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International Cannabis Weekly

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

17 August 2018

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Europe

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American dispensary chain MedMen releases €3.5 million ad campaign
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Medical cannabis legal in Hawaii but patient access remains limited
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Puerto Rico launches online portal for medical cannabis licence registration
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Avicanna Inc acquires majority stake in Colombian medical cannabis firm
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Aurora completes acquisition of Anandia Laboratories
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Pure Global Cannabis announces expansion into Latin America
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Harborside announces €175 million reverse takeover with Lineage Grow Co
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Business & Investment

Maricann completes first shipment of cannabis to Germany
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LGC Capital announces 500kg cannabis supply to Swiss cultivator Virdi
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Constellation Brands invests €3.4 billion into Canopy Growth
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Aurora Cannabis ships mother plants to Denmark for Aurora Nordic
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IsCann announces strategic alliance with Veritas
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German market accounted for €3 million of Canopy's Q1 growth
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GW Pharma stock stalls after revealing Epidiolex pricing
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Guernsey could establish thriving hemp industry
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Studies find legalising cannabis leads to decline in alcohol sales
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Regulation & Politics

UN launches first formal review of cannabis legal status in international law
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Maltese activist group opposes government stance on recreational cannabis
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Finnish pharmacy threatened with €50,000 for marketing cannabis products
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Latvian Health Minister suggests society not ready for cannabis legalisation
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Health & Science

Roadside saliva tests for cannabis use may be inaccurate
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Cannabis could prove powerful treatment for inflammatory bowel diseases
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Study finds male tobacco smokers see brain-wide CB1 receptor reduction
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Auscann completes successful trial of stable oral cannabis medicine
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FSD Pharma and SciCann launch research program in Israel
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New drug approval could improve cannabis research for autism treatments
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