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The week’s global cannabis news, read through the analyst’s lens — one sentence per story, sourced.
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European Cannabis Week takes place 23rd–29th June
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Hannah Deacon: medical cannabis saved my son's life
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Spectator and Prohibition Partners to co-host cannabis event in London
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French PM: 'it would be absurd not to explore benefits of therapeutic cannabis'
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Malaysian government gives green light for medical cannabis research
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Germany awards three companies licences to cultivate medicinal cannabis
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Europe
13 stories- Greece issues fourth cannabis production licence to Pharma Essenza
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- UK patient issued cannabis prescription after seizure at airport
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- New Dutch adult-use market to begin in ten municipalities by 2021
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- German drivers with THC in system won't automatically lose their licence
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- UK expert condemns lack of cannabis prescriptions for NHS patients
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- West Midlands Police announces lenient approach to cannabis possession
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- MGC Pharma awarded licence to import CannEpil to the UK
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- Faroese MPs move to implement Danish model of medical cannabis regulation
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- Swedish government-run pension fund invests in cannabis giants
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- UK doctors witness growing demand for medical cannabis
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- New clinical review helps clinicians prescribe cannabis products
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- Prohibition Partners launches IC3 Europe institutional cannabis investing conference
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United States
5 stories- US Attorney General favours cannabis reform bill
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- SOL Global completes US$41m acquisition of 3 Boys Farms in Florida
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- US firms gain ground on Canadian cannabis companies in revenue race
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- New York State Department of Health holds up three major cannabis acquisitions
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- New Mexico decriminalises possession of cannabis
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Canada
3 stories- Aleafia launches cloud-based FoliEdge Academy cannabis education platform
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- Canadian banks steer clear of US cannabis firms
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- British Columbia offers 'growing grants' to cannabis companies
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LATAM & Caribbean
5 stories- Uruguayan cannabis company aims to raise US$35m to quadruple production
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- Global Canna Labs receives approval to sell commercial medical cannabis in Jamaica
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- Plena Global targets Colombia and Peru for cannabis cultivation
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- Northern Swan raises US$58m to expand Clever Leaves Colombian operation
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- Uruguay's Institute of Agricultural Research signs R&D deal with Spain's Innova
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Africa & Middle East
3 stories- Israel-Cannabis signs deal with Chinese healthcare giant Thalys Medical Technology
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- South Africa targets three provinces for cannabis cultivation
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- Cannabis expositions draw 30,000 in South Africa
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Oceania
4 stories- New Zealand PM confirms cabinet working on cannabis referendum details
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- Vanuatu businesses warned about cultivating medical cannabis
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- Australian ACT Law Society calls for overhaul of drug-driving laws
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- Hikurangi recognises value of using New Zealand local cannabis strains
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Rest of world
1 story- Unilever launches hemp-oil deodorants under Schmidt's Naturals subsidiary
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Health & Science
- US cancer study finds cannabis offers significant improvement in symptoms
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- Crohn's patients using cannabis suffer fewer disease-related complications
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- New study suggests cannabinoids are effective in PTSD treatment
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- Study shows cannabis treatment can help lower diabetes incidence
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