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International Cannabis Weekly
The week’s global cannabis news, read through the analyst’s lens — one sentence per story, sourced.
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7 regions44 stories31 publishers18 countries
Europe
8 stories- Berlin Senate seeks Cologne Administrative Court exemption for sales-for-consumption project
Apotheke AdhocDERegulation
- Year-on-year imports of medical cannabis flowers to Germany increase despite slow 2021 take-off
BusinessCannDEMedical
- Switzerland makes further revisions to adult-use pilot programme on cusp of launch
CanexCHAdult-use
- European industrial hemp market in high demand with 60% of crops sold
BusinessCannEUHemp & CBD
- Greece to legalise cannabis cultivation, sale and export with over 0.2% THC
BusinessCannGRRegulation
- Swedish entrepreneur creates CanCoin cryptocurrency for European cannabis banking
BusinessCannSEBusiness & Investment
- France publishes draft decree allowing CBD cultivation, import and commercial use
Hemp.imFRHemp & CBD
- Delays expected for first legal cannabis harvests in Netherlands
ciudadcannabis.comNLAdult-use
United States
12 stories- Flora Growth announces headquarters relocation to Miami, Florida
Technical420USBusiness & Investment
- Ayr Wellness enters Illinois market with acquisition of Herbal Remedies
New Cannabis VenturesUSBusiness & Investment
- Maryland lawmakers in favour of referendum on adult-use legalisation
CanexUSRegulation
- Cannabis activists in Missouri file four legalisation initiatives for 2022 ballot
Marijuana MomentUSRegulation
- Kentucky Hemp Association sues after state raids on multiple dispensaries
HempTodayUSRegulation
- MedPharm acquires DEA licence to conduct research on schedule 1 cannabis
Hemp GazetteUSHealth & Science
- Evermore receives US$15.5 million for Maryland facility expansion
New Cannabis VenturesUSBusiness & Investment
- California Department of Cannabis Control to centralise market licensing
JD SupraUSRegulation
- Empower Clinics divests legacy cannabis assets for integrated healthcare focus
ProactiveUSBusiness & Investment
- Amazon lobbies for cannabis reform and legalisation for first time
NewsweedUSRegulation
- Wisconsin may relinquish hemp regulation to USDA after budget losses
HempTodayUSRegulation
- Green Thumb launches Good Green to support communities affected by war on drugs
BenzingaUSAdult-use
Canada
9 stories- Aleafia introduces new cannabis brand Nith & Grand
GlobeNewswireCABusiness & Investment
- High Tide acquires online cannabis retailer DankStop
Technical420CABusiness & Investment
- Hempsana signs processing agreement with New Leaf Canada for hemp biomass
Business WireCABusiness & Investment
- Health Canada issues PBG BioPharma standard processing licence for hemp and cannabis
NewswireCARegulation
- British Columbia cannabis outlet makes province's first legal product delivery
timescolonist.comCAAdult-use
- Sundial Growers acquires Spiritleaf retail network
Cannabis IndustrieCABusiness & Investment
- Ghost Drops must discard pre-legalisation branding for Canadian compliance
businessofcannabis.caCARegulation
- Canadian cannabis stocks could rise following US federal legislation
businessofcannabis.caCABusiness & Investment
- Pure Sunfarms receives amended licence to begin cultivation
factsaboutcbd.orgCARegulation
LATAM & Caribbean
6 stories- Peruvian Congress approves self-cultivation legislation for medical use
El PlanteoPEMedical
- Brazil to study CBD effects on heart failure, 27% of yearly deaths
Cannabis & SaúdeBRHealth & Science
- Argentinian city of Mendoza pursues medical cannabis production for economic growth
Hemp.imARBusiness & Investment
- Pampa Hemp joins INTA on medical cannabis cultivation project
Hemp.imARBusiness & Investment
- GROW receives first cannabis cultivation licence in Antigua and Barbuda
NewsweedAGRegulation
- Brazilian companies invest in cannabis cultivation despite total ban
SechatBRBusiness & Investment
Africa & Middle East
3 stories- Bill introduced to Israeli parliament would subsidise medical cannabis products
Cannabis Magazine (Israel)ILMedical
- InterCure announces first trading day at end of July after NASDAQ listing
GlobeNewswireILBusiness & Investment
- Felbridge exports South Africa's first dried cannabis flowers shipment to Switzerland
candidchronicle.comZACHBusiness & Investment
APAC
3 stories- Tokyo Olympics athletes unable to use CBD due to Japan's restrictive laws
ForbesJPRegulation
- Chinese company creates baby and feminine-hygiene products from hemp fibre
HempTodayCNHemp & CBD
- Study finds cannabis first domesticated in Neolithic times in East Asia
CNNHealth & Science
Oceania
3 stories- Australia's Medicinal Cannabis Symposium postponed due to Covid-19
CannabizAUEvents & Industry
- Creso's share prices increase after acquiring psychedelics company Halucenex
moneymorning.com.auAUBusiness & Investment
- Medibis to launch medical cannabis products after securing BOL Pharma partnership
StockheadAUMedical
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