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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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World Anti-Doping Agency removes CBD from 2020 prohibited substances list
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Mexican lawmaker proposes legalising cannabis through state-run system
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Health Canada releases regulations for classes of cannabis
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Zenabis CEO Andrew Grieve on market growth and industry relationships
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Prohibition Partners interviews Zenabis Global CEO Andrew Grieve
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Europe
8 stories- Czech government to subsidise medical cannabis by up to 90%
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- Maltese government to provide cannabis reform guidance
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- Europe's leading medical cannabis experts weigh in on healthcare priorities
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- Cannabis packaging in Dutch pilot to be 'as unattractive as possible'
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- ECH completes demerger process
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- Investment in Greece's medical cannabis industry could exceed €100 million by 2022
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- Cannabis producers in North Macedonia to pay 10% of profits to state
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- Malta set to export US$1.4 billion worth of medical cannabis in three years
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United States
4 stories- First cannabis cafe opens in the US
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- Over 800 industry leaders urge Congress to deschedule cannabis
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- Cannabis-related arrests in the US rose in 2018
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- Majority of Virginians support legalising cannabis, poll finds
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Canada
2 stories- First Nations in Canada call for Cannabis Act amendments
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- Canadian Health Food Association lobbies to relax CBD regulations
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LATAM & Caribbean
4 stories- Paraguay issues licensing guidelines for medical cannabis programme
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- Brazil's medical cannabis market estimated at up to US$1.1 billion yearly
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- Jamaica partners with Harvard cannabis institute
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- Montego Bay's mayor defends small-scale growers
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Africa & Middle East
3 stories- UK-based Eco Equity begins cannabis cultivation in Zimbabwe
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- Zimbabwe passes law to regulate industrial hemp cultivation and production
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- Strawberry farm in SA becomes first commercial cannabis cultivators licensee
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APAC
2 stories- Thailand builds the biggest medical cannabis facility in Southeast Asia
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- Thai officials warn public not to grow cannabis without permission
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Oceania
1 story- Tasmanian government under pressure to relax cannabis regulations
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Health & Science
- Study reveals how CBD can offset THC psychotropic side effects
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- Researchers to study cannabis as treatment for dementia and Alzheimer's
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- NYU to conduct clinical trials on CBDV effects on autism
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