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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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Top story

Cannabis Europa announces agenda for North American conferences

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    MedMen and PharmaCann's US$682 million merger falls through

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    Sales of insured medical cannabis products in Germany reached new heights in Q2

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    LYPHE GROUP launches with portfolio to transform access to medical cannabis

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Europe

5 stories
  • European policymakers urgently require strong cannabis research agenda

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  • Netherlands PM hails benefits of legalising cannabis

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  • Finnish Cannabis Association collects 25,000 signatures to decriminalise cannabis

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  • Estonia's Social Affairs Committee to discuss cannabis legalisation petition

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  • German medical cannabis company receives €7 million from European VC firm

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United States

4 stories
  • Federal study suggests cannabis legalisation does not affect crime rates in US

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  • Wisconsin's Senate approves bill aimed at helping nascent hemp industry

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  • Recreational sales of cannabis expected to begin in Maine by spring 2020

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  • New Mexico's medical cannabis patient numbers grew 4.7% in last quarter

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Canada

4 stories
  • Aleafia Health terminates supply deal with Aphria

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  • 10% of cannabis users in Canada made up two thirds of sales in 2018

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  • 43% of Canadians comfortable with cannabis dispensaries in their neighbourhoods

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  • Quebec to appeal home cultivation ruling

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LATAM & Caribbean

6 stories
  • Brazil postpones vote on medical cannabis programme until next week

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  • Argentine province to provide free pharmaceutical cannabis in hospitals for clinical trials

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  • Panama lawmakers take initiative to legalise medical cannabis

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  • Jamaican Stock Exchange braces itself for impacts of SAFE Banking Act

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  • Mexico to develop its own cannabis-based pharmaceuticals

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  • President of Mexico announces cannabis legalisation 'not on our agenda'

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Africa & Middle East

3 stories
  • Uganda expected to start medical cannabis exports in March 2020

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  • Recent High Court ruling in Israel will have little effect on medical cannabis prices

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  • Cannabis legalisation poses problems for small-scale African cannabis farmers

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APAC

3 stories
  • Zelda Therapeutics announces US$97.1 million merger with Ilera Therapeutics

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  • Malaysian NGO asks government to reconsider stance towards medical cannabis

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  • Efforts to develop medical cannabis programme in Philippines pick up

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Oceania

3 stories
  • Australia to provide US$2 million to study cannabis as cancer treatment

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  • New Zealand experiencing pharmaceutical cannabis supply shortages

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  • Royal Australasian College of Surgeons calls to overturn ACT cannabis laws

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Health & Science

  • Medical cannabis shows promise in treating eating disorders

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  • American university receives US$3.5 million to study effects of cannabis on chronic pain

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