International Cannabis Weekly: 72

• Greece issues first two medical cannabis licences, with 12 more expected this year.
• Diminishing regulatory barriers are creating investment opportunities in Europe.
• Israel’s cannabis export law heads to parliament after months of regulatory gridlock.
• French political party opposes drug use fines and suggests legalising cannabis.
• The Academy of Medical Cannabis set to provide requisite education for UK doctors.
• Finnish patients are still finding it difficult to access medical cannabis.
• A new report finds that legalising cannabis could create 92,000 jobs in Spain.
• ICC International secures Portuguese hemp licence with 100% acquisition of Enigma.

• Bill to legalise cannabis in Mexico is expected to move forward without opposition.
• Aurora closes $290 million acquisition of ICC Labs.
• Organto Foods acquires 100% of Colombian company Medicannabis.
• How cannabis legalisation in Canada affects Latin American drug policy.
• Concerns among growers as St. Vincent and the Grenadines discuss cannabis bill.

• New Zealand Justice Minister says cannabis referendum details will be released this year.
• MP’s bid to legalise recreational cannabis in Victoria, Australia.
• Canada’s MYM Nutraceuticals set to acquire 49% of Australian firm, Sumark Growth.
• How growing medical cannabis could help to revive a Maori community in New Zealand.
• Bod Australia obtains export licence for cannabis-based sublingual wafer.

• Thailand set to legalise medical cannabis by May 2019.
• US FDA Commissioner says federal action on cannabis policy is inevitable.
• US Congressional Rep Joe Kennedy III calls for federal cannabis legalisation.
• Aker Biosciences shares surge after mentioning possible ‘cannabis related’ business.

• The number of cannabis studies is rapidly increasing.
• Pilot study examines cannabis as a treatment for ocular pain in dogs.
• Increased hemp cultivation could help save the declining bee population.
• Canadian cannabis legalisation is allowing for increased scientific research on cannabis.

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