administrative paralysis, the United States federal government has taken its first concrete step toward rescheduling cannabis.
