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2025 Czechia Cannabis Predictions from Cannafest

Dec 9, 2024 | cannabisregulator.com | Michael Sassano |Krystina Skibo

Cannafest in Prague, Czechia, was a huge success and optimism for the future of cannabis was on full display. Czechia has a long and strong tradition of cannabis culture, and at Cannafest, people from around the globe celebrate and show off their craft. Even on the streets of Prague, there are CBD flower shops everywhere, with as many choices as you can imagine for products with CBD.
Impairment Vs Presence Of Cannabis: The International Cannabis Driving Debate Continues

Oct 29, 2024 | benzinga.com | Michael Sassano

Around the world, the debate continues about how to quantify the presence of cannabis in an individual’s system and how it relates to their ability to operate a vehicle. Nobody in this debate believes that anyone unable to drive should get behind the wheel of a car. Instead, the issue lies in the difficulty of creating a one-size-fits-all rule for a very complicated issue: how to judge if someone is too impaired to operate a vehicle.
Pillar 2: German Cannabis Legalization is Moving Forward Fast

Sep 17, 2024 | cannabistech.com | Michael Sassano

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What Does the Future Hold for UK Cannabis?

Sep 12, 2024 | talkingdrugs.org | Michael Sassano

After a recent conversation with Pierre van Weperen of Grow Group PLC and Grow Pharma, his vision of the United Kingdom’s cannabis market inspired continued rumination on the state of the marketplace and its future directions. For advocates and those in the cannabis industry, cannabis regulation is in constant need of evolution and reform; this is a natural process of a burgeoning market built on decades of suspicion, criminalisation, and prohibition.
The battle for Australian-grown cannabis: quality vs global price wars

Sep 1, 2024 | cannabiz.com.au | Michael Sassano

With competition from cheap imports and limited export opportunities, business can be tough for Australian growers. But a focus on innovation and quality will help the local market compete on the global stage, says SOMAÍ Pharmaceuticals chairman and interim CEO Michael Sassano. There is a buzz around Australia about ‘Made in Australia’ products, including cannabis. Every country should be proud of its local cannabis culture that has sometimes existed since ancient times.
What is Spain’s New Medical Cannabis Regulatory Framework?

Aug 2, 2024 | legalreader.com | Michael Sassano

Ultimately, patients deserve access to safer alternatives to current over-prescribed pharmaceutical medicines. Spain has become the latest large European country to announce its long-awaited medical cannabis access plans. Although this is just the first step toward parliamentary procedures, it marks definitive progress for Spain. The proposal does not mention flower sales, seemingly favoring extract producers.
Put Some Mint Terpenes In It

Jul 15, 2024 | benzinga.com | Michael Sassano

What is the first thing you do when you open a new bag of cannabis flower? You smell it! Cannabis consumers have always prioritized the products' smell, taste, and performance. Why should extracts be any different? The smell, taste and performance of extracts are just as crucial as flower. Too long have Europeans suffered from bad-tasting extracts.
Germany Leads The Global Medical Cannabis Explosion

Jun 28, 2024 | benzinga.com | Michael Sassano

The entire cannabis community is abuzz with German legalization. Not only is this a massive windfall for cannabis producers around the world with access to markets in the European Union, but it’s also a regulatory call-to-order for every other country that has resisted adopting a more up-to-date approach to medical cannabis access. Already, countries like France, Spain and Czechia are racing toward a more balanced approach to medical cannabis access.
The Global Medical Cannabis Explosion is Imminent

Jun 26, 2024 | cannabisculture.com | Michael Sassano

Recently, I have become more optimistic about the global landscape of medical cannabis and the direction in which major regulatory agencies are heading. Years of stifling regulatory environments and political headwinds that have hampered the cannabis industry seem to be giving way to real progress. Earlier this year, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a 252-page report stating that cannabis is safe.
A Comparison Of Legal And Illicit EU Cannabis Markets

Jun 20, 2024 | benzinga.com | Michael Sassano

The cannabis illicit market existed in all countries long before the legal markets arrived late on the scene. They have the biggest global distribution networks, with direct-to-your-door service and choices. For legal producers, the illicit market is and will always be the largest competitor to the legal market. The dynamics of cannabis consumption in the European Union and beyond portray an interplay between cultural acceptance, legal restriction, consumer appetite and geography.