International Cannabis Weekly: 103

• UK government ‘failing patients’ with medical cannabis policy.
• Poll finds 63% of Londoners think that cannabis should be legalised for recreational use.
• Medicinal cannabis cultivation in Jersey is expected to start early next year.

• Romanian lawmakers propose medical cannabis legislation.
• Belgian government enforces stricter rules on CBD sales.
• Israeli Ministry of Health announces new regulations for medical cannabis programme.
• Cannabis Europa presents highlights from last week’s London conference.
• Together Pharma receives licence to grow medicinal cannabis in Israel.
• Elixinol Global signs German distribution deal.
• Irish executives are at the forefront of the international cannabis industry.
• Rokshaw Limited receives a licence to provide medical cannabis products to UK patients.
• Enterprise Ireland halts funding for CBD companies due to regulatory confusion.

• Mercosur trade deal opens the door to Latin American cannabis supply in Europe.
• Argentinian child with autism to receive medical cannabis for free to treat her condition.
• First shipment of medical-grade cannabis seeds arrives in Jujuy, Argentina.

• Cannasouth receives government aid to fund two research projects.
• New Zealand growers hunt for unique strains as the country prepares for referendum.
• New Zealand’s College of General Practitioners endorses class on medicinal cannabis.
• Aleafia commences export programme to Australia.
• Medical cannabis researchers converge in Wollongong, Sydney.

• Medical cannabis bill refiled at the House of Representatives in the Philippines.
• Nepal’s hemp fabric is rapidly gaining global interest.
• Malaysia announces plans to decriminalise drugs for personal use.

• Nigerian farmers abandoning cocoa crops in favour of illegal cannabis cultivation.
• Zambian court rejects appeal for medicinal cannabis licence.
• Governor of Ondo State, Nigeria, advocates medical cannabis cultivation.

• Bruce Linton fired as Canopy Growth’s co-CEO.
• Missouri medical cannabis farmers cannot legally acquire cannabis seeds and plants.
• UN World Drug Report states that recreational use of drugs is increasing worldwide.
• Flowr Corporation to acquire 100% of Holigen Holdings.
• New Mexico’s governor is pursuing the legalisation of adult-use cannabis.
• Ontario set to issue 50 new cannabis shop licences.
• Zenabis Global to sell US$23 million of dried cannabis to Tilray Inc.
• Nabis Inc. acquires 49% of Israeli cannabis producer Cannova Medical Ltd.

• The US CBD industry is looking to expand into oral hygiene.
• More evidence backing the use of cannabis for pain relief and insomnia.
• Centrifugal partition chromatography offers a new method of cannabinoid extraction.

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We’d like to say thank you to everyone involved with IC3 Europe this week. The event’s hugely engaging and insightful panels offered a rare learning opportunity from some of the leading voices in cannabis capital.

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