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Australia: The world’s largest island will soon be home to the largest cannabis farm ever built. 9 News
Toowoomba will be the site of the cannabis mega-structure, with construction estimated to cost $400 million and due to start in August, creating hundreds of jobs.
When it opens, the 40-hectare farm, just 250 meters from Toowoomba’s Wellcamp International Airport, will be the largest of its kind in the world, producing 500 tons of cannabis a year and employing around 1,000 people. The 9News article is available here
Canada: The cannabis industry benefits from the pandemic. Hemp Im
In Canada, profits from legal cannabis continue to pile up. This growth has been boosted by the pandemic. Among the big winners is the Société Québécoise du Cannabis (SQDC), which is posting record revenues. The article article is available here.
Canada: The battle for the cannabis market rages on, with winners emerging. La Presse
Everything’s going well for the big cannabis companies. While the industry’s big players invested heavily and aggressively at the beginning of the year, their costly acquisition policy seems to be paying off. The La Presse article is available here
USA: Will Rhode Island become the 18th US state to legalize recreational cannabis? Marijuana Moments
Rhode Island’s Senate committee approved a cannabis legalization bill on Monday, ardently championed by a majority of the chamber’s leadership.
This is the first time a bill to legalize recreational cannabis has advanced in the state. The Marijuana Moments article is available here
France: Gendarmes will have to watch the grass grow. La Montagne
After seizing nearly 400 young ornamental cannabis plants from two supermarket chains and two florists in the Puy-de-Dôme region, the gendarmes will have to continue growing the cannabis in question to determine whether these plants will produce THC or are simply ornamental hemp, which is authorized for sale. The La Montagne article is available here
France: The daily newspaper explains the ins and outs of the tug-of-war between France and Europe on the subject of CBD. Le Parisien
Shops specializing in the sale of CBD have sprung up by the hundreds in France over the past three years, often benefiting from a legal vacuum regarding the trade in cannabidiol. On Tuesday June 15, the French Supreme Court clarified the situation in favor of CBD shops. Why so much fighting? Le Parisien deciphers the situation in an article available here.
