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International Cannabis Weekly
The week’s global cannabis news, read through the analyst’s lens — one sentence per story, sourced.
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7 regions29 stories21 countries
Europe
8 stories- Coalition parties in Luxembourg confirm plans to legalise recreational cannabis
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- Aurora completes its first medical cannabis shipment to the Czech Republic
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- Wayland Group enters UK medical cannabis market
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- Greek government plans for medical cannabis exports
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- Irish mother who paved the way for medical cannabis programme to stand for election
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- Denmark issued 1,571 prescription cannabis products in Q2 2018
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- One in ten French adults consumed cannabis in 2017
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- New policy report urges Ireland to decriminalise drug possession
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United States
2 stories- US lawmakers close to passing a bill that would federally legalise industrial hemp
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- Massachusetts dispensaries sell $2.2 million of recreational cannabis in first five days
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Canada
1 story- Health Canada revokes Ascent Industries' federal cannabis licences
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LATAM & Caribbean
7 stories- Antigua and Barbuda set to legalise cannabis for religious and medical purposes
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- Mexico's COFEPRIS approves 38 cannabis products, 21 of which are food supplements
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- Key Brazilian Senate committee signs off on medical cannabis bill
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- ICC Labs opens medical cannabis production site in Uruguay
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- Khiron to launch CBD cosmetics brand in Peru
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- The solution to cannabis' energy problem could be in South America
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- Bermuda will allow domestic medical cannabis cultivation
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Africa & Middle East
1 story- Lesotho's costly cannabis cultivation licences are forcing smaller producers underground
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APAC
3 stories- South Korea becomes the first country in East Asia to legalise medical cannabis
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- Thailand's National Legislature approves the first draft of a medical cannabis bill
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- Indian government scientists announce research into medical cannabis
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Oceania
4 stories- Australian senator introduces a bill to legalise recreational cannabis
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- New Zealand's medical cannabis bill has passed a second reading
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- Sydney-based THC Global to import medical cannabis products to New Zealand
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- CannTrust ships CBD oil capsules to Australian university hospital for clinical trials
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Health & Science
- Ancient viruses contributed to the evolution of hemp and cannabis
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- University of BC commences study on making safe and effective cannabis drinks
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- Improved cannabis access needs to be considered by medical surgeons
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