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International Cannabis Weekly

The week’s global cannabis news, read through the analyst’s lens — one sentence per story, sourced.

20 July 2018

4 regions20 stories11 countries

United States

3 stories

New York Department of Health recommends legalisation of cannabis
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Tilray first cannabis business to complete IPO on major US stock exchange
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Philadelphia university offers cannabis medicine and pharmacology grad programmes
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Khiron appoints former Mexican President Vincente Fox to board of directors
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How legalising cannabis cultivation could transform Lebanon's ailing economy
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Aphria acquires Latin American and Caribbean cannabis assets from Scythian
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Business & Investment

Europe's legal cannabis market will be worth €115 billion in 10 years
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Cannabis business technology company Cannvas expands into Germany
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Malta approves Maricann's licence to manufacture finished dose medical cannabis
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4,000 legal cannabis plants uprooted on legal farm in Switzerland
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Arev Nutrition to acquire Deutsche Medizinal Cannabis and BC Bud Depot
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Regulation & Politics

German government to restart cannabis cultivation tender
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Irish Department of Health launches medical cannabis information repository
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UK ACMD recommends rescheduling some forms of cannabis
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What you need to know about the recent raids on CBD shops in France
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51% of British public think cannabis should be regulated like alcohol and tobacco
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Northern Irish girl granted long-term licence for medicinal cannabis use
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Health & Science

Test can predict consumers' genetic probability towards adverse reactions to cannabis
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Study shows even low CBD extracts can be effective at reducing seizures
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Research suggests phytocannabinoids can stop cancer cells from dividing
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