International Cannabis Weekly: 33

• Cannabis company valuations still remain a murky mess.
• Global cannabis investments increased by over 600% in first week of 2018.
• Three cannabis companies plan job creation in Malta.

• Welsh MP calls for rebellion after Alfie Dingley denied cannabis treatment.
• Patients are forced into black market in Denmark as medical community play catch up.
• Israeli Health Minister now opposes medical cannabis exports in a change of heart.
• Portuguese pharmacists argue against addition of further medical cannabis products.
• Dutch critics claim cannabis laws are contributing to criminal drug trafficking.
• Denmark has issued 12 permits since December for medical cannabis cultivation.
• ‘Seed to patient’ cannabis bill to go ahead in Malta.
• Medical cannabis bill read for the second time in UK Parliament this week.

• European study finds medical cannabis helps older people with Parkinson’s disease.
• Study finds alcohol can be more harmful to the brain than cannabis.

ROMANIAN GOVERNMENT GIVING MIXED SIGNALS ON MEDICAL CANNABIS LEGISLATION

Romania’s history has been full of rebounds, ebbs and flows of distress and productivity, often playing catch up to rejoin the socio-economic norms of mainstream Europe.

Once a powerful hemp producer, Romania has turned its back on the cannabis plant since the fall of communism in 1989. In the post-soviet era however, Romania has welcomed foreign investment in agriculture and one US company has plans to cultivate medical cannabis.

Cannabis Europa, a conference dedicated to shaping the future of medical cannabis in Europe, will take place on 22nd May at the Barbican in London.

Super early bird tickets available at Cannabis Europa.