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Swiss Study: Regulating Cannabis ‘Promotes Safer Consumption’
Regional adult-use cannabis commerce pilot trials are currently operating in multiple jurisdictions in Switzerland, including Zurich, Basel, Lausanne, Geneva, and in the cantons of St Gallen and Basel-Country. The pilot trials allow adults to participate in limited recreational cannabis commerce (production, retail, and purchasing) so researchers, regulators, and lawmakers can gather information to better inform national laws and industry regulations.
ICBC Sept. 09, 2026Can South Africa challenge Canada for global cannabis export dominance?
In a challenge to licensed cannabis producers in Canada, long the global export leader, a growing share of cannabis exports is coming from companies in South Africa.
Firms in South Africa enjoy lower production costs, but they’re also meeting European Union standards for pest control as well as EU-GMP requirements.
New Orleans’ French Quarter gets its first-ever marijuana dispensary. ‘I’m speechless.’
A brass band, feathered showgirls and brightly beaded Mardi Gras Indians brought the party to Bourbon Street on Wednesday morning, but it wasn’t for a wedding or a bachelor party — or anything to do with boozing on New Orleans’ most popular path for partygoers.
The French Quarter’s first-ever cannabis dispensary opened its doors to customers in a 100-year-old building at 433 Bourbon St., offering three stories of edibles, vapes, cannabis flower as well as features like a third-floor gallery, theater experience and terpene smell bar.
Brazil import approvals for cannabis medicines soar as CBD market continues expansion
Brazil is seeing another sharp increase in demand for imported cannabis medicines, adding to evidence that hemp-derived CBD is becoming an established part of the country’s medical market as regulators create a more defined pathway for the compound.
HempToday, Sept. 08, 2026