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The week’s global cannabis news, read through the analyst’s lens — one sentence per story, sourced.
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Europe
11 stories- Former Conservative Party leader calls for UK drug decriminalisation
dailymail.co.ukGBRegulation
- Dutch Health Ministry pledges €1.4m for medical cannabis epilepsy study in children
CanexNLMedical
- Gibraltar government publishes medical cannabis regulations bill
gibraltar.gov.giGIRegulation
- Germany's sole domestic cannabis grower to harvest first crop in early 2022
BusinessCannDEBusiness & Investment
- Irish neurologists express concerns over Medical Cannabis Access Programme
Cannabis HealthIEMedical
- Polish hemp farmers may lose subsidies for planting FINOLA seeds over 0.2% THC content
HempTodayPLRegulation
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals to launch third clinical trial of Sativex for multiple sclerosis
multiplesclerosisnewstoday.comMedical
- Leaked UN cannabis initiative documents criticised by European hemp industry leaders
BusinessCannEURegulation
- LYPHE Group expects European medical cannabis market to surpass North America by 2025
businessofcannabis.caEUBusiness & Investment
- Health House International acquires German medical cannabis importer CanPharma
CannabizDEBusiness & Investment
- New cannabis trade organisation launched in Jersey to support industry growth
CanexJEEvents & Industry
United States
11 stories- Italian hemp varieties approved for cultivation in Colorado next year
Cannabis IndustrieUSBusiness & Investment
- Missouri medical cannabis sales exceed US$20 million monthly for first time
Hemp GazetteUSAdult-use
- New Orleans decriminalises cannabis and will expunge 10,000 possession records
NORMLUSAdult-use
- Major US cannabis company partners with Professional Fighters League
Cannabis HealthUSBusiness & Investment
- Senate approves US$1 trillion infrastructure bill including cannabis and CBD research
Yahoo FinanceUSRegulation
- Michigan allocates US$20 million cannabis tax revenue to PTSD treatment research
Marijuana MomentUSHealth & Science
- Colorado hemp management plan receives federal USDA approval
Marijuana MomentUSRegulation
- Nebraska advocacy group pursues two petitions for medical cannabis legalisation
High TimesUSRegulation
- Leafly goes public via US$532 million SPAC merger with Merida Merger Corp
BenzingaUSBusiness & Investment
- BuzzFeed launches cannabis brand in partnership with California's NUG Inc
Green EntrepreneurUSBusiness & Investment
- Texas ruling allows smokable hemp flower purchases but not manufacturing
Marijuana MomentUSRegulation
Canada
8 stories- Canopy Growth Q1 2022 revenues grow 23% to C$136 million, falling short of expectations
New Cannabis VenturesCABusiness & Investment
- Only 5% of Canadian cannabis sold with 1.1 billion grams estimated in storage
businessofcannabis.caCABusiness & Investment
- SpeakEasy increases annual harvest by 100% to 140,000 kilograms in British Columbia
dailyhive.comCABusiness & Investment
- Mernova secures licence extension for medicinal cannabis market in Canada
StockheadCABusiness & Investment
- Tilray launches cannabis-infused edibles range including chocolate bars in Canada
BenzingaCABusiness & Investment
- Health Canada issues notice on THC and CBD potency labelling
MJBizDailyCARegulation
- Heritage Cannabis brokers exclusive licensing deal for Avicanna CBD topicals
BenzingaCABusiness & Investment
- Cardiol Therapeutics approved to list on NASDAQ
Technical420CABusiness & Investment
LATAM & Caribbean
5 stories- Colombia's cannabis industry enters second growth phase after flower export approval
BusinessCannCORegulation
- Paraguay to begin exporting cannabis oil and non-psychoactive derivatives to US and Australia
El PlanteoPYUSAUBusiness & Investment
- University of La Plata obtains permits to grow cannabis from Argentine Ministry of Health
El PlanteoARRegulation
- Brazil's medical cannabis sales projected to reach R$2 billion by 2025
poder360.com.brBRMedical
- Guyana approves industrial hemp cultivation and could create thousands of jobs
HempTodayGYRegulation
Africa & Middle East
4 stories- Highland Investments' Lesotho facility ships 8.5 tonnes of medical cannabis to Macedonia
highlands-investments.comLSMKBusiness & Investment
- Israel's Drugs Committee chairman believes cannabis will be legalised this year
Cannabis Magazine (Israel)ILRegulation
- Report says Israel's medical cannabis reform has failed with 86% export goals missed
The Jerusalem PostILRegulation
- Cannassure Therapeutics granted patent in Israel for oral cannabis and CBD delivery
wfmz.comILBusiness & Investment
APAC
1 story- Mary Agrotechnologies partners with CBDer Biotechnology to grow hemp in China
Yahoo FinanceCNBusiness & Investment
Oceania
4 stories- Pilot study shows hemp viable for livestock feed in Australia
HempTodayAUHealth & Science
- Australian doctors reluctant to prescribe medical cannabis for chronic pain
thenewdaily.com.auAUMedical
- New Zealand cannabis companies at risk during Ministry of Health regulations review
StuffNZRegulation
- Cannatrek pledges funding for medicinal cannabis research on children with autism
CannabizAUHealth & Science
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