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What legalization would bring economically is hardly discussed. However, the topic offers plenty to talk about. The possible legalization of...

This summer, the topic of cannabis was regularly taken up by the media. The focus was on the so-called pilot...

At the national level, slow progress has been made with regard to cannabis legalization. Now the canton of Solothurn is...

The impending introduction of mandatory denaturation for hemp oils poses major problems for the cannabis industry. In the last post...

Media release of IG Hemp, July 5, 2022 As a member of IG Hemp, Herba di Berna reproduces here the...

The U.S. House of Commons passed the Marijuana Reform Act this spring, which would legalize cannabis nationwide. Things are also...

It pays to keep at it. After interventions of the hemp industry, the Federal Council holds that also cannabis resin...

At the beginning of February, the Association of Cantonal Chemists of Switzerland (VKCS) went public with a media release on...

There has been a lot happening in the cannabis legalization space in recent weeks. Legalization suddenly seems quite a bit...

At the beginning of July 2021, the FOPH published the results of a population survey on cannabis at a media...

Anyone wishing to enter the trade and production of cannabis products in Switzerland must first take an in-depth look at...

Some time ago, National Councilor Heinz Siegenthaler (center) submitted a parliamentary initiative (PI) calling for far-reaching new regulation of the...

Following a meeting with IG Hemp, Council of States member Thomas Minder (no party affiliation, SVP parliamentary group) submitted a...

After the Council of States unanimously approved a bill to amend the Narcotics Act (BetmG) with regard to cannabis medicines...

In the European Union, natural full-spectrum CBD has also been approved as a cosmetic ingredient since the beginning of March...

On March 31, 2021, it became clear that pilot cannabis dispensaries could be approved by the FOPH starting in mid-May....

In the final vote of the spring session 2021, the National Council and the Council of States approved business 20.060...

No more exemption permits needed for prescribing cannabis by physicians. The National Council has facilitated the medical use of hemp...

UN complies with WHO recommendation to reassess cannabis classification Two positive decisions on cannabis bode well for international cannabis policy....

Decision of the EU Commission could harm the hemp industry While on the one hand a lot of educational work...