The Business of Cannabis

Trial: Dutch “Coffee Shops” To Stock Licensed Cannabis

The Netherlands will trial licensing cannabis growers for its famous “coffee shops” where smoking the drug is authorised, tackling a contradiction whereby selling is legal but supplying isn’t, which has fed an illegal market dominated by criminal organisations. Local...

Hemp Initiative In Ecuador First To Focus On Fiber And Food

The Ecuadorian government has greenlighted the country’s first hemp crop under a cooperative initiative among two companies and the Latin-American Industrial Hemp Association (LAIHA). LAIHA member Green and Growth, Quito, and Nobis Holding de Inversiones, one of the...