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The week’s global cannabis news, read through the analyst’s lens — one sentence per story, sourced.
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7 regions36 stories15 countries
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Ecuador legalises the production and use of medical cannabis
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One third of the US Senate support the SAFE Banking Act
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New Zealand's Criminal Bar Association backs the legalisation of cannabis
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Stephen Murphy to speak about global cannabis regulations during UN week in New York
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Europe
5 stories- London mayoral candidate suggests launching legal cannabis pilot programme
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- UK Labour party considering reform on drug policy
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- North Macedonia looks to medical cannabis exports to boost economy
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- Los Angeles company to invest €25 million in Greek cannabis cultivation
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- Luxembourg to tax CBD flowers like tobacco
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United States
8 stories- Bill to remove cannabis from the deportable offences act submitted to US Congress
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- Charlotte's Web becomes first company to hold a US hemp strain patent
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- New Hampshire to consider allowing cannabis self-cultivation
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- USDA presents its draft hemp regulation proposal to the White House
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- D.C. Council enacts legislation allowing students to take medical cannabis at school
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- Utah to consider changes to medical cannabis legislature
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- Stephen Murphy to speak at Advertising Week, New York
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- Prohibition Partners to join cannabis leaders at C3 Canna Summit, New York
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Canada
3 stories- Health Canada suspends licences for Evergreen and CannTrust
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- Three more Canadian cannabis companies receive warning over advertising claims
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- Canada's legal edibles market estimated to attract additional 3 million consumers
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LATAM & Caribbean
4 stories- Colombia estimates its medical cannabis industry could be worth US$6 billion a year
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- Colombia's far-right government rejects proposal to legalise cannabis
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- Paraguay to grant cannabis licences to five domestic companies
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- Antigua and Barbuda prepare for influx of cannabis investment
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Africa & Middle East
5 stories- Cannbit to buy Tikun Olam's Israeli-based cannabis operation for US$42 million
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- Teva Pharmaceuticals enters Israeli cannabis market through distribution deal
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- UPP party in Ghana pledges to legalise cannabis to boost local economy
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- Labat continues to upscale cannabis operations in Lesotho
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- Chinese investors eye opportunities in Eastern Cape's medical cannabis industry
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APAC
2 stories- Thailand expects high growth in its cannabis tourism industry
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- Hospital in Thailand launches educational course on cannabis self-cultivation
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Oceania
2 stories- Bill to legalise recreational cannabis in the ACT to be discussed next week
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- MGC Pharma's patient numbers in Australia continue to grow
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Health & Science
- Imperial College London partners with EMMAC to study entourage effect of cannabis
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- Cannabis use associated with increased survival rates following acute heart failure
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- Study suggests cannabis oil increases effectiveness of antibiotics
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