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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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Luxembourg unveils proposals for forthcoming recreational cannabis legalisation
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Canadian government invests CA$25 million into cannabis research projects
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Tilray Portugal receives EU GMP certification
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ECH launches first platform to import medical cannabis into Europe
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The race to patent intellectual property is a key mark of any emerging market
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Europe
12 stories- UK House of Commons supports calls for improved medical cannabis access
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- Wayland JV Demecan confirms German cultivation licence
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- Bulgaria becomes first EU state member to allow free sale of CBD
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- Aphria receives fifth German cultivation licence
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- Seedo opens EU distribution hub in the Netherlands
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- Rome's largest university to open dedicated medical cannabis lab in Malta
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- Novartis suggests cannabis isn't a priority despite Tilray partnership
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- The value of being a first mover in the cannabis industry
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- MPX International acquires Swiss organic cannabis company
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- Canopy Growth enters skincare market with CA$74 million acquisition in London
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- Prohibition Partners announces launch of first annual IC3 Europe
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- Tickets on sale for Institutional Capital & Cannabis Conference
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United States
5 stories- SOL Global invests US$30 million into US cannabis company to secure hemp supply
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- Oregon Senate Bill 582 pushes for interstate import and export of cannabis
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- Michigan House gets behind resolution for SAFE Banking Act
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- OrganiGram lists on the Nasdaq, ahead of its foray into the US hemp market
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- NFL and NFLPA to study cannabis as a pain-management aid for athletes
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LATAM & Caribbean
5 stories- Barbados approves importation of five medical cannabis products
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- Latin American market expected to undercut producers and pricing globally
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- Colombia embraces the legal cannabis industry
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- Greek billionaire Alki David provides hemp crops to aid Puerto Rico's farmers
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- Latin America is a key growth area for the CBD skincare industry
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Africa & Middle East
4 stories- Uganda cultivates vast amounts of cannabis, despite its public 'indecision' on legality
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- Ondo State government clarifies its position on legalising cannabis
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- Tanzania joins conversation on legal cannabis as MP calls for legalisation
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- Israeli health minister enables patients to obtain medical cannabis from pharmacies
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APAC
5 stories- China has the potential to become a global cannabis superpower
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- International patents could lock Thailand out of potential $237.2 billion cannabis market
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- Thai government announces that medical cannabis products will be ready by July 2019
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- Thai cannabis amnesty scheme finds 2,000 patients using medical cannabis
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- Young people in Singapore are softening their attitudes towards cannabis
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Oceania
9 stories- Poll finds more than a million New Zealanders would try medical cannabis
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- Just one Canberra doctor joins Chronic Pain Australia's cannabis training scheme
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- Help End Marijuana Prohibition party secures 1.9% of Australian national vote
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- New Zealand could use 'Morality Clause' to block cannabis patent wars
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- Cannasouth aiming for NZX public offering
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- Industrial Hemp Bill tabled in Australia's Northern Territory
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- Australian Labor party vows to streamline process for medical cannabis prescriptions
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- Australian pharmaceutical firm receives licence to manufacture medical cannabis
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- Canopy Rivers invests US$1.5 million in New Zealand's BioLumic
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Rest of world
1 story- Aurora signs 'multi-million dollar' research deal with UFC
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Health & Science
- Study suggests cannabis reduces the urge to use opioids and reduces stress
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- Scientists have found a way to utilise hemp fibre as a supercapacitor
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- Research under way into the effects of cannabis on pregnant women
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- CBD eases PTSD and nightmares according to a new study
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- 89% of epileptic dogs had fewer seizures when treated with CBD
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