International Cannabis Weekly: 279

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President Biden’s ‘social justice’ and ‘health-based approach’ is a move towards normalising cannabis as both a medicine and a recreational drug, say experts.

Drug reform experts in the UK and Europe have welcomed a ‘momentous’ decision made by US President Joe Biden on Thursday 7 October, which will ‘undoubtedly’ shift attitudes across the globe.

President Biden announced in a Twitter thread that he would be pardoning thousands of federal offences for simple cannabis possession and was calling on state governors to do the same.

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KEY POINTS OF GERMANY’S EARLY REGULATION PROPOSAL LEAKED

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• Europe’s first THC adult-use cannabis trial is set to launch in January.
• Two thirds of the Czech Republic support cannabis legalisation.
• Spanish ministry of health drafts a law that will regulate medical cannabis.
• A new bill in Ireland will propose cannabis decriminalisation.
• Germany set to become Europe’s largest legal cannabis market.
• Geneva set to follow Basel and launch a pilot project to legalise cannabis.
• Hundreds of millions of dollars defrauded? The Juicy Fields case in detail.
• New European drugs policy provides platform for cannabis reform.

• New York on track to open first adult-use cannabis stores by end of 2022.
• A round up of business of cannabis: New York.
• Biden says cannabis pardons will not extend to those who sold cannabis.
• The FDA has hired a cannabis research adviser for the first time.
• Apple joins Amazon in advocating cannabis policy reform.
• New York cannabis control board approves the first 36 caurd licenses.
• A new poll reveals that more people use cannabis than tobacco in the US.
• New York set to become the next cannabis mega market.
• North American cannabis stocks fall as federal legalisation progress halts.
• The first legal adult-use cannabis sales begin in New Jersey.

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• Data released by New Cannabis Ventures indicates High Tide is now Canada’s top revenue-generating company.
• A new cannabis market report from EY says the cannabis industry is in need of change, including government support.
• Statistics Canada reveals that British Columbia cannabis sales hit an all-time high in the month of September.
• The process of legalising adult-use cannabis in Germany draws US and Canadian investment.
• Uber Eats teams up with Leafly to deliver cannabis in Toronto.

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• Latin American leaders announce conference to ‘rethink’ drug policy.
• Argentina votes in favour of a policy to regulate the medical cannabis market.
• Mexico’s Supreme Court makes personal cannabis possession legal.
• Costa Rican Congress passes a bill to legalise medical cannabis.

• Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has recommended allowing imports of cannabis for medical use.
• Despite heavy regulations in New Zealand, the cannabis industry is delivering for patients and the economy.
• The Asian Cannabis Report: 2nd Edition Launched in Bangkok.
• Medical cannabis prescriptions double in the last year in Australia.
• Thailand is set to rule that growing cannabis for home use will be legalised.
• Cannabis to be removed from prohibited drugs list in Thailand.
• The first legal import of cannabis has now landed on Australian shores.

• Israel considers interim legalisation of recreational cannabis.
• According to The African Cannabis Report, the South African cannabis industry is set for huge growth.
• Deputy minister says the cannabis sector shows huge potential for eradicating poverty in South Africa.
• Pro-cannabis presidential candidate wants a medicinal market in Kenya.
• In a new Israeli study, medical cannabis has been found effective in reducing chronic back pain.
• An Israeli company has cloned hemp cells and used a bioreactor to grow cannabis with 12 times the potency.