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First harvest of German-grown medical cannabis available to pharmacies
Apotheke AdhocDEMedical
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First legal adult-use cannabis sales begin in New Jersey
The New York TimesUSAdult-use
Europe
8 stories- UK CBD industry steps closer to full regulatory compliance despite THC questions
Prohibition PartnersGBHemp & CBD
- Sardinian law to speed up hemp farming and processing supply chain
HempTodayITHemp & CBD
- Cantourage receives licence to supply UK medical cannabis patients
Cannabis IndustrieGBMedical
- Akanda to acquire Portugal-based Holigen and gain EU-GMP market access
Business WirePTBusiness & Investment
- Little Green Pharma signs sales agreement for medical cannabis flower supply to Germany
The Market HeraldDEMedical
- Can4Med obtains Polish authorisation to supply medical cannabis to pharmacies
PR NewswirePLMedical
- Hemp Synergistics collaborates with Rinus Beintema on hemp-infused treatments
BenzingaHemp & CBD
- CHILL Brands announces executive reshuffle including new 26-year-old CEO
BusinessCannBusiness & Investment
United States
5 stories- 52 New York hemp farms receive licences to cultivate cannabis
Cannabis IndustrieUSAdult-use
- Nevada governor highlights cannabis as revenue creator and investment tool
Marijuana MomentUSRegulation
- DEA and HIA lawyers debate maximum THC levels in hemp and CBD
HempTodayUSHemp & CBD
- MariMed receives Maryland approval to acquire Kind Therapeutics
TipRanksUSBusiness & Investment
- Federal government to return money seized from legal cannabis company
pittsburgh.cbslocal.comUSRegulation
Canada
6 stories- High Tide announces opening of two new retail cannabis stores
PR NewswireCABusiness & Investment
- Health Canada approves Grapefruit USA's time-release THC and CBD delivery cream
420 IntelCAMedical
- Hemp trade poised to grow in Alberta with arrival of big processing plants
420 IntelCAHemp & CBD
- Fire & Flower Holdings Corp enters one-year cannabis distribution agreement in Manitoba
MarketWatchCABusiness & Investment
- The Valens Company reports 26% quarter 1 revenue increase to C$23.2 million
New Cannabis VenturesCABusiness & Investment
- Sproutly receives Health Canada research licence for technology ingredient review
420 IntelCABusiness & Investment
LATAM & Caribbean
4 stories- UN to hold event in Paraguay on hemp's potential
El PlanteoPYEvents & Industry
- Oaxaca de Juarez police will no longer prosecute cannabis smokers
El PlanteoMXRegulation
- Argentina's Ministry of Science launches Cannabis Research and Development programme
argentina.gob.arARHealth & Science
- Cannabis consumers carry out Fumaton for Peace in Colima cultural event
eloccidental.com.mxMXEvents & Industry
Africa & Middle East
4 stories- Zimbabwe Tobacco Board tells 145,000 farmers to source quarter of income from hemp by 2025
Cannabiz AfricaZWRegulation
- MedTEC Pharma signs A$10 million product supply contract
CannabizBusiness & Investment
- Yaakov Shachar establishes Plantis cannabis company with medical patients
Cannabis Magazine (Israel)Business & Investment
- Former DA MP supports proposed amendments to Cannabis for Private Purposes bill
timeslive.co.zaZARegulation
APAC
3 stories- Zelira Therapeutics executes binding scheme to acquire Health House
miragenews.comBusiness & Investment
- India's first hemp cafe aims to break stigma around cannabis
VICEINEvents & Industry
- Cannabis advocates push for decriminalisation in Taiwan
focustaiwan.twTWRegulation
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