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Prohibition Partners to co-host Cannabis Conclave at Davos 2020
CHEvents & Industrylink no longer available
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Illinois legal cannabis sales reach nearly $11 million in first week of sales
CNNUSAdult-use
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Moroccan government agrees to discuss two draft bills on cannabis cultivation
yabiladi.comMARegulation
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Stephen Murphy, MD of Prohibition Partners, to speak at Asian Hemp Summit
cbdgworld.comEvents & Industry
Europe
6 stories- Greek hemp stakeholders ramp up efforts to clear a path for producers
HempTodayGRHemp & CBD
- Spain to host international cannabis leaders
lacelosia.comESEvents & Industry
- Malta's prime minister candidates both open to cannabis legalisation
Lovin MaltaMTRegulation
- Purpose Investments launches Europe's first cannabis ETF
Financial TimesEUBusiness & Investment
- Germany's public prosecutor seeks prison sentence for sale of hemp teas
Hemp Industry DailyDERegulation
- French Syndicat du Chanvre finalises White Paper on France's CBD Market
gallery.mailchimp.comFRHemp & CBD
United States
4 stories- US Food and Drug Administration eases path to market for cannabis testing devices
Marijuana MomentUSRegulation
- Illinois releases applications for three new types of cannabis licence
www2.illinois.govUSRegulation
- Mississippi measure to legalise medical cannabis qualifies for 2020 ballot
Marijuana MomentUSMedical
- Constellation Brands reports $71.1 million loss on Canopy Growth investment
CNBCUSCABusiness & Investment
Canada
2 stories- Legal cannabis linked to decline in Canadian beer consumption
BloombergCAAdult-use
- Aurora seeks sale of $17 million greenhouse in Ontario
Financial PostCABusiness & Investment
LATAM & Caribbean
3 stories- Trinidad and Tobago to remove cannabis possession charges from criminal records
The GrowthOpTTRegulation
- British Virgin Islands to begin sales of medical cannabis early this year
bvinews.comVGMedical
- Mota Ventures enters Caribbean CBD market with Tropical Verde Coast acquisition
ProactiveAGBusiness & Investment
Africa & Middle East
2 stories- South Africa's black farmers struggling to enter the country's cannabis market
The New York TimesZABusiness & Investment
- Israel imports 250 kgs of medical cannabis to alleviate shortages
ReutersILMedical
APAC
2 stories- Thailand opens its first two full-time medical cannabis clinics
The New York TimesTHMedical
- First domestically brewed hemp beer launches in China
finance.sina.com.cnCNHemp & CBD
Oceania
2 stories- New Zealand's health ministry approves use of UV technology in cannabis cultivation
BenzingaNZRegulation
- Two cannabis companies make significant gains on the Australian stock exchange
au.finance.yahoo.comAUBusiness & Investment
Health & Science
- Review finds CBD may alleviate symptoms of certain mental health disorders
link.springer.comHealth & Science
- Low dose combination CBD and THC can reduce nausea, concludes animal study
link.springer.comHealth & Science
- Cancer treatment studies unanimously suggest therapeutic efficacy of CBD
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.govHealth & Science
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