New report calls for UK to capitalise on potential £1.2bn medical cannabis industry
A new report by drug policy reform advocacy group Volteface has revealed the UK is missing out on a potential £1.2bn medical cannabis industry...
Association for the Cannabinoid Industry to expand EU Offering
The Association for the Cannabinoid Industry (ACI) has announced the opening of a new Brussels office as they expand their membership offering into the...
Campaigner requests meeting with PM to discuss NHS medical cannabis
Medical cannabis campaigner Hannah Deacon has delivered a letter to UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, requesting a meeting to discuss medical cannabis access on...
Taskforce proposes UK cannabinoid regulation changes
The Taskforce on Innovation, Growth and Regulatory Reform (TIGRR) has reported recommendations to the Prime Minister on how the UK can reshape regulation and...
Medical cannabis campaigners visit Westminster
Medical cannabis campaigners visited Westminster as part of a walk from Belfast to London to raise funds for the UK’s most vulnerable, chronically ill...
Whither the winds of the European cannabis industry post-pandemic?
The European Cannabis Association is setting its sights on harmonising the cannabis regulatory environment across the continent.
The COVID-19 pandemic is a generation- if not...
Exploring innovation in the cannabis sector
Volteface Head of Strategy Katya Kowalski tells HEQ about innovation and advocacy around cannabis.
UK-based advocacy organisation Volteface aims to promote evidence-based drug policy and...
Towards a UK cannabis industry
Health Europa Quarterly (HEQ) speaks with Mike Barnes of Maple Tree Consultants and Ricardo Geada of Mackrell Solicitors about the need for a legal...
Licence applications for cannabis exports opened by Isle of Man Government
The Isle of Man Government has now opened licence applications for the production, distribution, and export of medical cannabis from the Island, expecting the...
CBD and Novel Food regulation in the UK
Always Pure Organics Chief Scientific Officer Andrew Megahy explores the challenges facing the UK’s CBD sector.
There has been a remarkable shift in attitude towards...
New council body launched to demand robust UK cannabis industry
A collective of organisations, businesses, and working groups have united to launch The Cannabis Industry Council – the first representative cannabis body dedicated to...
Evidence, policy and regulation in medical cannabis
The Centre for Medicinal Cannabis hosted a crucial summit in April aimed at shaping the future of the UK’s medical cannabis sector.
On Thursday 15...
Access to medicinal cannabis treatments in Europe
In this article, Sita Schubert, General Secretary of the European Medicinal Cannabis Association, discusses the need to get better access to medicinal cannabis treatments...
Examining the future of Europe’s medical cannabis treatments
Sita Schubert, the General Secretary of the European Medicinal Cannabis Association, discusses the future of medical cannabis treatments in Europe, looking at how they...
UK policy oversight sees farmers waste millions of pounds worth of CBD
A new report co-ordinated by third sector drug policy reform organisation Volteface has today been released, promising a solution to ‘draconian, pointless’ hemp legislation.
The...
Groundbreaking paper sets out recommendations for UK cannabis industry
A groundbreaking paper has set out recommendations to facilitate a multibillion-pound UK medical cannabis industry that could create tens of thousands of jobs.
The paper...
Changing European hemp policy
Lorenza Romanese, Managing Director of the European Industrial Hemp Association, speaks with HEQ about the benefits of hemp and its derivatives and the need...
FSA provides CBD product Novel Foods update
The Food Standards Agency has provided an update on the criteria for the sale of CBD products in England and Wales.
The previous criteria for...
Cannabis medicine for refractory epileptics should be available on NHS
In this article, Hannah Deacon, medical cannabis campaigner and Executive Director of the UK Medical Cannabis Clinicians’ Society discusses how access to Bedrolite is...
Advancing the global cannabis industry
At the 2020 GCI Summit, Daniel Herrera and Sebastian Palazio discussed intercontinental trade partnerships
The November 2020 Global Cannabis Intelligence (GCI) summit brought together stakeholders...
