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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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Top story
NYC Sessions returns to New York on 23 February with early bird tickets available
USEvents & Industrylink no longer available
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Arizona adult-use cannabis sales reach new high in October 2022
Business of CannabisUSAdult-use
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Linnea SA receives Swiss narcotics licence for high-THC ingredients
BusinessCannCHRegulation
Europe
10 stories- French Council of State formally lifts ban on trading in industrial hemp flowers
Hanf MagazinFRHemp & CBD
- Bedrocan Denmark to hire forty employees and become operational end of 2023
Cannabis IndustrieDKBusiness & Investment
- Ninety-one per cent of French medicinal cannabis trial patients feeling positive
Cannabis IndustrieFRMedical
- Luxembourg Minister of Health to submit cannabis legalisation proposal in March
Cannabis IndustrieLURegulation
- Kanabo launches two new high-THC vape formulas to compete on patient care in 2023
BusinessCannBusiness & Investment
- UNCTAD hosts workshop on industrial hemp
BusinessCannEvents & Industry
- Scottish National Investment Bank boosts investment in hemp fibre insulation company
HempTodayGBBusiness & Investment
- Google warms to CBD; Kardashian's German ambitions; UN softens drugs stance; London firm looks to list in Oz
BusinessCannDEAUBusiness & Investment
- UK-based Hilltop Leaf aims to become major producer of medicinal cannabis for specialist prescription market
BBCGBMedical
- Ireland's Justice System harming Europe's hemp and CBD industry
BusinessCannIERegulation
United States
8 stories- Texas DPS Regulatory Services Division accepting new applications for cannabis dispensing organisations
Hemp GazetteUSRegulation
- Washington State Senate committee approves bill to allow interstate cannabis commerce
Marijuana MomentUSRegulation
- Jushi Holdings opens fifth medical cannabis dispensary in Virginia; 37th retail location in US
ProactiveUSBusiness & Investment
- Minnesota medical cannabis patients concerned about future of state's medicinal programme
kstp.comUSMedical
- Virginia lawmakers consider updating cannabis and hemp product laws in 2023 session
Marijuana MomentUSRegulation
- Hawaii representative announces plan to legalise cannabis
NewsweedUSRegulation
- Mendocino Clone Company uses blockchain technology to track plant traits
dailycoin.comUSBusiness & Investment
- First cannabis retail store owned by war on drugs victim to open in New York
Business of CannabisUSAdult-use
Canada
6 stories- Only 4% of Canadian cannabis consumers obtain cannabis from illegal source
Cannabis Magazine (Israel)CAAdult-use
- Cannabis giant SNDL finalises Valens acquisition to become leader in Canadian cannabis space
BenzingaCABusiness & Investment
- Organigram Q1 revenue decreases 5% sequentially to C$43.3 million, maintains third position in Canada
New Cannabis VenturesCABusiness & Investment
- Shiny Health & Wellness welcomes Ontario government's new plan announced 16 January 2023
NewswireCARegulation
- Southwestern Ontario's premier cannabis conference returns to London, Ontario for second year
shorelinebeacon.comCAEvents & Industry
- Benson & Hedges Inc. comments on proposed Regulations Amending the Tobacco Products Regulations
canada.caCARegulation
LATAM & Caribbean
4 stories- Colombian Medical Cannabis Association explains how attitudes are finally shifting
Cannabis HealthCOHealth & Science
- Santa Marta Golden Hemp S.A.S. completes first commercial export of feminised cannabis seeds from Colombia
GlobeNewswireCOBusiness & Investment
- Rules of project for free access to cannabis-based medicines in São Paulo published
SechatBRMedical
- Argentina's Ministry of Science to invest more than $106 million in hemp and cannabis research and development
HempTodayARBusiness & Investment
Africa & Middle East
4 stories- Israeli company BYND Cannasoft Enterprises files US provisional patent and full-scale PCT application
GlobeNewswireILUSBusiness & Investment
- Univo kept alive for another month; Kenbotek goes public at discount hoping to raise 7 million NIS
Cannabis Magazine (Israel)ILBusiness & Investment
- Class action filed for 420 million NIS to return funds to medical cannabis patients in Tel Aviv
Cannabis Magazine (Israel)ILMedical
- Tikun, US affiliate of Israel's medical cannabis pioneer, restructures its balance sheet
PR NewswireILUSBusiness & Investment
APAC
1 storyOceania
3 stories- Queensland firm Medibis delays A$180m manufacturing facility plans blaming tough market conditions
CannabizAUBusiness & Investment
- Queensland Labor party members call for legalisation of recreational cannabis
CannabizAUAdult-use
- Australia to get first ever Medicinal Cannabis Awareness Week (MCAW) in February
CannabizAUEvents & Industry
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