International Cannabis Weekly: 163

• Israeli cannabis patient numbers reach 60,000 as imports are on course to dominate domestic market.
• US House vote to federally legalise cannabis is expected to occour in late September.
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• Malta faces medical cannabis shortages leaving patients without treatment.
• The Netherlands announces the municipalities taking part in national cannabis experiment.
• France begins on-the-spot fines for drug consumption to battle drug trafficking.
• German cannabis advocacy group rejects CBD narcotic classification.
• UK researchers find CBD effective to treat memory related disorders.
• MediPharm enters Danish medical cannabis market with white-label supply agreements.

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• Analysis shows cannabis studies predominantly funded to research negative side effects.
• California session approves measures to reform cannabis taxes but fails to regulate CBD.
• USDA grants federal approval to Missouri’s industrial hemp programme.
• A recent survey shows that Mississippi’s voters support medical cannabis.
• Federal judge orders California to provide cannabis licence records to the DEA.
• Oregon cannabis sales continue to rise reaching US$106 million in July.

• Canadian household spending on adult-use cannabis reaches CA$648 million in Q2 2020.
• Canopy Growth plans to open 10 cannabis retail stores in Alberta.
• Aurora faces lawsuit over sublingual-strip licensing agreement by CTT Pharma.
• Ontario regulator commits to issue 20 cannabis retail store licences per month.
• New data show Canada has not imported any commercial medical cannabis.

• Chilean health authority issues a warning about counterfeit CBD products.
• Uruguay announces over 50,000 people are authorised to access cannabis legally.
• Jamaica’s Cannabis Licensing Authority aims to issue its 100th licence before 2021.
• MediPharm enters a supply agreement of cannabis extract with Cann Farm Peru.

• Thailand set to review new medical cannabis bill that will allow home cultivation.
• Medicinal cannabis company Greenfern launches NZ$4 million crowdfunding round.
• New Zealand voters split on cannabis legalisation referendum.
• Zenabis announces first packaged medical-cannabis flower shipment to Australia.
• Pakistan cabinet approves the domestication and commercialisation of medical hemp.

• South African firm announces agreement with Puregene to market cannabis strains.
• CanBreed aims to use gene editing tools to sell uniform cannabis seeds.
• Drone drops one kilogram worth of free cannabis bags on Tel Aviv streets.