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International Cannabis Weekly

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

3 August 2018

6 regions23 stories1 publisher14 countries

Europe

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New York governor forms panel to draft cannabis legalisation bill
USRegulationlink no longer available

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Molson Coors enters joint venture with Hydropothecary
CABusiness & Investmentlink no longer available

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Khiron Life Sciences expands cultivation capacity in Colombia
COBusiness & Investmentlink no longer available
CROP signs joint venture for 217,000 sq. foot property to cultivate in Jamaica
JMBusiness & Investmentlink no longer available

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South Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety backs medical cannabis bill
KRMedicallink no longer available

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Political opinion shifting in favour of medical cannabis legislation in New Zealand
NZRegulationlink no longer available

Business & Investment

LGC set to acquire 30% of Swiss cannabis company
CHBusiness & Investmentlink no longer available
CROP will harvest approximately 600,000 plants of 'cannabis light' in Italy
ITBusiness & Investmentlink no longer available
Pivot Pharmaceuticals enters distribution agreement with Swiss CBD oil producer
CHBusiness & Investmentlink no longer available
Pure Cannabis signs trade deal to import UK CBD extracts
GBBusiness & Investmentlink no longer available

Regulation & Politics

Italy's health minister supports additional cannabis licences for private cultivators
ITRegulationlink no longer available
Georgia becomes first post-Soviet country to decriminalise cannabis consumption
GEAdult-uselink no longer available
Export reform stalled in Israel due to interministerial conflict
ILRegulationlink no longer available
German Drugs Agency quietly reopens cultivation tender
DERegulationlink no longer available
French Ministry of Justice releases bulletin on legality of CBD
FRHemp & CBDlink no longer available
Maltese experts gather to discuss moves to legalise non-medical cannabis
MTAdult-uselink no longer available
Legality of cannabis medicines will be devolved matter for Northern Ireland
GBMedicallink no longer available
Isle of Wight MP supports introduction of medical cannabis treatments
GBMedicallink no longer available

Health & Science

CBD may improve survival rates of pancreatic cancer patients
Health & Sciencelink no longer available
Misinformation and out-of-date regulations preventing cannabis research
Health & Sciencelink no longer available
UK patient's group publishes application guide for medical cannabis
GBMedicallink no longer available
Cannabis use shows benefits for head and neck cancer patients
Health & Sciencelink no longer available

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