Monthly Archives: July 2022

John Boehner Weed lawsuit

Original article can be found here: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/07/29/john-boehner-marijuana-lawsuit-00048620 ne way or the other, the John Boehner weed lawsuit shows how cutthroat the cannabis sector of Washington’s political-influence industry is. If you buy the complaint filed by Washington lobbyist James Pericola, you’re liable to see evidence of a cutthroat business environment in the allegation that the former […]

Switzerland legalises Cannabis

Original Article can be found here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/dariosabaghi/2022/07/27/switzerland-fully-legalizes-medical-cannabis-and-allows-export/?sh=4905fe7e64b0 Switzerland is to join other European countries that have legalized cannabis for medical purposes. From August 1, patients can get medical cannabis through a medical prescription. Before the new legislation, medical cannabis patients had to request a request to the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), the Swiss […]

Canada to allow mainstream CBD sales?

Original article can be found here: https://mjbizdaily.com/when-will-canada-allow-cbd-to-be-sold-in-mainstream-retail-stores/ A watershed CBD recommendation expected this summer from Canadian health authorities could resolve one of the oddest differences between the cannabis industries in Canada and the U.S. – their starkly different approaches to hemp extracts. In the United States, hemp is legal and broadly available, while higher-THC cannabis […]

Zimbabwe to legalise cannabis

Original post can be found here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-26/zimbabwe-gives-nod-to-cannabis-use-in-medicines-for-first-time Zimbabwe is allowing cannabis to be sold for the first time as part of complementary medicines given to patients. The Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe has invited all licensed cannabis and hemp producers, manufacturers, importers, exporters and retail pharmacists to apply for approval to sell the products.  The […]

New bill to legalise Cannabis

Original article was found here: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/marijuana-bill-revealed-latest-legalization-121124555.html U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act on July 21. The bill would remove cannabis from the federal list of controlled substances and enable states to implement their own cannabis […]

Australia cannabis farm discovered

Original article can be found here: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-62261094 When a pink glow lit up the evening sky above an Australian town on Wednesday, local woman Tammy Szumowski wondered if the apocalypse had arrived. “I was just being a cool, calm mum, telling the kids: ‘There’s nothing to worry about,’” she told the BBC. “But in my […]

Cannabis stocks to rebound?

Original article was found here: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/short-sellers-wind-down-pot-191803684.html (Bloomberg) — Cannabis short sellers are ratcheting down their bets that the beleaguered sector will continue its slide. Short interest in pot stocks has tumbled to $632 million from $3.14 billion in May 2021, even as share prices plunged in the past year, according to data from S3 Partners. […]

Indonesia rejects medical cannabis

Original article can be found here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-20/indonesia-court-rejects-push-to-allow-medical-use-of-cannabis Indonesia’s constitutional court ruled that existing laws on narcotics are constitutional, rejecting requests to use marijuana for medical purposes. The country’s top court did crack the door for potential future use of cannabis for health conditions by ordering the government to review the way it categorizes narcotics. A […]

Russian links to cannabis company Curaleaf

Original story and more info can be found here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/19/curaleaf-boris-jordan-russia New Jersey is far from Moscow. But when cannabis sales began in the Garden state on 21 April, one of the lucky seven companies to ring up the first purchases was managing rumors that it was about to be sanctioned following Vladimir Putin’s invasion of […]

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