In April 2025, the Italian government used emergency constitutional powers to bypass parliament and reclassify non-intoxicating hemp as a narcotic,
Former hemp farmers are switching to corn, and larger players are leaving Italy altogether as its once-thriving hemp and CBD industry is battered by the hard-line government.
Last week, the UK’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs published an official recommendation that the THC limit on industrial hemp should be raised to 0.3%, bringing it in line with the EU.
Yesterday, the UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) published new guidance on the safe limit of CBD which can be ingested
Co-written by Business of Cannabis and Cannabis Health The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) today published a shock update
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