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When Hall of Flowers launched in California in 2018, the pitch was simple: build a cannabis trade show that actually looks and feels like the culture it serves. Eight years later, that idea is filling a pier on the Lower East Side. The New York show is sold out, and for the first time it’s spilling into the city around it. The trade floor itself stays industry-only. But from October 19 through 22, exhibitors and retailers are throwing comedy shows, art events and parties across Manhattan and Brooklyn under the banner of Hall of Flowers Week — and many of…

Four European countries have adopted national legalization measures: Malta, Luxembourg, Germany and Czechia. But current European Union agreements prohibit national adult-use sales in all of them. Two other countries, Switzerland and the Netherlands, have yet to adopt national legalization, but both allow limited adult-use sales for research purposes, and those efforts are succeeding. A Unique European Approach Regional adult-use cannabis commerce pilot trials are unique to Europe. The trials permit a set number of adults to cultivate, sell or purchase cannabis legally at a local level so that data can be collected and analyzed. That research, in turn, helps national…

A slew of medical cannabis import and export data from many of the world’s top cannabis industry markets has been published in recent weeks, and it’s clear that global cannabis is starting to hit its stride. The import and export market landscape is also evolving. Germany Sets a New Import Record Germany continues to serve as the world’s top destination for medical cannabis exports from other countries. The Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) publishes quarterly medical cannabis import data and initially reported 50.539 tons for Q1 2026. However, BfArM recently updated the Q1 2026 import total to…

The percentage of high-schoolers nationwide who acknowledge consuming cannabis has fallen to record lows, according to data provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. According to data posted on the CDC’s YRBS (Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance System) Explorer website, the percentage of high-schoolers who identify as current cannabis consumers fell approximately 60 percent over the past decade. This dramatic decline coincides with nearly half of all US states regulating adult-use marijuana markets. According to the federal agency, the percentage of young people identifying as current cannabis consumers is now lower than at any time over the past three…

Cannabis products provide long-term pain relief and greatly reduce the need for pharmaceutical interventions in patients with refractory lower back pain, according to observational data published in the European Spine Journal. “These results add to the growing and compelling body of data indicating that cannabis is a clinically meaningful, opioid-sparing option for patients with various types of treatment-resistant pain conditions,” NORML’s Deputy Director Paul Armentano said. Israeli researchers assessed the long-term efficacy of cannabis in over 600 patients diagnosed with treatment-resistant chronic lower back pain (CLBP). (Cannabis products are available by prescription in Israel.) Study participants had no prior experience…

Can CBD get you high? It’s not quite right to say that CBD—or cannabidiol, which, after THC, is the best-known and most abundant cannabinoid (“active ingredient”) found in the cannabis plant—isn’t “psychoactive.” Of course, CBD has some effect on the mind; if it didn’t, why would CBD, which adherents say helps alleviate brain-powered problems including insomnia and anxiety, be so popular? What is right is to say is that unlike THC, CBD is “non-intoxicating.” In fact, CBD is non-intoxicating to a such a degree that you can consume great gobs of the stuff and still be relied upon to safely…

Many things have changed in the world of cannabis in recent decades thanks to the hard work of cannabis activists around the globe and the spread of policy reform. Unfortunately, some things have remained the same, particularly unfounded claims being made by cannabis opponents in their ongoing effort to cling to failed cannabis prohibition. A recent example of this can be found in Europe, where authorities are claiming that North American legalization is turning European countries into ‘narco states.’ Belgium’s head of customs recently made comments blaming Canada’s historic 2018 national adult-use cannabis legalization measure for a surge in cannabis…

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