The Wire · №474 · 6 November 2026

International Cannabis Weekly

One curated brief a week on the developments that move the market — 35 stories this week across 7 regions, every one sourced and placed where it happened.

1. Germany: Germany's cannabis market crowded as flower prices fall 22% and SKUs rise 73% (Business of Cannabis)
2. Canada: Organigram makes $561m offer for Aurora, topping Curaleaf bid (Business of Cannabis)
3. United States: DEA issues first federal registrations to 900 dispensaries amid dual-licence uncertainty (Business of Cannabis)
4. Germany: German court refuses challenge to flower reimbursement cut (Business of Cannabis)
5. United Kingdom: UK revises order to make HHC, nine cannabinoids and two THCA forms Class B drugs (Newsweed)
6. Ireland: Enterprise Ireland names Leah Fletcher of Dunbar Pharmaceuticals first cannabis Founder of Year (Business of Cannabis)
7. United Kingdom: Northern Ireland consults on drug-driving limits with defence for prescribed medicines (infrastructure-ni.gov.uk)
8. Germany: Germany's BDCan patients' group demands Health Ministry clarify extract cover over 25% THC (Apotheke Adhoc)
9. Austria: Austria's petitions committee postpones Wiener Aufruf 2.0 reform initiative (Hanf Magazin)
10. France: Two French patients demand Prime Minister publish medical cannabis decrees within 15 days (Newsweed)
11. Netherlands: Bedrocan's Erkelens family drafts restart plan as party negotiates to buy Dutch stock (Cannabis Industrie)
12. United States: Massachusetts voters reject Question 8 by over 75%, protecting $1.65bn adult-use industry (MJBizDaily)
13. United States: Idaho voters reject HJR 4 by 66% to 34%, preserving right to legalise cannabis (Marijuana Moment)
14. United States: Pennsylvania Democrats flip state Senate for first time since 1993, clearing legalisation path (Cannabis Business Times)
15. United States: American Medical Association urges FDA to resist pressure and create cannabis research schedule (Marijuana Moment)
16. United States: Michigan lawmakers propose one-year pause on 24% wholesale cannabis tax (MJBizDaily)
17. United States: Green Thumb Industries lifts Q3 revenue 11.3% to $324.4m with first comparable sales rise since 2024 (sec.gov)
18. United States: Curaleaf posts record Q3 revenue of $352.7m, up 10.9%, with international sales rising 28% (sec.gov)
19. United States: Trulieve's Q3 revenue falls 20% to $230m after Harvest deconsolidation (Newswire)
20. United States: Puerto Rico's ethics office files complaint against second former Cannabis Regulatory Board inspector (noticel.com)
21. Canada: Curaleaf keeps hostile Aurora offer open, calls board refusal to engage dereliction of duty (sec.gov)
22. Canada: Aurora Cannabis lifts international medical revenue 44% to C$61.4m as Canadian medical sales fall 24% (sec.gov)
23. Canada: Cronos Group's Q3 revenue climbs 75% to US$63.5m as German flower demand lifts other markets 614% (GlobeNewswire)
24. Canada: Tilray Brands to close Fenwick, Ontario cultivation site by January 2027, targeting US$10m savings (MJBizDaily)
25. Canada: Ewing Morris raises Decibel Cannabis tender to C$2.09, a 27% premium, as final offer (Newswire)
26. Canada: Ontario police charge 23 over illicit cannabis ring shipping to North America and Europe (yrp.ca)
27. Uruguay: Uruguay's lower house votes to extend smoking ban, cannabis included, to parks used by minors (montevideo.com.uy)
28. Brazil: Brazil's medical cannabis market reaches R$485.4m with prescribers up 32% to 78,075 (Sechat)
29. Saint Kitts and Nevis: St Kitts and Nevis cannabis regulator wins banking access for licensees from National Bank (caribbeantoday.com)
30. South Africa: South Africa's SAHPRA refuses new Section 21 medical cannabis applications since July, coalition warns (Cannabiz Africa)
31. Morocco: Morocco's Interior Ministry says illicit cannabis cultivation fell 88% since 2003 to 15,496 hectares (hespress.com)
32. Nepal: Nepal's Supreme Court orders government to regulate medical and industrial cannabis within three months (kathmandupost.com)
33. South Korea: South Korea's Andong hemp zone to trial CBG, CBN and CBC from 2027 under 29.5bn won programme (Newsweed)
34. Australia: Australia's TGA warns directors after former Vitura Health subsidiary director fined $450,000 over ads (Cannabiz)
35. Australia: Australian SAS-B medicinal cannabis prescribers fall to 799 in October, first sub-800 monthly figure in 2026 (Cannabiz)

• 9Europe
• 10United States
• 7Canada
• 3LATAM & Caribbean
• 2Africa & Middle East
• 2APAC
• 2Oceania