Cannabis

The cannabis market in Canada continues to thrive with legal sales reaching CAD4.2 billion in 2021. The market is primarily being driven by adult-use cannabis as a result of a growing user base, including the continued shift from illicit to legal…

Switzerland is one of Europe’s most well-developed cannabis markets with an expanding medical cannabis segment and a CBD category fuelled by its relatively liberal regulatory framework and a wellness-orientated population with high disposable income.…

This report analyses the market for cannabis in the US. For the purposes of the study, the market has been defined as follows:

Poland is a strategically important cannabis market. On the one hand, it is one of the leading markets by population in Eastern Europe. On the other hand, Poland is a member of the European Union and neighbouring country to the Eurasian Economic…

The Czech Republic has high acceptance of cannabis, and a long-standing tradition of cannabis cultivation and usage. Cannabis legislation has been an issue in the country since the 1990s, when there was an early attempt at legalisation. Currently…

Cannabis sales in the Netherlands are dominated by CBD sales, which makes up the bulk of the market. CBD has been driven by an increasing demand for potent, natural remedies that can be used to treat a wide variety of symptoms. Consumers lead…

Colombia has a bad reputation in terms of drug trafficking but has made enormous strides towards the implementation of a well-regulated cannabis industry. After legalising medical use and creating a legal framework for licensed production, the…

The COVID-19 pandemic has strongly affected the cannabis industry, creating severe disruptions in the supply chain of medical cannabis, which is still highly dependent on imports, and to the domestic production of medical cannabis. While adult-use…

Spain is a well-developed and sophisticated cannabis market with strong growth potential for adult-use and medical purposes and a professional cultivation model with a high level of expertise. Despite recent initiatives to reform cannabis…

Discussions about the decriminalisation of cannabis use started to gather pace from 2015 in Greece when the left-leaning Syriza party won the election, and acknowledged the failure of a repressive anti-drug policy to tackle drug use and supported the…

Cannabis culture in Chile is more developed that other countries in Latin America. After decriminalisation in 2016, the country has seen an explosion in grow shops and home growing to access high-quality and safe products for both recreational and…

The medical cannabis industry in Israel has been developing at a high pace in recent years. There is a wide selection of cannabis products produced in Israel and imported from abroad to treat and alleviate a wide range of health problems.

The last few years have been marked with recurring pressure towards the full legalisation of cannabis, and in 2021 this has not been different. With different proposals addressed to the parliament, a new resolution in favour of a full legalisation is…

CBD is currently the only legal channel of cannabis-derived products in the market and sees a notable grey market due to delays in authorisation from COFEPRIS, which is starting to accelerate to increase access to this market. The medical market…

The legal cannabis market has continued to see strong growth on the back of the landmark judgement in 2018, which determined private use and consumption of cannabis as legal. Since then, consumers have increasingly accepted cannabis as a legitimate…

Brazil is an unequal country. Income disparities are a major problem, with a significant part of the population living on minimum wages or worse. This allows hard drivers to heavily influence consumer behaviour in Brazil and for cannabis this is no…

Australian regulations allow cannabis products for medicinal and research purposes only. Medical cannabis continues to gain momentum in the country, driven by growing number of legal patients. As local production increases, more companies enter,…

The cannabis market in France is estimated to be valued at EUR5.4 billion in 2021. This includes the estimated sales of illicit cannabis which represent over 95% of the total market

In July 2021, the first medical cannabis “made in Germany” has been delivered. Another potential milestone for cannabis in Germany is the election result of September 2021. The new German parliament has now been elected with major wins for the Green…

The UK is one of the leading CBD markets globally. Growth continues, supported by COVID-19-driven increases in stress and anxiety. Public opinion is increasingly in favour of legal recreational use; however, this is at odds with the government’s…