Although South Africa accounts for a tiny percentage of global cannabis trade, it is an important part of the bigger picture, with cannabis markets in Europe, the UK, Israel and Australia. Cannabiz Africa reports on international developments affecting the African cannabis and hemp sector as well as consumer market trends of interest to South African operators.
Cannabis in the workplace will increasingly become an issue with the rising number of medical cannabis patients in South Africa. One of the potential dilemmas is the balancing the rights of an employee to privacy around their ailments and medication against the obligations of the employer to provide a safe working environment for all workers.
Virgin Atlantic has denied claims it’s providing THC-infused sodas to passengers on select US flights after cannabis beverage company Drippy put out a promotional campaign claiming it had partnered with the airline.
Australia’s health regulators have announced new official guidelines for medical cannabis prescriptions following widespread abuse of the system. It’s been revealed that some practitioners have issued over 10 000 prescriptions in just six months.
A cannabis worker has died after falling off a greenhouse roof during an anti-immigration raid in California. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents accompanied by National Guard troops in military-style vehicles turned up at two locations operated by Glass House Farms near Los Angeles as part of the Trump administration’s drive to deport illegal migrant workers.
Cannabis use is associated with increased sexual desire and arousal, as well as lower levels of sexual distress. That’s according to a new Canadian study which says that half its respondents said they used cannabis specifically as a motivator for sex. But obviously, it’s more complicated!
etail cannabis sales in the States are driven by THC content in cannabis – a dollar more for every higher percentage point, according to some. But THC percentages can vary wildly leading to misleading labelling and consumer scepticism, and the question is being asked: is there a commercial measurement metric for cannabis other than THC.
The United States cannabis market has been taking strain for some time despite legalization gathering momentum. A new study reveals just how much strain the legal market has taken, with an astonishing collapse in value in just a matter of years.
One gram of cannabis in the States can generate up to 70 times its weight in packaging materials. That fact alone highlights the issue of plastic waste that the cannabis industry across the world is producing, raising questions of sustainabiity going forward.
The American Medical Association studied a wide range of drugs to research their effects on alleviating symptoms of eating disorder. Cannabis and psychedelics were the most ‘highly rated’ of a small class of drugs found to be effective in this sphere.
Europe’s medical cannabis landscape has undergone a decade of immense change and is growing like never before. The market is expanding rapidly, driven by progressive legislation, expanding patient access and a maturing supply chain.
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