• European Commission presidential candidate in favour of legalising cannabis.
• Luxembourg now has 250 doctors qualified to prescribe medical cannabis.
• Uruguay’s first licensed medical cannabis exports are ready for harvest.
• San Francisco’s PAX Labs raises record US$420 million in funding round.

• European Industrial Hemp Association challenges German CBD ruling.
• New EU CBD regulations disrupt hemp market in Spain.
• UK cannabis patients are fighting for access despite law reform.
• Women, CBD & Medical Cannabis Conference takes place on the 18th of May in London.
• Mile High Labs establishes European base in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
• TCI proposes medical cannabis research centre in Jersey.
• Tilray completes first cannabis harvest at its US$20 million Portuguese facility.
• MPX International announces Alphafarma acquisition in Malta.

• Antigua and Barbuda establishes medical cannabis authority.
• Creso secures Brazilian import licence for CBD lozenges.
• Jamaica to launch government programme to support indigenous cannabis cultivation.
• Colombia’s medical cannabis industry is seeing a wave of entrepreneurialism.
• Mexican government to finalise the details of legalisation this summer.

• ACT Cannabis Bill in Australia postponed until July.
• SETEK gets the green light to cultivate cannabis in Taupō.
• US pharmaceutical company set to trial cannabis-derived drug for diabetes in Vanuatu.
• Calls for ‘clarifity’ ahead of referendum on cannabis legislation in NZ.
• AFT Pharmaceuticals will enter the medical cannabis industry if NZ reforms drug laws.
• NZ medical cannabis firm secures NZD$6 million from Australia’s Cann Group.

• Sol Global announces US$150 million MCP Wellness acquisition in Michigan.
• Canopy to acquire Acreage Holdings for US$3.4 billion post-legalisation.
• Alabama senate committee approves cannabis legalisation bill.
• Guam to create a ‘no-holds-barred’ cannabis research programme.
• Cannabis EFT goes live on the NYSE Arca.
• Earl Blumenauer predicts cannabis banking reform in the US in 2019.

• Ugandan government receives 14 licence applications for cannabis cultivation.
• South Africa’s medicine regulator clamps down on unregistered cannabis products.
• How to acquire a cannabis cultivation licence in South Africa.

• Thai campaigners push for improved access to medical cannabis.
• Thai Government Pharmaceutical Organisation to begin extracting medical cannabis oil.
• Hong Kong customs office reports five-fold increase in ‘mail-order’ cannabis.
• Thailand hosts three-day ‘cannabis festival’.

• Medical cannabis legalisation has been shown to reduce workplace deaths.
• Cancer patients are increasingly likely to use cannabis.
• Indian scientists chemically synthesise cannabinoids.
• Israeli researchers study the impact of medical cannabis on endometriosis.

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