International Cannabis Weekly: 56

• LGC set to acquire 30% of Swiss cannabis company.
• CROP will harvest approximately 600,000 plants of ‘cannabis light’ in Italy.
• Pivot Pharmaceuticals enters into distribution agreement with Swiss CBD oil producer.
• Pure Cannabis signs trade deal to import UK CBD extracts.

• Italy’s health minister supports additional cannabis licences for private cultivators.
• Georgia becomes the first post-Soviet country to decriminalise cannabis consumption.
• Export reform stalled in Israel due to an interministerial conflict.
• The German Drugs Agency quietly reopens cultivation tender.
• French Ministry of Justice releases bulletin on the legality of CBD.
• Maltese experts gather to discuss moves to legalise non-medical cannabis.
• Legality of cannabis medicines will be a devolved matter for Northern Ireland.
• Isle of Wight MP supports the introduction of medical cannabis treatments.

• CBD may improve the survival rates of pancreatic cancer patients.
• Misinformation and out-of-date regulations are preventing cannabis research.
• UK patient’s group publishes an application guide for medical cannabis.
• Cannabis use shows benefits for head and neck cancer patients.

• Molson Coors enters into joint venture with Hydropothecary.
• Khiron Life Sciences expands cultivation capacity in Colombia.
• CROP signs joint venture for 217,000 sq. foot property to cultivate in Jamaica.
• South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety backs medical cannabis bill.
• New York governor forms a panel to draft cannabis legalisation bill.
• Political opinion shifting in favour of medical cannabis legislation in New Zealand.

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