Burkhard Blienert

Commissioner on Narcotic Drugs at the Federal Ministry of Health Burkhard Blienert has invited delegations from various European countries to exchange experiences on regulating cannabis for non-medical purposes. According to the official press release, participants include ministerial...

A week after Germany's cannabis legalization measures were leaked, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach presented a plan to Chancellor Olaf Scholz's cabinet on Wednesday, reported Deutsche Welle. The move comes on the heels of public pushback around certain ...

Tilray Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: TLRY) (TSX:TLRY), has initiated a policy roundtable with German regulators on adult-use cannabis legalization in Germany. In this meeting, the German Drug Commissioner, Burkhard Blienert, presented the plan for adult-use cannabis legalization and repeated the German...

Germany is inching toward legalizing recreational cannabis as the government seeks to have the process completed by the end of 2022, reported U.S.News. Germany decriminalized medical cannabis in 2016 and in November 2021, leaders of the incoming parties stated they had a...

Germany decriminalized medical cannabis in 2016 and in November 2021, leaders of Germany’s incoming governing parties stated they had a formal agreement to legalize marijuana. "We are introducing the controlled supply of cannabis to adults for consumption in licensed stores,”...