International Cannabis Weekly: 62

• Canadian cannabis firms are looking to attract investment from European funds.
• Aurora Cannabis acquires Europe’s largest hemp producer.
• Germany is the fastest growing cannabis market in the world.
• Tilray exports cannabis oil to paediatric patient in the United Kingdom.
• Bonify signs supply agreement with German medical cannabis distributor.
• Namaste signs UK and EU CBD supply agreement with BlueSky Biologicals.

• The French Medicines Agency will evaluate the country’s medical cannabis system.
• Members of the European Parliament will discuss cannabis proposals on October 1st.
• ACMD sends recommendations to Home Office on the definition of cannabis medicines.
• The Maltese public health office has granted 30 applications for medical cannabis.
  
• The Swiss government aims to make medical cannabis treatments more accessible.
• Scottish ministers will meet with campaigners to discuss medical cannabis legislation.
• UK think tank calls for cannabis legalisation to protect children.

• Lab equipment companies poised to support compliance testing in the cannabis industry.
• THC may alter the brain structure to relieve chronic pain.
• New research shows minimal side effects caused by medical cannabis consumption.

• Aurora completes acquisition of ICC Labs in Uruguay in a deal worth €190 million.
  
• US tobacco supplier, Alliance One, set to invest in the burgeoning cannabis industry.
  
• Aphria signs wholesale supply agreement with Emblem Cannabis.
• Georgia confirms it is considering licensing medical cannabis cultivation for export.
• Auxly announces an international supply agreement with Aphria.
• US congressional panel to vote this week on expanding medical cannabis research.
• Cannabis infused drinks hit shelves this month in Uruguay.
• Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago plans to examine cannabis use legislation.
• Presidential hopeful says he will create a cannabis cultivation industry in Nigeria.
  
• Medical cannabis is opening the door to recreational legislation.
• Edibles are set to dominate the legal cannabis market in Canada.

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