The legal uncertainty surrounding "light cannabis" in Italy will continue for a few more months. The Italian Constitutional Court has postponed its review until February 9, 2027...
The Mexican Supreme Court recently clarified one aspect of its «non-regulation» of cannabis. In a ruling handed down on September 10, the country’s highest court...
Cookies is still facing legal troubles. Cookies Creative Consulting & Promotions (CCC&P), the company that operates the Cookies brand, has been targeted by a...
Effective August 20, 2026, the RIPOST Act introduced a new offense into the Traffic Code: driving after «use...”.
Chile has recognized the medical use of cannabis for several years and, under certain conditions, allows its cultivation for therapeutic purposes. But between a prescription and...
A Kenyan High Court has rejected a petition filed by the country’s Rastafari community seeking an exemption to allow the religious use of cannabis. While this...
In late April, the Amberg District Court in Germany acquitted a shopkeeper accused of illegally selling hemp flowers containing less than 0.3% of THC. The...
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that regular cannabis use, in and of itself, does not automatically justify the loss of a person’s right to...
François Thierry, the former head of the French Central Narcotics Office, has had his conviction made final after waiving his appeal against a one-year prison sentence.
The French CBD industry will take legal action against the government's latest control plan for cannabidiol-containing food products. The...
A ruling by Austria's Federal Finance Court (BFG) has dealt the first blow to authorities attempting to bring flowers from...
François Thierry, former director of the Office central de répression du trafic illicite de stupéfiants (OCRTIS), has been sentenced by the Bordeaux Criminal Court to a...
A legal battle involving cannabis culture, satire and freedom of expression has ended in a decisive victory for Afroman. The artist associated with anthems like Because...
The trial of François Thierry, former head of the Office central pour la répression du trafic illicite de stupéfiants (OCRTIS), opened on March 2 before the...
After more than twenty-one months in detention and with the threat of the death penalty hanging over his head, Tom Félix, a 34-year-old French national,...
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that Hungary has infringed European law by opposing the Union's common position...
The legal tug-of-war between the Italian government and the hemp industry took a new twist last December. On December 15, 2025,...
For seven months, American athlete Jarred Shaw remained in the Indonesian prison system, wondering if a packet of THC gummies sent from Thailand...
Italy's divisive legal dispute over hemp flowers and CBD comes at a crucial time, which France has also experienced....
On November 10, 2025, the Bordeaux Court of Appeal will consider a case that could mark a turning point for thousands of CBD consumers in France....
