International Cannabis Weekly: 98

• ECH announces the launch of ECH Medical.
• Italy’s highest court rules against ‘cannabis light’.
• The Netherlands will issue the country’s second production licence in June.

• Joint venture aims to turn the UK into the medicinal cannabis hub of Europe.
• Norway’s sovereign wealth fund blacklists cannabis stocks after criticism.
• Ireland’s Bord na Móna looks to diversify by cultivating medicinal cannabis.
• Malta establishes academy of regulatory sciences to for cannabis products.
• Israel’s Breath of Life International to list on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
• Brighton-based CBD restaurant forced to close despite police clearance.
• The people changing how we think about cannabis.
• Israel expecting cannabis to be its next major industry.
• England rugby player launches CBD business ahead of speaking at Cannabis Europa.

• Jamaica to lobby US on cannabis banking rules.
• CARICOM commission recommends reclassification of cannabis.
• Jamaican government has no intention of developing the industrial hemp market.

• Cannasouth issues NZD$10 million worth of stock on NZX.
• MediPharm Labs Australia granted a cannabis manufacturing licence.
• Medlab signs deal to export medical cannabis spray to South America.
• VIVO Cannabis signs deal with Australian distributor Burleigh Heads Cannabis.

• Asia emerging as new frontier for Canadian cannabis producers.
• New survey suggests 86% of Thai people support medical cannabis legalisation.
• Thai department of medicine announces distribution of five cannabis drugs.
• Regulating cannabis could be the solution for India’s agrarian crisis.
• Thai government outlines details for cannabis regulation.
• Thai Food and Drug Administration issues caution over medical cannabis.

• South African government relaxes CBD laws.
• Cape Town City Council releases vacant land in Atlantis for cannabis production.
• First cannabis production project approved in Zimbabwe.
• White Sheep Corp. prepares to begin cannabis production in Lesotho.

• Google to ban legal cannabis-delivery apps from its mobile app store.
• Illinois Senate passes cannabis legalisation bill.
• Canada will soon take steps to protect cannabis brands globally.
• Texas expands use of medical cannabis in form of CBD oil.
• SOL Global announces proposed reverse takeover.
• TSA to permit airline passengers to travel with CBD oil.
• Colorado to allow cannabis delivery as well as dispensary tasting rooms.
• Arizona Supreme Court rules medical cannabis extracts are legal.

• Cannabis use amongst older adults is rising rapidly.
• Atlas Growers partners with Harvard University for clinical trials of cannabis.
• Researchers have analysed genetic sequences in cannabis strains.

Italy’s top court bans cannabis light sales as sector feels political heat.

Italy’s highest court has outlawed the sale of cannabis light products, stating it is a crime to market derivatives of cannabis, in a landmark ruling handed down on Thursday. Read more…

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