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Spain's medical cannabis framework reaches patients after one year delay
More than a year after Royal Decree 903/2025 came into force, Spain's first standardised cannabis preparations are reaching around 50 hospitals this week, with a national rollout expected by the end of October. Curaleaf remains the only one of four licensed cultivators to have registered products with AEMPS. Prescribing is limited to hospital specialists across four indications as a last resort, and advocates warn most of Spain's estimated 300,000 medical users will stay in the illicit market.
Business of CannabisESMedical
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Fight over US cannabis contract enforcement could come back to court
Business of CannabisUSRegulation
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UK epilepsy patients confirm six-month supply of life-saving Bedrolite
Cannabis HealthGBMedical
Europe
8 stories- EU member states back extending hemp rules to flowers and leaves at 0.3% THC
Hanf MagazinEURegulation
- Germany's BLE rejects 44 applications for adult-use cannabis model projects
Hanf MagazinDEAdult-use
- Irish hemp farmer challenges EU law classification of 0.3% THC hemp as narcotic
Business of CannabisIEHemp & CBD
- Germany overtakes UK as cheaper market for medical cannabis thanks to flood of cheap imports
- Cronos CEO says full Dutch legalisation needs three or four more cultivation sites
Cannabis IndustrieNLAdult-use
- UK clinic Releaf secures Glass Pharms' entire 100kg THCV-rich cannabis supply
Business of CannabisGBMedical
- Germany's Synbiotic SE files for insolvency citing weak cannabis market
Pharmazeutische ZeitungDEBusiness & Investment
- Italian patient groups demand more domestic production as Dutch exports end
ilmanifesto.itITRegulation
United States
8 stories- DEA chief judge refuses to reopen rescheduling hearing but invites briefs by 29 October
Marijuana MomentUSRegulation
- Only six of 74 eligible Medicare ACOs join Trump's $500-a-year hemp CBD scheme
MJBizDailyUSHemp & CBD
- New Jersey senators advance bills extending hemp THC sales and fining illicit sellers
Cannabis Business TimesUSRegulation
- UPS becomes first major carrier to apply federal total-THC hemp test from 11 December
Cannabis Business TimesUSBusiness & Investment
- Two polls find 61–71% of Massachusetts voters oppose Question 8's cannabis sales repeal
Marijuana MomentUSAdult-use
- Colorado audit finds most cannabis sold 2023–2025 not consistently tested for contaminants
AxiosUSRegulation
- Vireo Growth pays $21m for Florida cultivation campus supplying 108 dispensaries
MJBizDailyUSBusiness & Investment
- Missouri study finds 93% of cannabis spending goes through regulated market
scrippsnews.comUSAdult-use
Canada
4 stories- Ontario plans new AGCO powers to inspect and fine illegal cannabis sellers
MuggleheadCARegulation
- Curaleaf accuses Aurora of shutting it out after board rejects US$5 bid
MJBizDailyCABusiness & Investment
- Ewing Morris launches C$1.91-a-share tender for 6.8% of Decibel Cannabis
NewswireCABusiness & Investment
- SNDL plans buyback of up to C$50m after record quarterly free cash flow
sec.govCABusiness & Investment
LATAM & Caribbean
4 stories- Brazil's Superior Court of Justice rules insurers need not fund home-use cannabidiol
www1.folha.uol.com.brBRMedical
- Puerto Rico Bill 1281 would restrict medical cannabis mainly to terminally ill
SechatPRMedical
- Paraguay's DINAVISA opens export route for Pharma Industries to ship to Brazil
SechatPYBusiness & Investment
- Brazil's FarmaUSA targets R$100m in cannabidiol sales by 2028
forbes.com.brBRBusiness & Investment
Africa & Middle East
2 stories- Morocco's Sothema wins approval for three cannabis-based epilepsy medicines
NewsweedMAMedical
- South Africa's Gauteng High Court provisionally winds up Labat Africa over R20m claim
Cannabiz AfricaZABusiness & Investment
APAC
2 storiesOceania
2 stories- Montu and Christopher Strauch face Federal Court hearing over TGA advertising case
CannabizAUBusiness & Investment
- Australia's TGA plans only minor changes to TGO 93 cannabis standards
CannabizAURegulation
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