Worldwide Regulators Warm Up To Medical Marijuana

But Significant Regulatory Change Is Needed Before Industry Ambitions Can Be Realized

Both the US and EU are gradually warming up to medical marijuana, but clunky and inadequate regulation threatens to curtail the growth of a burgeoning industry.

Medical Marijuana
Medical marijuana regulation varies notably between the US and EU • Source: Shutterstock

In November 2022, the US midterm elections saw the cannabis sector score two significant wins, as Maryland and Missouri legalized the recreational use of the compound among adults. This move means nearly half of the US population now live in states where recreational marijuana use is legal in some shape or form.

Three other states – Arkansas, North Dakota and South Dakota – also had recreational cannabis on the ballot during the...

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