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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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6 regions26 stories16 countries
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Germany receives first medical cannabis imports from Portugal and Australia
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DEA to triple quotas for medical cannabis research
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Indian government authorises country's first medical cannabis research project
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Europe
6 stories- German medical cannabis market generates €13.3 million in taxes in 2018
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- British cannabis company Cannaray secures £7.8 million in Series A funding
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- Spanish firms looking to capitalise on cannabis market potential, despite illegality
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- Recent poll suggests 47% of Scots support cannabis legalisation
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- French parliament to hold a debate on the benefits of medical cannabis
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- UK alternative finance community to gather at Cannabis Finance Forum next Tuesday
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United States
4 stories- Medical cannabis sales in Arkansas surpass US$8 million in first four months
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- Ohio rejects autism and anxiety as qualifying conditions for medical cannabis
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- Alabama lawmakers reject the medical value of cannabis
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- More US companies receive federal warning letters over CBD health claims
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LATAM & Caribbean
4 stories- Paraguay to begin awarding medical cannabis licences
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- Mexico's congress to create regulatory framework for recreational cannabis
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- Jamaica's cannabis market dependent on US banking legislation
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- Colombia's cannabis industry aiming to compete in global market
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Africa & Middle East
3 stories- Israeli cannabis industry slowing due to lack of established regulation
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- South Africa considers expunging cannabis-related crimes from citizen records
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- Lesotho leading the African medical cannabis industry
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APAC
2 stories- Myanmar to legalise the industrial cultivation of hemp
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- Bhumjaithai party in Thailand to present two amendments to draft Narcotics Act
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Oceania
2 stories- Former NZ Prime Minister supports legal cultivation licences for black-market growers
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- Melbourne cannabis company supplying cannabis to 1,925 patients
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Health & Science
- Study suggests heavy regulations on cannabis facilitate illicit market growth
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- Study shows cannabis can reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression and stress
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