International Cannabis Weekly: 307
July 14, 2023
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PHARMACEUTICAL CANNABIS INDUSTRY SALES TO GROW 20% TO $1.37 BILLION BY 2027
Pharmaceutical cannabis industry sales are expected to grow by over 20% over the next four years, from $1.14 billion to $1.37 billion by 2027, according to a new report.
GERMANY’S PILLAR 1 DRAFT CANNABIS LEGALISATION LAW HAMMERED BY STAKEHOLDERS
UKRAINE APPROVES FIRST READING OF BILL TO LEGALISE MEDICAL CANNABIS
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Europe
- Spanish Health Minister confirms no movement on medical cannabis framework before election this month.
- Curaleaf purchases Clever Leaves’ cannabis processing facility in Portugal to better serve the European market.
- Scotland’s call for the decriminalisation of drug use welcomed by international experts in policy and public health.
- All roads lead to the legalisation of cannabis in Portugal, but when will it happen?
- Cancard and Grow Lab Organics unite to become first community-owned medicinal cannabis farm in the British Isles.
- Cannabis legalisation appeal launched in Italy so that the sector is perceived as a resource and no longer criminalised.
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United States
- Massachusetts cannabis sales hit record high of US$152 million, with state nearing $5 billion in recreational purchases.
- Cannabis legalisation bill put forward in Pennsylvania that aims to create jobs and generate revenue.
- Private entity firm, KMPG, tasked with reviewing prospective medical cannabis businesses in Alabama.
- Medical and recreational cannabis sales hit record highs in Connecticut and Arkansas.
- California’s Gold Flora Corp. completes transformational all-stock merger with TPCO Holding Corp.
- Fawn River Cultivation Company and BioLumic announce new partnership to redefine cannabis cultivation in Michigan.
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Canada
- Canada sees dramatic increase in the amount of unpaid regulatory cannabis fees owed to federal government.
- Canada House Cannabis Group and Montréal Cannabis Médical enter second restated share exchange agreement.
- Kansas City’s Genetica announces strategic partnership with Canada’s cannabis tech platform Weedpanion.
- Canadian government urged to allow First Nations peoples the ability to regulate their own cannabis production and sales.
- Canadian cannabis producer Cronos Group Inc in talks with potential buyers to explore sale of the company.
- Toronto’s CannaConnect using medical cannabis to tackle PTSD in military veterans and frontline workers.
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LATAM & The Caribbean
- São Paulo expected to have its own cannabis cultivation by the end of the current government.
- ACCURA (Cannabis Cure Research and Support Association) opens medical cannabis extraction course in Brazil.
- PharmaCielo Colombia Holdings announces appointment of new chairman and CEO.
- Brazilian government intending to regulate planting of cannabis for medicinal purposes.
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APAC
- Australia’s Little Green Pharma awarded tender to supply CBD50 products to French medicinal cannabis trial.
- Australia’s Medigrowth launches telehealth service and plans to build a centre of excellence.
- Althea claims A$3.2 million in lost sales after ‘significant’ TGO93 supply chain disruptions.
- Dunedin’s Oritain defies the flat venture capital market to raise NZ$91 million and is open to cannabis push.
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Africa & The Middle East
- Israel’s InterCure Ltd. announces delisting from TSX but will continue to be listed on NASDAQ and TASE.
- Moroccan cannabis industry hits stumbling block after regulatory agency cancels tender calls.
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