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Tilray Acquires Hemp Company for $317 Million

Canadian Licensed Producer Tilray has acquired Manitoba Harvest, a large hemp food maker, for $317 million in the LP’s largest… Read More

EU Parliament Follows World Health Organization, Recommends Descheduling Cannabis

Due to the World Health Organization’s recommendation to deschedule cannabis and all associated chemicals, the European Union has passed a… Read More

Idaho Police Seize Legal Hemp Shipment, Jail Truck Driver

In what is becoming a worrying trend after the seizure of a legal hemp shipment in Oklahoma earlier this month,… Read More

World Health Organization Recommends Reclassifying Cannabis

The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for the removal of the cannabis plant and its resins as a controlled… Read More

Thailand Invalidates All Cannabis Patents in Response to Public Outcry

Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has issued a decree ordering the Department of Intellectual Property to invalidate all patents for… Read More

New Zealand Company Approved for THC-Rich Cannabis Imports

Hikurangi Cannabis Company in New Zealand has had its cannabis license adjusted to allow the company to import high-THC cannabis… Read More

GW Pharmaceuticals Files Patent for THC, CBD in Thailand

Thailand has given patent-pending status to several applications for specific cannabis extracts made by GW Pharmaceuticals and partner Otsuka Pharmaceutical,… Read More

St. Vincent and the Grenadines Is Latest Caribbean Nation to Decriminalize

The small Caribbean island nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) recently passed legislation to decriminalize cannabis, Forbes reports. St. Vincent… Read More

Germany Delays Medical Cannabis Roll-Out

The licensing of medical cannabis cultivators and distributors in Germany will be delayed for at least another six months, Deutsche… Read More

Israel Approves Cannabis Exports

The Knesset, Israel’s parliament, unanimously approved the export of medical cannabis products on Tuesday, The Washington Post reports. Israel is a… Read More

Thailand Parliament Approves Medical Cannabis

On Tuesday, Thailand’s parliament voted to legalize medical cannabis in the country, according to the BBC. Southeast Asia is known… Read More

Tilray Strikes Global Distribution Deal With Pharma Giant Sandoz

Tilray has entered a partnership with Sandoz Canada and extended an existing medical cannabis distribution deal to include the rest… Read More

New Zealand Will Put Legalization On 2020 Ballot

New Zealand Justice Minister Andrew Little said voters will get to decide whether or not to legalize adult-use cannabis during… Read More

New Zealand Expands Medical Cannabis; Adult-Use Referendum Expected

New Zealand lawmakers have passed a comprehensive medical cannabis law that will allow for immediate use by terminally ill patients,… Read More

Aurora Strikes Supply Deal With Mexican Pharmaceutical Company

Aurora Cannabis has announced that it completed a medical cannabis supply deal with Mexican pharmaceutical company Farmacias Magistrales, according to… Read More

Quebec May Outlaw Public Cannabis Consumption, Raise Age to 21

On Wednesday, the Quebec provincial legislature began discussing a bill to outlaw public cannabis consumption and raise the legal age… Read More

Canadian LP Aphria Accused of Fraudulent Financials

Gabriel Grego of Quintessential Capital Management has accused Canadian producer Aphria of playing a shell game with shareholders by purchasing… Read More

Brazil Advances Medical Cannabis Legislation

A ballot measure introduced to the Brazilian Senate by an online petition has received an important committee’s approval, Marijuana Moment reports.… Read More

South Korea Legalizes Medical Cannabis

South Korea became the first East Asian country to legalize medical cannabis following a pivotal vote this week by the… Read More

Aurora Completes First Shipment of Cannabis to Czech Republic

Canadian licensed producer Aurora Cannabis has completed its first shipment of medical cannabis products to the Czech Republic, MarketWatch reports. The… Read More

Thailand Legislature Proposes Medical Cannabis Legalization

On Friday, Thailand’s National Legislative Assembly proposed amendments to the Health Ministry that would legalize both medical cannabis and Kratom… Read More

Mexico’s President-Elect to Honor Supreme Court’s Cannabis Decision

Mexico’s president-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador said last week he would not interfere with the Supreme Court’s decision to end cannabis… Read More

Mexico Supreme Court Ends Cannabis Prohibition

Mexico’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the national ban on cannabis use is unconstitutional, signaling the end of prohibition, according… Read More

Paul Ryan On Board With CBD, Industrial Hemp

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) gave a surprise endorsement on Tuesday to industrial hemp and cannabidiol (CBD), the… Read More