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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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11 March 2022

7 regions40 stories18 countries

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Global view: weed on the world stage

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WHO releases first scientific review of medical cannabis
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Costa Rican Congress passes bill to legalise medical cannabis
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Tighter EU regulation and bank refusal could shrink CBD market
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French government authorises cultivation of medical cannabis
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Cannacasa requests Portuguese government suspend tighter hemp restrictions
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Aardachtig obtains Dutch licence to legally grow adult-use cannabis
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UK FSA admits inadequate anticipation of cannabidiol applications surge
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Smaller EU cannabis firms merge with larger competitors amid challenges
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Unlisted FSA CBD products face removal from UK shops without validation
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Maltese Nationalist leader pledges to amend rather than repeal cannabis legalisation
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Pennsylvanian firm becomes first to cultivate cannabis for medical research
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BofA Securities reports cannabis sales grew 40% in 2021 to US$25 billion
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Majority of Americans support bill freeing banks to work with cannabis firms
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First hemp study reveals national crop value US$824m and US$62m in California
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Cannabis sales amongst women rise 3.3% since 2019 to 38.3% of nationwide sales
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Maryland House of Delegates passes adult-use legalisation ballot bill
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Montana recreational cannabis sales increase despite medical cannabis fall
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RYAH Medtech secures medical device licence for cannabis inhaler system
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Village Farms Canadian arm reports revenue and profit ahead of expectations
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Tilray Brands CEO pledges efforts to improve Canadian cannabis legislation
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High Tide launches cannabis delivery on demand programme post-legislation
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Tetra Bio-Pharma gains Health Canada approval for 100mg CBD safety study
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Alberta cannabis producers say 6% markup will hit hard
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High Ride Inc purchases cannabis stores in Ontario for C$2.5m
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Sugarbud launches cannabis 2.0 product in Ontario with 70% THC
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Flora Growth completes first CBD product shipment from Colombia
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First shipment of hemp-derived products lands in Costa Rica
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Guyana government encourages cannabis growers to grow industrial hemp
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Argentina's President asks to resume medical cannabis and hemp industrialisation project
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AYA Natural & Medical Products starts production in Ecuador
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Changes to South Africa's proposed adult-use cannabis legislation tabled
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Constitutional Court to hear arguments on cannabis decriminalisation for children
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South African Farmers Development Association welcomes provincial cannabis committee
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Medical cannabis growing now allowed in three northern states in Morocco
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Israelis convicted for cannabis use seek criminal record erasure
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Cannabis being used to lure tourists back to Thailand, say officials
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Thai Public Health Minister set to begin cannabis education tours
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Greenfern Industries aims to corner Australia's over-the-counter CBD market
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AusCann prepares CBD product launch for dogs
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